An Gabhrán reel

Also known as An Gabhran, The Derry REEL.

There are 5 recordings of this tune.

An Gabhrán appears in 1 other tune collection.

An Gabhrán has been added to 1 tune set.

An Gabhrán has been added to 38 tunebooks.

Three settings

X: 1
T: An Gabhrán
R: reel

M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Dmin
A2AG Acdc|A2 AG ADDA|A2AG Acde|[1 fdec dedc:|[2 fdec d2cB||
ADDE F2FD|CCCD EFGc|ADDE F2FG|AcAG ADDA|
ADDE F2FD|CCC=B, CA,G,A|ADDE F2FG|(3AAA AG ADDA||

X: 2
T: An Gabhrán
R: reel

M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Amin
|:e2ed egag|e2 ed eAAe|e2ed egab|[1 c'abg abag:|[2 c'abg a2gf||
eAAB c2cA|GGGA Bcdg|eAAB c2cd|eged eAAe|
eAAB c2cA|GGG=F GEDe|eAAB c2cd|(3eee ed eAAe||

X: 3
T: An Gabhrán
R: reel

Five comments

An Gabhran

I picked up this tune from the Patrick Street ‘Compendium’ album.
https://thesession.org/recordings/226
It comes between Jenny Picking Cockles and Jack Keane’s https://thesession.org/tunes/1357
https://thesession.org/tunes/9160
Arty McGlynn actually plays it on a telecaster for the recording.
It’s a traditional tune according to the sleeve notes.

The first part is very similar to that of Thady Casey’s: https://thesession.org/tunes/2663

I like this with an A drone…

and, thusly, thinking of it in A phrygian/dorian.

An Gabhran, X:3

I know this as The Derry Reel. I post it here, as it’s likely a version of An Gabhrán (at least it’s similar enough, and only minor differences in the B-part).

Re: An Gabhrán

Surely the Natural mark in bar 6 of the 2nd part, of the second setting, is intended to be a sharp?

Because that F is already Natural.

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