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The Old Favourite jig

Also known as The Clare, Club Céili, Keane’s Delight, The Kilfenora Sexy, The Kilfenora, Miko Doyle’s, The Old Favorite, Spanish Schottische No.2, The West Clare.

There are 71 recordings of this tune.

This tune has been recorded together with

The Old Favourite appears in 2 other tune collections.

The Old Favourite has been added to 190 tune sets.

The Old Favourite has been added to 921 tunebooks.

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Five settings

1
X: 1
T: The Old Favourite
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
|:B3 BAB|dBA G2B|ded d2 B|ded B2A|
B3 BAB|dBA G2B|ded cBA|G3 GAA:|
g2e f2d|ege d2B|ded d2 B|ded B2d|g2e f2d|
ege d2B|1 dge dBA|G3 GBd:|2 dge dge|dge dBA||
2
X: 2
T: The Old Favourite
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
"G"B3 BAB|dBA G2B|ded d2B|ded "D"B2A|
"G"B3 BAB|dBA G2B|ded "D"cBA|"G"G3 G3:|
|:"G"g3 "D"f3|"C"efe "G"d2B|ded d2B|ded Bdf|"G"g3 "D"f3|
"C"efe "G"d2B|1 "D"dge dBA|"G"G3 G3:|2 "G"dge dge|dge "D"dBA||
3
X: 3
T: The Old Favourite
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
|:B3 BAB|dBA G2B|ded d2 B|ded B2A|
B2B BAB|dBA G2B|ded cBA|1 G3 GAA:|2 G3 GBd||
g3 f3|ege d2B|ded d2 B|ded B2d|g3 f3|
ege d2B|1 dge dBA|G3 GBd:|2 dge dge|dge dBA||
4
X: 4
T: The Old Favourite
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
|:B3 BAB|dBA G2 B|ded d2 B|ded B2 A|
ABB BAB|dBA G2 B|ded cBA|1 GBd gz A:|2 G3 GBd||
g3 fgf|ege d2 B|ded d2 B|ded B2 d|
g3 fgf|ege d2 B|dge dBA|G3 GBd|
g3 f3|ege d2 B|ded d2 B|ded B2 d|
g3 f3|ege d2 B|dge dge|dge dBA||
5
X: 5
T: The Old Favourite
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
B2 B B2 B|dcA B2 c|d2 e d2 e|ded cBA|
B2 B B2 B|dcA B2 c|ded dBG|A3 G3|
|:g2 g g2 g|f2 e e2 e|d2 d dge|dcB A3:|

Fourteen comments

This is a gentle jig with a rolling rhythm.

This tune sounds nice when it isn’t played too fast. Playing a faster tune after it can sound good. You could even put it before a reel.

Try sliding up to the opening B note. You could also try rolling it. The G at the start of the second part also sounds nice as a slide or a roll.

The old favourite

I usyually play this tune as a 12/8 slide, not as a Jig.

I prefer this played fast as a slide.

The old favourite?

there’s speed in that auld horse yet, wanna bet?

On tonights Ceili House Kieran announced this tune as "jiggy Slide". Funny!

would this Jig be considered a single Jig?

On Flatfish

The tune Flook play on Flatfish is called West Clare on their album, and the link on the ‘Recording’ section leads here, but it’s actually this tune: https://thesession.org/tunes/999

The Old Favourite, X:4

Originally I learnt this tune in Amaj, can’t remember where - maybe Four Men &A Dog?
This is the A version:
X:1
T:Old Favourite (A), The
R:jig
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:Amaj
[|c3 cBc|ecB A2 c|efe e2 c|efe c2 B|!
Bcc cBc|ecB A2 c|efe dcB|1 Ace az B:|]2 A3 Ace|]!
[|a3 gag|faf e2 c|efe e2 c|efe c2 e|!
a3 gag|faf e2 c|eaf ecB |A3 Ace|!
a3 g3|faf e2 c|efe e2 c|efe c2 e|!
a3 g3|faf e2 c|eaf eaf|eaf ecB|]

Re: The Old Favourite

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with som tools and flute exercises for anyone to use and learn and practice along with.
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Spanish Schottische No.2, X:5

This version appears as the second tune in a set of four tunes entitled "Spanish Schottische" transcribed in the Duffy MS (c1930) of Legga, Moyne, Co Longford.