Denis Murphy’s Slide

Slide, D, Traditional Irish
Also know as Dennis Murphy’s (Slide)

Recordings

• Audio – Comhaltas: Denis Murphy’s from the album Foinn Seisiún Volume 1
• Audio – Stephen Ducke: Denis Murphy’s Slide. Played on tin whistle. From the book Irish Music – 400 Traditional Tunes.
• Video – Red Desert Violin: Dennis Murphy’s Slide Played on fiddle, slow and fast.

Dots (Music Notation)

As always for traditional tunes, the musical notation and chords do not indicate the “right” way to play the tune, but are a useful reference.

Sets

Examples of sets that include this tune.

• The Brosna Slide / O’Keefe’s Slide / Denis Murphy’s Slide
  Jump to the Brosna Slide Set

References and Resources

For those who want to dig deeper, here are some other resources.

• Book – Foinn Seisiún, Vol 1. Published by Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann.
• Book – Irish Music 400 Traditional Tunes, by Stephen Ducke
• Audio – The Jones Boys: Hardiman the Fiddler​/​The Kesh Jig​/​Dennis Murphy’s​/​O’Keefe’s from the album Like the Sun a​-​Glittering. Dennis Murphy’s starts at time 1:48; O’Keefe’s starts at 2:42.
• Web page – The Jones Boys: Denis Murphy’s Slide notes about the tune and sheet music.