Stone Of Destiny reel

By Maurice Lennon

Also known as The Stone Of Destiny.

There are 15 recordings of this tune.

This tune has been recorded together with

Stone Of Destiny appears in 3 other tune collections.

Stone Of Destiny has been added to 49 tune sets.

Stone Of Destiny has been added to 261 tunebooks.

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Six settings

1
X: 1
T: Stone Of Destiny
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
BddB G2Bd|d2 Bd edBA|BddB GABd|gedB BA A>e|
edBA BGGA|BGAG EGG2|DG (3GFG DGBe|dBAB G2 z2:|
edBA BGGA|BGAG EGG>e|edBA BGGA|BddB A2 ze|
edBA BGGA|BGAG EGG2|DG(3GFG DGBe|dBAB G2 z2:|
2
X: 2
T: Stone Of Destiny
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
|:BddB G2 Bd|d2 Bd edBA|BddB GABd|gedB ~A3d|

edBA B~G3|BGAG EAGE|D~G3 DGBe|1 dBAB ~G3A:|2 dBAB ~G3d||
|:edBA B~G3|BGAG EGDd|edBA BGGA|BddB ~A3d|

edBA B~G3|BGAG EAGE|D~G3 DGBe|1 dBAB ~G3d:|2 dBAB ~G3A||
# Added .
3
X: 3
T: Stone Of Destiny
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
|:BddB G2 Bd|d2 Bd edBA|BddB GA (3Bcd|gedB A3d|

edBA BG3|BGAG EAGE|DG3 DGBe|1 dBAB G3A:|2 dBAB G3d||
|:edBA BG3|BGAG EGDd|edBA BGGA|BddB A3d|

edBA BG3|BGAG EAGE|DG3 DGBe|1 dBAB G3d:|2 dBAB G3A||
# Added by JACKB .
4
X: 4
T: Stone Of Destiny
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Amin
|cAGA c2 AG|A2 GA c2 de|g2 ag e2 de|dcAE G2 z2|
A2 GA c2 AG|A2 GA c2 cd|edeg e2 dc|ddeg e2 g2||
e2 dc cc A2|G2 EG A2A2|ccde g2 ed|
cccd e2 g2|e2 dccc A2|G2 EG A2A2||
5
X: 5
T: Stone Of Destiny
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
|:"G"BddB G2Bd|d2 Bd "C"edBA|"G"BddB GABd|gedB "D"BA A>e|
"G"edBA BGGA|BGAG "C"EGG2|"G"DG (3GFG DGBe|"D"dBAB "G"G2 z2:|
|:"G"edBA BGGA|BGAG "C"EGG>e|"G"edBA BGGA|BddB "D"A2 ze|
"G"edBA BGGA|BGAG "C"EGG2|"G"DG(3GFG DGBe|"D"dBAB "G"G2 z2:|
6
X: 6
T: Stone Of Destiny
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
A|:BddB G2AB|Bddg edBA|BddB G2Bd|gedB BAAg|
edBA BGGA|~B2AG EGGE|DG ~G2 DGBd|1 dBAd BGGA:|2 dBAB G3||
g|:edBA BGGA|BGAG EGGA|edBA BGGA|BddB BAAg|
edBA BGGA|~B2AG EGGE|DG ~G2 DGBd|1 dBAd BGGA:|2 dBAB G3||

Ten comments

Stone of Destiny

This is a newly composed tune by Maurice Lennon from his recent CD “Brian Boru, the High King of Tara”. Maurice (nephew of Charlie - also a composer - and son of Ben, noted Leitrim traditional players) was a founder member of the trad group, Stockton’s Wing. All of the tunes on the CD, apart from Brian Boru’s March, are composed by Maurice. I picked this one which is not only very catchy, but was also fairly easy to transpose - transposition is not one of my stronger points but hopefully it’s mostly correct!

Lunasa do a nice version of this tune on their latest album, Se. Definately worth a look.

Stone of Destiny

Great tune.

Posted by .

Here’s a transcription of the Lunasa setting: some tweaks to Maurice’s version in the OP.

X: 1

T: Stone Of Destiny
C: Maurice Lennon
D: Lunasa, Se’

M: 4/4

L: 1/8
K: G

BddB G2 Bd|d2 Bd edBA|BddB GABd|gedB ~A3d|

edBA B~G3|BGAG EAGE|D~G3 DGBe|1 dBAB ~G3A:|2 dBAB ~G3d||

edBA B~G3|BGAG EGDd|edBA BGGA|BddB ~A3d|

edBA B~G3|BGAG EAGE|D~G3 DGBe|1 dBAB ~G3d:|2 dBAB ~G3A||

Posted .

Liath Fàil

Does any one know what prompted Maurice Lennon to give his tune the name? Has it got anything to do with the theme of “Oran na Cloiche” a recent Scottish song about an old stone of contention with England?

Gun tuirt e ‘s dath a’ bhàis air _ Said he, looking deathly pale
“Cha chreidinn-sa gu bràth e _ ”I’d never have believed
Gu togadh fear bho làr i _ It could have been raised from the floor
Nach b’ àirde na speach _ By someone no bigger than a wasp
Tha rudeigin an dàn dhomh _ Something is to happen to me
’S gun cuidicheadh an tÀgh mi _ And Heaven help me
Bha’ n duine thug à sàs i _ The man who unloosed it
Cho làidir ri each“ _ Must be as strong as a horse”

Roddy Campbell sings this song on https://thesession.org/recordings/3650 The tune seems totally unrelated.

Funtatonic

I didn’t pay much attention to this reel at first but it proves plenty fun to play; it kinda puts you in a loop and plays with the expectation it forms in your mind!

It’s pentatonic, with neither a 4th nor a 7th throughout.

Stone Of Destiny, X:5

Chords by Bruce Williams
ABC Setting copied from Setting#1
Added composer name from one of the comments