Roland’s Return (jig) on The Session

Roche I, page 41, tune #92 ~ “Roland’s Return!”

“The Rambling Pitchfork” ~ all in the family

Key signature: D Major
Submitted on May 25th 2001 by Jeremy.
https://thesession.org/tunes/89

& in the comments ~ "Roland’s U-Turn"
https://thesession.org/tunes/89/comments

“Roland’s Return!” ~ sorry forgot the headers, Dow will never forgive me

“Roland’s Return” ~ a considerably different take on this one

Key signature: F Major (d minor)
Submitted on April 6th 2007 by joesmith.
https://thesession.org/tunes/7046

“Roland’s Return” ~ another transcription for comparison

X: 181178
T: Roland’s Return
S: "Ace and Deuce" (C.McCarthy, A.McCormack, E.O Donoghue)
Z: B. Black
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Dmin
CDF FAF | cAF AGF | G2 A Bfd | cAF GFD |
CDF FAF | cAF AGF | G2 A BAG | AFD DED |
CDF FAF | cAF AGF | G2 A Bcd | fdc AGF |
DFF CFF | B,FF A,FF | DGA BAG | AFD DFA ||
d2 d fed | efe A=B^c | d2 e fef | agf gec |
d2 d fed | efe AG^F | G2 A BAG | AFD DED |
d2 d fed | efe A=B^c | d2 e fef | aga def |
afd gec | fed cAF | G2 A BAG | AFD D3 |]

‘c’, I posted a similar tune about a year ago.

The Humours of Castlelyons: https://thesession.org/tunes/7581

“The Humours of Castlelyons” ~ another member of the family

Key signature: e minor
Submitted on August 5th 2007 by slainte.
https://thesession.org/tunes/7581

Yes, e minor and definitely a relative… I missed it. Thanks for the link Hiro. I believe the old Roche collection had a greater influence than some folks give it credit for. I saw a number of the old individual volumes, I, II & III, in the possession of some very influential musicians, including members of ceili bands…

Don’t forget to change the key, it ain’t resolving on G and isn’t Major… ;-)

“The Humours of Castlelyons” ~ G Major it is… :-/

Still semi-conscious… Apologies… Now to shake out the cobwebs and reconsider the rest… :-P

Roche I, page 41, tune #92 ~ “Roland’s Return!” ~ Corrections

B-parts, next to the last bar, a mistake of one note raised an octave in the ABCs ~

K: Dmin ~ | G2 A BAG | AFD D2 |]

K: Emin ~ | A2 B cBA | BGE E2 |]

Admitting I’m in a mood that is decidedly minor, the tune and transcriptions here still ring as minor to my ears. The transcript I’ve given resolves for me on d, and if I push it to F it feels incomplete, unresolved. It does tend to float between modes, this I realize. The Roche settings finish final bars of both parts on D, and for me the F (or G in the transposition) doesn’t give the melody a satisfactory resolution… I did consider this when I kept finding others had been listing this tune as F Major.

It has been a pretty crazy week as I experiment with tendonitis and trying to get past my avoidance of considering the other option, the opinion of a doctor… Yes, I’m stubborn. Probably more that than shy. Are you surprised? Hey, at least twice in my life a doctor came close to killing me, once with an overdose, so maybe I have reasons for being reticent… So, maybe it is ‘shy’ rather than ‘stubborn’? It may have a lot to do with why I don’t like chemical solutions… Drugs should be a last resort, don’t you think? ;-)

Nice transcription slainte / Hiro!

“Patrick Maloney’s Favorite” - another member of the family?

‘c’, there’s another tune for you.

Patrick Maloney’s Favorite: https://thesession.org/tunes/3627
Submitted on October 1st 2004 by gian marco.

There’s also, I believe, a hornpipe related to this somewhere… Let’s see if you can find that… :-D

“Note on Irish Dancing” by Frank Roche, complete, pages v - vii

""The Roche Collection of Traditional Irish Music, Volume III", 1927
Scroll down to find it…

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Roland’s Return jig

Five settings

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