“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:|
“The Atholl Highlanders” is a tune of scottish origin. Mostly played as a jig, even though it was originally a march I believe. It is very much associated with the fiddle music of Donegal and was recorded by Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh and Frankie Kennedy on their legendary album “Ceol Aduaidh”.
I learned “If I Had a Wife” from the great concertina duet album “Na Fir Bolg” by Jack Talty and Cormac Begley. They play if after another great slide called, “Paddy Cronin’s”. This album was released back in 2011 and nearly ten years later it is still one of my favourite albums.
“The Heather Breeze” is one of the most common reel in sessions across Ireland. It is a very old tune which I have learned through sessions, but I associate it with Micho Russell and his brothers Packie and Gussie. They recorded it on the album “The Russell Family”.
