Help Identifying a Tune

SilverStrand · Post by **SilverStrand** » Sun Jun 26, 2005 3:50 pm

Sorry if you have to download this but I have been trying to find this tune for ages...it at a '96 Corrs concert in Japan. It is the tune they play before they break into Haste to the Wedding. I heard elsewhere that it is the Foxhunter's but it doesnt' sound like the Foxhunters. Is it?

http://s42.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0SWA ... DMA60H0TV7

lixnaw · Post by **lixnaw** » Sun Jun 26, 2005 4:36 pm

sorry i don't know that tune, but i'm sure it's not the foxhunters.

Bill Reeder · Post by **Bill Reeder** » Sun Jun 26, 2005 6:11 pm

Sounds similar to "The Rakes of Kildare" Haven't heard or played that tune in ages.

dubhlinn · Post by **dubhlinn** » Sun Jun 26, 2005 6:38 pm

I'd go along with Bill, seems like a odd version though...maybe they play it like that in Dundalk.

this is close

Slan,

D.

djm · Post by **djm** » Sun Jun 26, 2005 6:41 pm

You mean this one?

X:1
T:Corrs Intro
M:6/8
R:Jig
K:G
L:1/8
A | ~A3 BAG | ABd ezA | AeA ~e3 | dBG BAG | ~A3 BAG | ABd eza | age dBG |1 BAG A2 :|2 BAG A (3Bcd ||
eza age |aga bza | ~g3 agf | ~g3 ged |eza age |aga bza | ~g3 edB |1 BAG A (3Bcd :|2 BAG Az ||

Bloomfield · Post by **Bloomfield** » Sun Jun 26, 2005 8:46 pm

I think this is the first time I've actually listened to the Corrs. Pretty dismal stuff, or is that just me?

dubhlinn · Post by **dubhlinn** » Sun Jun 26, 2005 8:47 pm

Bloomfield wrote:I think this is the first time I've actually listened to the Corrs. Pretty dismal stuff, or is that just me?

Nope.

Slan,
D.

Bill Reeder · Post by **Bill Reeder** » Sun Jun 26, 2005 11:12 pm

My first time hearing them as well and I was stunned, but not in a good way

SilverStrand · Post by **SilverStrand** » Sun Jun 26, 2005 11:39 pm

Well is may surprise you but they've opened up the doors to Trad Irish music for me. It was they that got me into whistling in the first place so it's them I am thankful for and will always remain a fan.

Thanks for the links, I really like the tune. Just couldn't find it anywhere!!

The Rakes of Kildare sounds pretty similar. I think I may try it out...after I learn about a million and one tunes that I have been wanting to try out as well.

Thanks!

~Kerry

Bill Reeder · Post by **Bill Reeder** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 7:29 am

SilverStrand wrote:Well is may surprise you but they've opened up the doors to Trad Irish music for me. It was they that got me into whistling in the first place so it's them I am thankful for and will always remain a fan.

No real surprise. A lot of us were introduced to the music by means of entertainers who didn't receive the full approbation of the pure drop ITM community. How you get started on the journey isn't the important thing here.

SteveShaw · Post by **SteveShaw** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 6:36 pm

Hmmm. That Corrs link tried all sorts of mischief when I tried to download it (didn't bother in the end). I bought a cheapo compilation double album in about 1980, knowing nothing about Irish music. It had Planxty doing Raggle Taggle Gypsy/Give Me Your Hand on it. The rest is history.

Steve