In Memory Of Coleman reel

This is the Ed Reavy tune as played by Paddy Cronin - a little bit simplified but with the important basic trebbles. The very interesting alternating douple stops in the B-part are something to be worked out individually ;o)

sorry, I

Here’s how Liz and Yvonne Kane play this on their cd, The Well Tempered Bow:

X: 1
T: In Memory of Coleman
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: G dor
| DGBd c/d/c/B GF | D~F3 GFDF | GABc dfga | (3bag af dg{a}ga |
| (3bag ag {a}gfdc | (3Bcd BG FDCD | FGBd c/d/c/A Bc |1 dgdc BGGF :|2 dgdc BGGA ||
| [B3D3] d g2 fg | e~c3 A~F3 | (3Bcd ga fdcA | FGAc BGGA |
| B2 fB FBfB | DBfB A~F3 | GABc dgag | fdcA BGGA |
| ~B3 d g2 fg | e~c3 A~F3 | (3Bcd ga fdcA | FGAc BGGA |
| B2 fB FBfB | DBfB A~F3 | GABc dgag | fdcA B2 AF ||

If you’re wanting a simpler setting, take out some of the ornaments:
A Part
1st bar | DGBd cBGF |
the (3bag triplets can be played just “bg”
7th bar | FGBd cABc

B Part
3rd bar |dfga fdcA |

It’s also common to play bars 5 and 6 staying on the low F, instead of dropping down to the open D: |B2 fB FBfB | FBfB A~F3 |

Good one Will, I’m just after learning Kye’s Reel from your transcription and the recording. Thanks

That album is chock full of great settings of great tunes. I’ll try to post more after spring break.

Thanks again Will! And yes it’s a great Cd!

Here’s the version from Slide’s “Flying Pig”, where it appears as a single reel entitled “Tribute To Morrison” –

K:Gdor
|:DGBd cBGF|DF~F2 CFAF|DGBd c2Bc|1 dBcA BGGF:|2 dBcA BGGA||
B2fB FBfB|FBfB AGFA|B2fB FBfB|cBAc BGGA|
B2fB FBfB|bBfB AD^FA|GB (3ABc Bg~g2|fdcA (3BAG AF||

And here’s my setting -

K:Gdor
|:DGBd cBGF|DF~F2 GFDF|GABc dgga|bgaf dgga|
bgaf gfdc|BdBG FDCD|FGBd c2Bc|1 dgdc BGGF:|2 dgdc BGGA||
|:B2fB fggf|eccB AFFA|(3Bcd ga fdcA|FGAc BGGA|
B2fB FBfB|DBfB AFFA|GABc dbag|1 fdcA BGGA:|2 fdcA BGGF||

help me! I have a complete mental block about the B part of Memories of Micheal Coleman- I’ve got the A part, and I don’t read music. could anyone help jog my memory and give me the fingerings (first finger on the e, second finger on the d, whatever) of maybe the first couple bars of the B part???

I love that tune and it’s really been bothering me that I absolutely cannot remember the b part…

Thank ya’ll SO much!!!

Go to the tune page here and download the MIDI file:
https://thesession.org/tunes/619

For a simpler setting, go to JC’s Tunefinder here:
http://ecf-guest.mit.edu/~jc/cgi/abc/tunefind

Do a lookup of “In Memory of Coleman”, then download one of the MIDI versions. MIDI is sometimes hard to follow, but may be enough to jog your memory.

Is it a tribute to Coleman or Morrison then? How confusing…

I am looking for a lively reel to follow the reel In memory of coleman. Preferably a following tune in A major. Thanks!

I see you already have Boys of Malin in your tunebook…a lively one to be sure in A major

Also The High Reel and High Road to Linton are also lively A major reels…

G minor to A - pretty harsh I think.

G major, B flat, F might be nicer.

I like to precede it with the Commodore.

Moody, lush setting of this tune on John Doyle’s album, Wayward Son, with John Williams and Seamus Egan playing. He calls it Reavy’s Tribute To Coleman. Album notes say Seamus is playing on an Eb whistle, so they’ve shifted the key accordingly. Awesome tune! But tricky to find until I did a little hunting in my Reavy book. I’m hoping the magic of computers will link that tune name on the album listing to this tune (which is what it’s listed as in my Reavy book).

“On John Doyle’s Wayward Son….”

Really, I don’t think that’s any of our business.

Here it’s followed by another Ed Reavy reel, The Shoemaker’s Daughter - https://thesession.org/tunes/1832

http://comhaltas.ie/music/detail/comhaltaslive_467_1jayne_pomplas_and_haley_richardson/

This version is from the Kane Sisters playing on the “Live From the Katharine Cornell Theater” album and is paired with “The Bee’s Wing” (find that almost note for note in 1000 Fiddle Tunes.). The tricky parts are in the B part where there are some 5ths (the g and d on the 3rd and 2nd string…put down third finger to cover both strings.)

It’s worth looking at the setting of this tune in the Reavy collection made by his son…there are some F sharps and a G natural that make a huge difference, though hard to play. Whether Reavy himself intended those notes or not, I can’t say. Just…it’s there, and should probably be noted.

Transcribed from “The red crow in memory of coleman · Ronan Le Bars, Nicolas Quemener”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4-usRlK0f4

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