“The Golden Keyboard” is great reel composed by accordion player Martin Mulhaire from East Galway. I associate this tune with my good friend Kevin Finucane, a fine fiddle player who lives in Ruan, near Ennis, and one of the nicest man you could meet.
X:1
T:Golden Keyboard, The
R:reel
C:Martin Mulhaire
M:4/4
K:Edor
BGEF GFGA|B2gB fBeB|BGEF G2AG|(3FED AD BDAF|
~E3F ~G3A|B2gB fBec|d2dc dBAF|DFAF GEE2:|
|:B~e3 B~e3|Beef edBc|d~A3 f~A3|dfec dBAF|
~E3F GFGA|B2gB fBec|d2dc dBAF|DFAF GEE2:|
This is a jig composed by Eddie Kelly, fiddle player from East Galway. He wrote several other beautiful tunes, including “The Meelick Team”. I learned this particular one from my friend Stéphane.
The Sligo Maid is one of the most common reel in Irish traditional music. I associate this tune with two musicians in the area : Seán Vaughan, the great box player from Kilmaley, and Christy Barry, whistle and flute player from Ennistymon.
I learned this well-known Slide from Eugene Lambe, a great piper and whistle player who did a huge amount of work recording the older musicians
