Week #459 ~ Miss MacMurray

This week's winner is an O'Carolan tune, Miss MacMurray.



Here is a link to a great resource for O'Carolan tunes!

Here's a link to notation and abc from abcnotation.com

Here is my version of this lovely Carolan tune. I'm using chords I found online, uploaded here.

I'm playing this as a duet on OM and mandolin, both Mid-Missouri instruments. OM starts on melody over mandolin arpeggios, swapping over on the repeat.

Pictures from Connemara.

Mid-Missouri M-0W mandolin
Mid-Missouri M-111 octave mandolin



Martin

Lovely arrangement and delivery, Martin, and thanks for posting the arrangement elsewhere on the site - I have used the chords you posted.

Played on octave mandolin with guitar backing on two tracks, one using capo at 5th fret to get different voicing for the second guitar. Melody recorded via Tascam DR-05 then loaded into REAPER so that the guitar tracks could be recorded. Rendered to mp3 format for posting on Soundcloud.

Lovely stuff the both of you!

Nice, both!

Actually the video Barbara posted is David Hansen's version which is also wonderful. A beautiful tune played so great by all 3.

Thanks Don, the concertina drowns out the mandonator on that track so I must have been mistaken for a concertina player.

Here's a link to Miss MacMurray as an "other" tune:

https://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/g...691&do=discuss

Check out Dusty Amps version in that thread.

Wow, this tune is gorgeous. Great playing, everybody!

Don Grieser wrote: "... Actually the video Barbara posted is David Hansen's version which is also wonderful. ..."

You're right! I hadn't actually listened to that video until today (my bad! I didn't know it was by one of us Song-a-Week folk), I just went straight to the written notation.

Great playing from David.

David Hansen wrote: "... Here's a link to Miss MacMurray as an "other" tune:

https://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/g...691&do=discuss

Check out Dusty Amps version in that thread."

Fine versions there!

Inspired by DustyAmp's solo version.

Very tasteful arrangement, Don. Great blend of solo and double stops.