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    Default Help naming an Irish tune

    Having recently downsized from guitar to mandolin, I attach
    an mp3 of a tune I heard a lot in my youth but never learnt the name.

    Would probably be familiar to Celtic musicians here.
    Irish tune.mp3
    Any suggestions?

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    Default Re: Help naming an Irish tune

    tunepal? or isn't it available?
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    Default Re: Help naming an Irish tune

    Quote Originally Posted by Randi Gormley View Post
    tunepal? or isn't it available?
    Tunepal seems to be down right now.
    I did try uploading to various recognition sites last week but none of them came up with anything.
    Shazam, Midomo, Google assistant and watzatsong were some I tried.
    They seemed to be more focused on pop/rock releases.
    Can't recall though if I tried Tunepal at that time.
    Thanks for the suggestion - I'll continue to try Tunepal access.
    Last edited by BillWilliams; Jan-30-2023 at 7:06am.

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    I got a text file instead of an mp3. Any other way to send it ?

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    Default Re: Help naming an Irish tune

    You can always upload an MP3 here, copy the web address of the file (right-click on a PC and selection Copy link address) then paste it in an MP3 BB code tag which results in this which is easier than downloading or listening in browser:



    And the file that opens this thread is uploaded correctly here so if anyone is having problems it would be local to your location and device.

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    Default Re: Help naming an Irish tune

    Thanks to Davey and Moderator

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    Default Re: Help naming an Irish tune

    Try thesession.org/discussions which is dedicated to traditional Irish music.

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    Default Re: Help naming an Irish tune

    Quote Originally Posted by David Kennedy View Post
    Try thesession.org/discussions which is dedicated to traditional Irish music.
    Many thanks David.
    Here's the response I got already:

    Hi Bill -- welcome to “thesession.org”. It’s not how I know it, but what you’re playing sounds to me very like a version of “Bill Hart’s” jig, recorded in the 1960s by “The Dubliners”, and many since. I’ll get you the link.
    https://thesession.org/tunes/2788
    Is that it ?

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    Good tune Bill, I didn’t know it. I’ll learn it now though, sounds like a good one for pub sessions.

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    Could well be the Dubliners’ version I remembered. Any variations in my rendering are down to my not playing this type of music for about 50 years.

    Interestingly, in 1974, my last year living in Ireland, I accompanied Ronnie Drew on guitar when he played a concert in Cork just after he left the Dubliners for the first time. He was teatotal at the time and was very pleasant and courteous to the youngster backing him (without any rehearsal as I recall).

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    Default Re: Help naming an Irish tune

    Quote Originally Posted by Davey View Post
    Good tune Bill, I didn’t know it. I’ll learn it now though, sounds like a good one for pub sessions.
    The Furey Brothers did a mandolin version:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3hH7po2s8w

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    Default Re: Help naming an Irish tune

    Just in case anyone has a similar query, I also got a correct identification 2 days after posting on WatZatSong, the community song identification site.

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