The Ace and Deuce of Pipering
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"The Ace and Deuce of Pipering", in Gaelic “Aon's Do Na Piobaireacda” or “A hAon sa dó na<br> píobaireachta” is an Irish set or long dance in cut time and G Major/Mixolydian.<br> The parts are played AB (Joyce) or AABB (Mulvihill, O’Neill).<br> The title refers to the highest quality of performance on the Uillean pipes and is taken from<br> playing cards. The tune was considered by antiquarian P.W. Joyce (1873) to be "the perfection<br> of music when well played on the bag-pipes, and its correct performance was believed to be a<br> sufficient test of the instrumental skill of a piper". Joyce, who transcribed the melody in 1853<br> from the whistling of John Dolan (Glenosheen, County Limerick) specifies hornpipe time for the<br> melody. <br> It was printed in Cotter's Traditional Irish Tin Whistle Tutor (1989), Howe's 1000 Jigs and Reels<br> (c. 1867), Joyce's Ancient Irish Music (1873/1890), Mulvihill's 1st Collection (1986),<br> Krassen's O'Neill (1976), O'Neill's Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies (1903), O'Neill's Dance<br> Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), Reavy's The Music of Corktown, Vallely's Learn to Play<br> Tin Whistle with Armagh Pipers Club, vol. 3.<br> It was recorded by The Chieftains on The Chieftains (1978).<br>
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