Tune Joe Cooley’s Reel
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There's hardly anything to say about this tune, beyond that it is a magnificent example of a certain kind of Irish reel: brimming with energy yet lending itself to all sorts of subtle variation.
Trad arr. © 2022 Ben Paley
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C:Trad arr. © 2022 Ben Paley
N:There's hardly anything to say about this tune, beyond that it is a magnificent example of a
N:certain kind of Irish reel: brimming with energy yet lending itself to all sorts of subtle
N:variation.
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Z:Ben Paley <ben.paley@benpaley.com>
K:E Dorian
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D |: EBBA B2EB | B2AB dBAG | FDAD BDAD | FDFA (3Bcd AF |
EBBA B2AB | B2AB defg | afec dBAF |1 DE (3FED E3D :|2 DE (3FED E2gf |
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|: eB (3BAB gBfB | eB (3BAB gedB | ABAF D2FD | (3EFG Ad Bdgf |
eB (3BAB gBfB | eB (3BAB gedB | D2FA defe |1 dBAF E2gf :|2 dBAF E3 |]