The Nine Points of Roguery
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"The Nine Points of Roguery", in Gaelic "Naoi nArda na Rógaireachta", also known as<br> "The Black Fanad Mare", "The Black Mare of Fanad" or "The Kiltyfanad Reel" is an Irish<br> reel in D Major ('A' and 'C' parts) & D Mixolydian ('B' part) (Brody, Mallinson) or<br> D Mixolydian ('A' and 'B' parts) & D Major ('C' part) (Breathnach). The parts are played<br> AA'BB'CC'BB' (Brody), AABBCCBB (Martin & Hughes), AABBCCAABB (Breathnach) or<br> AABBA'A'BB (Mallinson).<br> The way the Boys of the Lough play the tune, after the three parts of the tune are<br> played through once, the 'B' part is repeated and only then the 'A' part is played again.<br> One of the parts is often an octave transposition of another, as is occasionally the custom in<br> Donegal fiddle tradition; for example, Breathnach's transcription of Doherty's version has a<br> third strain that is simply the first strain set an octave higher.<br> The title remains somewhat of a mystery. According to the code of chivalry the nine points of<br> knightly virtue were honor, loyalty, liberality, pride, good faith, bravery, glory,<br> unselfishness and courtesy and it may be surmised that the nine points of roguery were the<br> opposite.<br> The title may be a variation of that of a tune called<br> "The Nine Points of Knavery"<br> collected by<br> County Cork Irish music enthusiast William Forde (c. 1759-1850) and printed by P.W. Joyce.<br> While the titles are similar, the melodies are different. The melody and title of "Nine Points<br> of Knavery" is similar, however, to the Scottish Reel<br> "The Nine Pint Coggie".<br> It may be that "Nine Points of Roguery" refers not to nine anti-virtues, but rather is also a<br> corruption of "Nine Pint Coggie" via the "Nine Points of Knavery" name.<br> It was printed in<br> Breathnach's CRÉ II (1976),<br> Brody's Fiddler's Fakebook (1983),<br> Bulmer & Sharpley's Music from Ireland, vol. 1 (1974),<br> Feldman & O'Doherty's The Northern Fiddler (1979),<br> Jordan's Whistle and Sing (1975),<br> Mallinson's 100 Essential (1995) and<br> Martin & Hughes's Ho-ro-gheallaidh (1990).<br> It was recorded by<br> Winifred Horan & Friends on Pleasures of Home (2002),<br> Ken Perlman on Clawhammer Banjo and Fingerstyle Guitar Solos,<br> Boys of the Lough on Live (1974),<br> Tommy Peoples and Paul Brady on The High Part of the Road and<br> The Boys of the Lough on Boys of the Lough (1973). <br>
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