Providence Reel, The
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"The Providence Reel", also known as "The Providence, "The Rossport Reel" or "Cooney's<br> Reel" is an Irish reel in D Major. The parts are played AABB (Cranitch, Mallinson,<br> Miller & Perron), or AA'BB' (Alewine).<br> It is a distinctive tune in D major that begins, however, with an emphatic E (suggesting<br> an A major chord). It's an odd tune. It gives a feeling that the E should be a pick-up<br> note instead of starting the tune on beat one.<br> The “Providence Reel” title honors Providence, Rhode Island. The alternative title,<br> "The Rossport Reel" is a nod to Rossport, Co. Mayo, Ireland.<br> It was printed in Alewine's Maid that Cut Off the Chicken's Lips (1987),<br> Bulmer & Sharpley's Music from Ireland, vol. 2 (1976),<br> Cranitch's The Irish Fiddle Book (1996),<br> Mallinson's 100 Essential (1995),<br> Miller & Perron's Irish Traditional Fiddle Music (1977/2006),<br> Mulvihill's 1st Collection (1986) and<br> Treoir, vol. 38, No. 3 & 4 (2006).<br> It was recorded by Mick Conneely on Selkie (2001),<br> Fred Finn on The Coleman Archive, vol. 2: The Home Place (2005),<br> Matt Molloy & Sean Keane on Contentment is Wealth (1985),<br> Paddy Reynolds on Atlantic Wave (2003) and<br> Matt Cranitch on Take a Bow (1988).<br>
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