Gleanntan Glas Gaoith Dobhair waltz

Also known as Paddy’s Sweet Shamrock Shore.

Gleanntan Glas Gaoith Dobhair has been added to 19 tunebooks.

Two settings

X: 1
T: Gleanntan Glas Gaoith Dobhair
R: waltz

M: 3/4
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
D2|A3 B c2|A4 D2|A3 F A2|G2 F2 D2|
C3 B, C2|D4 D2|D6|D4 d2|
B3 A G2|A4 B c|d2 d2 cB|A4 d2|
c3 B A2|G2 D2 E2|C6|C4 d2|
B3 A G2|A4 B c|d2 d2 cB|A4 d2|
c3 B A2|G2 D2 E2|C6|C4 D2|
A3 B c2|A4 D2|A3 F A2|G2 F2 D2|
C3 B, C2|D4 D2|D6|D4 z2|

X: 2
T: Gleanntan Glas Gaoith Dobhair
R: waltz

M: 3/4
L: 1/8
K: Cmaj
G2|d3 e f2|d4 G2|d3 B d2|c2 B2 G2|
F3 E F2|G4 G2|G6|G4 g2|
e3 d c2|d4 e f|g2 g2 fe|d4 g2|
f3 e d2|c2 G2 A2|F6|F4 g2|
e3 d c2|d4 e f|g2 g2 fe|d4 g2|
f3 e d2|c2 G2 A2|F6|F4 G2|
d3 e f2|d4 G2|d3 B d2|c2 B2 G2|
F3 E F2|G4 G2|G6|G4 z2|

Four comments

Gleanntán Glas Gaoith Dobhair

Source: A Complete Guide to the Irish Mandolin
Padraig Carroll

Nice tune to play with a little tremelo on the mandolin.

Key of Cmaj

Also sounds great up in Cmaj on the whistle or flute, bending the F notes:

X: 1
T: Gleanntan Glas Gaoith Dobhair
C: Trad.
M: 3/4
L: 1/8
Q: 280
R: waltz
K: Cmaj
G2 | d3 e f2 | d4 G2 | d3 B d2 | c2 B2 G2 |
F3 E F2 | G4 G2 | G6 | G4 g2 |
e3 d c2 | d4 e f | g2 g2 fe | d4 g2 |
f3 e d2 | c2 G2 A2 | F6 | F4 g2 |
e3 d c2 | d4 e f | g2 g2 fe | d4 g2 |
f3 e d2 | c2 G2 A2 | F6 | F4 G2 |
d3 e f2 | d4 G2 | d3 B d2 | c2 B2 G2 |
F3 E F2 | G4 G2 | G6 | G4 z2 |

Triplicated

This tune has been posted twice already. See:
https://thesession.org/tunes/5936
https://thesession.org/tunes/8418

It’s much easier in D on the flute.

Sorry, I mean Amix, not D major.

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