Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID# 1678 (Rising Sun)

RhythmBars8-bar phrase structureMode
Reel16ABD Major
Transcription of first 2 bars of Rising Sun
 about these two bars

These two bars are the start of my transcription of how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording JDa 1 (details in the Discography below).

Where do you get the tune titles?
Titles given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Rising Sun, The / The Rising of the Sun / Éirí na Gréine / The Jolly Clamdiggers / Jolly Clam-diggers / The Irishman's Blackthorn Stick / The Blackthorn Stick / Clear the Road / Inch of Garth (also as hornpipe, also with a 3rd part) (compare Blackthorn Stick #172 and The Rising Sun #2821)
What do the "track#tune" codes mean?

cd Discography

Here is the sole recording of this tune considering only the indexed recordings.

Year
Recorded		 Track
#Tune		 [Album code] Artist. Title. Primary musicians (instruments). Album details
and contents
19775#1[JDa 1] Jackie Daly. Music from Sliabh Luachra. Jackie Daly (accordion, concertina).View album details

Bibliography

Here are all transcriptions of this tune under any title whatsoever – considering only the indexed books – listed in chronological order. I have discovered by careful comparison that these are very similar to this tune as played on the recording listed above.

As tune #608 in [1001] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. The Dance Music of Ireland. 1001 Gems. [available]
As tune #221 in volume 2 of [R] Francis Roche. The Roche Collection of Traditional Irish Music. 3 vols. [available]
As tune #214(ii) in [CRE 2] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 2.
As tune #214(i) in [CRE 2] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 2.
As tune #214(iii) in [CRE 2] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 2.

If you are considering using the above transcriptions to help you learn this tune, I invite you to check these practical Tips for Learning Irish Traditional Music. See also: So why do you bother indexing books and abc?

Year of the oldest source for this tune, considering the recordings and transcriptions listed above (note that I concentrate on sources after 1900): 1907
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