A Tune For Emily Ball reel

Composed by Aidan O’Rourke.

Emily Ball was a fiddle player who helped Aidan at a Folkworks project in 2002.

Also heard she was a cook there? But not sure!

Did Aidan actually write the tune?

Yes, it was written by Aiden O’Rourke.

I heard this tune on a recording by the Anna Massie band, it was a member of that band whom I learnt this tune from.

A fantastic tune - thankyou for working out the abc.

As I’ve heard it there are some tied notes which really help the syncopation. I’ve added them in them in in this version of your abc:

X: 1
T: A Tune For Emily Ball
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Amaj
A2BA GAEA|cAA2 agec|ded(B B2)de|dBB2 BAGB|
A2BA GAEA|cAA2 agec|ded(B B2)DE|GABd cAA2:|
A2GE AGE(D|D)ECE DEDC|B,2CD CA,B,2|CDCA, B,>EFG|
A2GE AGE(F|F)EFA GEEB|cAAc B>EFG|A2GA FAE2:|

I also play the dotted bits in the B part like this:

B,2 E/F/G

This is how Aiden plays it on the Blazin’ Fiddles album “Magnificent Seven”.