“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:|
Sliabh Russell (or “Slieve Russell”) is a well known jig all over Ireland. I learned this tune from my friend Tom Delany. It was also recorded on many albums, such as Hugh & Colm Healy’s “Macalla na hÓige”
“Dowd’s Favourite” is a very beautiful reel which I associate with the playing of Paddy Carty. It is also simply called “Dowd’s” or “O’Dowd’s” and was recorded by Tommy Peoples on his album “The Iron Man”. I am not really sure where I originally learned this tune though, I think it might have been from my friend Damian Werner.
I learned the jig “An Sean Duine” from my friend in Switzerland Geneviève, who plays the accordion. I think she got it on Mick O’Brien’s CD “The Morning Dew”.
