Progressive Lessons

a harp source book by Simon Chadwick

Féileacán (butterfly)
   “the 2nd tune”

This video shows Patrick Quin’s set, adapted from the early piano arrangement in Bunting ms33(3), and played on a simplified copy of Quin’s “Castle Otway” harp:

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This video shows the first “Examples of Irish Melody” set, using the deleted A bass chords. Taken from Bunting ms12, and played on a simplified copy of the “Rose Mooney” or “Carolan” harp:

Here is a notation showing suggested fingering and damping for the first “Examples” version of Féileacán:

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This video shows the second “Examples of Irish Melody” set, using the inserted G bass chords. Taken from Bunting ms12, and played on a simplified copy of the “Rose Mooney” or “Carolan” harp:

Here is a notation showing suggested fingering and damping for the second “Examples” version of Féileacán:

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My source for the tunes on this page is the Bunting manuscripts, which are MS4, Special Collections, Queen’s University Belfast. Full references and facsimiles of the manuscript pages are reproduced with permission in the print edition of Progressive Lessons.

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