The Ploughman's Whistle of the County Kilkenny
TYPE | 2 - Simple Melody |
TOPIC | Rural Life |
TUNE STRUCTURE | A4 B4 C4 |
VERSE STRUCTURE | not given |
TIME SIGNATURE | 24 |
KEY SIGNATURE | ♯ |
TONAL CENTRE | G |
INCIPIT | GF♯GEF♯D♯B,GGF♯GE |
GENRE | Worksong |
TEXT SOURCE | George Petrie, The Petrie Collection of the Ancient Music of Ireland (Dublin: M. H. Gill, 1855), pp.26-30 |
TUNE SOURCE | as above |
NOTATED INCIPIT | |
Petrie states: 'The last section should be played more animatedly than the first and second'. |