Seán Mháire Mhicilín reel

From Tim Collins - Dancing on Silver

I know it isn’t in G Maj, but the tune would have to be modified to enter it as A minor. I have always regarded modes as a bit academic so don’t really think in them, but if anyone wants to suggest the correct mode it should be entered under, then I will edit it.

It’s A dorian.

Most tunes that are ostensibly in A minor are actually in A dorian i.e. the F is sharp (just like G major).

It sounds a bit like a reel setting of “Scatter the Mud.”

Actually, it’s “The New Mown Meadow” in A. Noel Hill recorded this tune as a solo on The Iron Behind the Velvet.

Sounds alot like Brenda Stubbert’s Reel too.

Bill McKim

On the album it is in the low octave:

X: 1
T: Seán Mháire Mhicilín
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Amix
E2A,A, B,A,A,D|~E2DE FDDF|EA,~A,2 B,A,G,B,|DGED B,A,B,D|
E2A,A, B,A,A,D|~E2FD EDB,D|GBGE ~F2EF|1 DDED B,A,B,D:|2 DDED B,DGD||
|:E2AA BAFA|GEFD EDB,D|EAAA BAFE|DFED B,DDF|
E2AA BAFA|GBGF EDB,D|GBGE FAEF|1 DDED B,DGD:|2 DDED B,A,B,D||

And in the high octave for comparison with the original submission:

X: 1
T: Seán Mháire Mhicilín
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Amix
e2AA BAAd|~e2de fddf|eA~A2 BAGB|dged BABd|
e2AA BAAd|~e2fd edBd|gbge ~f2ef|1 dded BABd:|2 dded Bdgd||
|:e2aa bafa|gefd edBd|eaaa bafe|dfed Bddf|
e2aa bafa|gbgf edBd|gbge faef|1 dded Bdgd:|2 dded BABd||

This setting appears under the name “The Silver Tip” in the Roche Collection, Volume 1, #170.

170 in Roche, vol. 1. Transcribed from Roche note for note. Great reel, fun to play. I play the opening bars like this:

eA A/A/A BABd | e/f/gfd edBd |

and repeat this where it comes again.

I entered the ABCs in 2/4 a it appears in Roche but Jeremy must have changed to have it in 4/4. Perhaps aidriano had done the same.