View Cart
Search
The Kesh Jig (jig) | Tunes From Doolin | Irish Traditional Music

Share This Post

JB Samzun & Charles Monod - Aughavinna - Irish Traditional Music from Doolin, Co. Clare

Kesh Jig (The)

The Kesh Jig is a very common session tune in Irish Traditional Music. I learned it through various sessions, but one memory that sticks out is a session in Gus O’Connor’s Pub with Sean Vaughan and Siobhan Peoples who started the session with “The Kesh Jig”. They had such a great lift and energy.

The Bothy Band recorded an iconic version of this tune on their live album “After Hours”, which is probably the reason why it is such a well-known tune.

X:1
T:Kesh (The)
R:jig
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:Gmaj
|:G2G GAB|ABA ABd|edd gdd|edB dBA|
GFG GAB|ABA ABd|edd gdB|1 AGF G2D:|2 AGF G2A||
|:B2B dBd|ege dBG|BGB dBG|ABA AGA|
BAB dBd|ege dBd|gfg aga|1 bgf g2d:||
Sheet Music for "Kesh (The)"Kesh (The)jig121

4 thoughts on “Kesh Jig (The)”

  1. Michael Kerton

    Charles Monod treatment of the Kesh Jig is beauty to behold. I’m VERY new with the Anglo. I love my new McNeela Swan, but belows action. Woah! Charls’ bellows action is hardly noticeable. Me, I run out of air by the second bar 🙁 Is it just a matter of practice using your published ABC. Or, is there something I need to be doing apart from practice with that? Different fingering perhaps? Or just plain old practice?

    Thanks

    Michael

    Reply
    1. Charles

      Hi Michael! Thanks for your comment 🙂 Sorry for the delay in getting back to you, how are you getting on with the tune now, a month later? It’s really hard to reply to your question in writing, obviously practice is a huge part of it, but the instrument itself has a part to play (my concertina is a custom built 7Mount, high end instrument) and fingering patterns too. This being said, this tune is pretty straight forward in terms of fingering pattern so it shouldn’t really be an issue. Let me know how you’re getting on and feel free to drop me an email!

      Reply
  2. Els

    Hi Charles, hopefully everything grand in Doolin? Great to practice with you this way. I hope to see you again some day in Ennistymon or another great place in Ireland. Many greetings, Els

    Reply
    1. Charles

      Hi Els! Thank you for your comment, all is good in Doolin! Hope you’re keeping well and see you again soon, best regards from Doolin 🙂

      Reply

Leave a Comment

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Categories

Recent Posts

Random Tunes

Hunter’s Purse (The)

I learned “The Hunter’s Purse” from Adam & Dave Shapiro’s CD “Cape To Clare”. Adam & Dave are two brothers from South Africa, who came to Ireland for the music and based themselves around Doolin. Adam is the fiddle player with “Fiddle Case” and still lives in the area and it is always a great pleasure to meet him for tunes!

Read More »

Gorman’s

I learned “Gorman’s Reel” from my friend Johannes, a a great flute player from Switzerland, during the Willie Clancy week in Miltown Malbay. It is also known as “Throw Away The Keys”.

Read More »

Lord Leitrim

Lord Leitrim is a barndance written by the great composer Charlie Lennon for his brother Ben Lennon, who sadly passed away in 2020. I learned this tune from Tony O’Connell at the Concertina Cruinniu in Miltown Malbay back in 2014. Tony recorded this barndance with Ben Lennon himself on their great album Rossinver Braes.

Read More »
Recent Comments