Jig Set Leitrim Fancy/Humours of Dingle/Morrison's (Whistle)

Favourite session set of Irish trad. jigs played (x2 each) on my Jon Swayne boxwood D Whistle. The Leitrim Fancy & The Humours of Dingle (a.k.a. Whelan's) & Morrison's Jig

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• Leitrim
• Fancy
• Whelan's
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• Dingle
• Morrison's
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[ferngarner1]

Nice playing. I think the second tune in the medley is Whelan's Jig. You can find the sheet music for these tunes and thousands more at The Session online.

[Jemtheflute]

@ferngarner1: Whelan's" is indeed an alternate (and maybe now more common) name for The Humours of Dingle, though I suspect the name-for-a-place is likely the older title than the name-for-a-person. Certainly I learnt it as that (I think from Breathnach's Ceol Rince 1) and only came across the other title much more recently.

[mkini1]

heya lovly tune do you know where i could get the notes?

[Jemtheflute]

@mkini1: thanks for your comment. There are, of course, 3 tunes in the set..... all are well known Irish traditional tunes & are easily found in published hard-copy books such as O'Neill's, or very readily found on-line on such web-resources as wwwdotthesessiondotorg. Or pm me your e-address & I'll send you a copy of the dots for the set in the versions I play (there are many variants!). However, it is usually reckoned best to try to learn by ear - cf my tutorial clip for The Leitrim Fancy.

[cienpipers]

Hi! amazing playing! I am thinking of buying a Swayne like yours. How much does it cost approximately?

[Jemtheflute]

Thanks for the comment. I paid (so far as I remember) about £140 + P&P about 6-7 years ago. I do not know Jon Swayne's current list price - but it would be easy enough for you to ask him. He doesn't have a website, but if you Google-search on his name or search on the Chiff & Fipple whistle forum you will find contact details for him.

[Jemtheflute]

thesession(dot)org is indeed a useful resource, but I advocate using it with caution as there are a lot of very bad transcriptions on it - always check the "Comments" tab there for any tune you are checking out - the front page version is often poor or plain wrong. I generally find The Fiddlers Companion a more reliable and informative source.

[Jemtheflute]

Thanks for the comment. I have played many whistles over many years, but none approach Swayne's in my estimation. It is j ust about everything I want in a whistle. Fred Rose's are probably the next best I've tried, and Willy Simmonds's are excellent, but not as good as Swayne - I can't recommend them highly enough. If you get one, you won't be disappointed.

[leftclog51]

well good infect great