Old Blackbird, The Item Info
- Title:
- Old Blackbird, The
- Sound Cloud:
- Description:
- Looking back in time, one of my special memories of working on this project was the visit I made to Finbarr Dwyer. As I was setting up my recording machine he was playing this, his very own version of 'The Old Blackbird'. I have always loved this tune, but hearing it played by Finbarr that day made it even more special. I captured most of his remarkable playing of this tune, and here it is now. Finbarr's playing is a perfect lesson on the difference between the 'bones' of a tune that can be found in a transcription and what that tune can become in the mind and hands of a true master. The transcription included with this collection is taken from a book entitled Forget Me Not, which Laurel Martin and I compiled for Mel Bay.
- Publisher:
- Séamus Connolly, Boston College Libraries
- Creator:
- Dwyer, Finbarr
- Type:
- Some transcriptions are based on historical source recordings. More info.
- Subjects:
- Folk dance music Hornpipes Accordion music Dwyer, Finbarr
- Playlist:
- Playlist 10
- Collection:
- Hornpipes
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- Dwyer, Finbarr, "Old Blackbird, The", The Séamus Connolly Collection of Irish Music, accessed July 10, 2025, https://library.bc.edu/ds/connolly/document/452.html.
- Reference Link:
- https://library.bc.edu/ds/connolly/document/452.html
Rights
- Rights:
- This website was created through a partnership with Séamus Connolly and the Boston College Libraries (2016). All materials on this site may be freely shared and adapted according to the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.