The Stone In The Field reel

Also known as Cloċ San Cuiḃreann, Cloch San Cuibhreann, Sandymount, The Stone On The Field.

There are 33 recordings of this tune.

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The Stone In The Field appears in 1 other tune collection.

The Stone In The Field has been added to 5 tune sets.

The Stone In The Field has been added to 162 tunebooks.

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Five settings

1
X: 1
T: The Stone In The Field
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Ador
|:EAAG ~A2Bd|ea~a2 gedB|cBAc BG~G2|AcBA GEDG|
EAAG A2Bd|ea~a2 gedB|cBcd eg~g2|dBGB AGFE:|
|:eabg ~a2ab|gabg aged|cBAc BG~G2|AcBA GED2|
ea~a2 bg~g2|afef ~g2ga|b2ba gedB|AcBG ABcd:|
2
X: 2
T: The Stone In The Field
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Ador
EAAG A2 Bd|e~a3 gedB|cBAc B~G3|AcBA GEDG|
EAAG A2 Bd|e~a3 gedB|cBcd e~g3|1 dBGB A2 GD:|2 dBGB A2 B/c/d||
eabg a2 ab|gabg aged|cBAc BGGB|AcBA GE D2|
e~a3 b~g3|agef ~g3a|bgaf gedB|1 AcBG ABcd:|2 AcBG ABAG||
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3
X: 3
T: The Stone In The Field
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Ador
|:EAAG A2 (3Bcd|ea3 gedB|cBAc BG3|AcBA GEDG|
EAAG A2 (3Bcd|ea3 gedB|c3d eg3|1 dBGB A3G:|2 dBGB A2 (3Bcd||
|:eabg a3b|gabg aged|cAAc BGGB|AcBA GE D2|
ea3 bg3|agef g3a|bgaf gedB|1 AcBG ABcd:|2 AcBG A3G||
# Added by JACKB .
4
X: 4
T: The Stone In The Field
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Ador
EAAG ABcd|eaaf gedB|cdcA B~G3|ABBA GEDG|
EAAG ABcd|eaaf gedB|cBcd efge|dBdB ~A3z:|
eaag ~a3b|c'2ba gedB|cdcA B~G3|ABBA GE D2|
e~a3 baga|agef ~g3a|b2gf gedB|ABBG ~A3z:|
5
X: 5
T: The Stone In The Field
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Ador
AG|:EAAG ABcd|eaaf gedB|~c3A BEGB|A/B/c BA GEDG|
EAAG ABcd|eaaf gedB|~c3d eage|1 dBGA BAAG:|2 dBGA BA B/c/d||
|:eaa^g gaab|c'2ba gedB|~c3A BEGB|A/B/c BA GEDg|
e~a3 b~g3|agef gfga|bgaf gedB|1 AdBG A2:|2 AdBG EAAG||

Nineteen comments

Recording

Paddy Carty (flute) recorded a beautiful, and very elegant, version of this tune - the album is entitled “Paddy Carty - Traditional Irish Music”.

The Stone In The Field

Wow, a friend just gave this tune to me and I can’t stop playing it!

Tommy Reck

And of course Tommy Reck recorded it on his album of the same title “The Stone In The Field”

It’s a tune

Stone in the Field

Another setting:

X: 1
T: Stone In The Field, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Ador
EAAG A2 Bd|e~a3 gedB|cBAc B~G3|AcBA GEDG|
EAAG A2 Bd|e~a3 gedB|cBcd e~g3|1 dBGB A2 GD:|2 dBGB A2 B/c/d||
eabg a2 ab|gabg aged|cBAc BGGB|AcBA GE D2|
e~a3 b~g3|agef ~g3a|bgaf gedB|1 AcBG ABcd:|2 AcBG ABAG||

Posted .

The tune in Danu’s album ‘Up in the air’ is a jig.

Are my ears deceiving me?

I am learning this tune from Paddy Carty’s recording, and I swear I hear a high-c-nat at the beginning of the second bar of the B-part… …even allowing for the fact that the entire recording itself is about 1/4 to 1/2 step sharp.

I’ve been working through this recording for a while now (with my flute’s tuning slide pushed all the way in, and an overly “sharp embouchure”), and I absolutely *LOVE* this tune, so I’d like to nail it.

If so, what is the best technique for hitting this note cleanly at-speed on flute?

You’re right

You’re quite correct, “browndog”. I seem to remember this reel is in Breandan Breathnach’s 1st volume of “Ceol Rince na hEirreann” with a high c-nat, and maybe also in one of the “Bulmer & Sharpley” books. I’ve always layed it as such, using the c-nat key, but I don’t know if you have that particular option.

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High c-nat on flute…

Thank you for your reply, Kenny.

Soooo… a c-nat key, huh? Ahhhh… my keyed flute has been in the making for quite a while tho’, so I’m still on keyless.

Given that, the only way that I’m able to hit that note when playing along with Paddy Carty’s recording is by half-holing… and since that’s the left-hand index finger (my weakest, control-wise), I only have about a 10% success rate of hitting the pitch accurately, and no way can I keep it in time. I guess I have a *LOT* of practicing to do! 🙂 (…including short-rolls on high-b, too…)

Danu

On Danu’s album “Up in the Air”, “The Stone in the Field” is in fact “The Maid In The Meadow”, a jig.

Patty Carty’s flute

Did he use his Radcliff flute for that recording, would make all the c a little more easy to be intune, not that intune matters a ton, i just needs to sound right

high c natural

I don’t play flute but I am wondering, is it a c natural in place of the high b?

Re: The Stone In The Field

This sounds an awful lot like The Congress reel. Wonder if they are related?

Re: The Stone In The Field

Track 3 on James Keane’s That’s the Spirit album, played with the Steeplechase & The Culfodda