Reels: The Pigeon on the Gate / The Glen of Aherlow (Lafferty’s Reel)
The Tunes
For sheet music and other resources for learning a tune, click on the tune’s link.
Play-Along Tracks
Play from the Dots
The Pigeon on the Gate (E Dorian)
The Glen of Aherlow (Lafferty’s Reel) E Dorian
Tips: Each change of tunes is signaled by a spoken “hup.” Use the Playback Speed control to increase or decrease the playback tempo. (Click on the 3-dot symbol on the right-hand side of the the player to get to the Playback Speed control.)
Recordings
- Video – Kevin Burke & Mícheál Ó Domhnaill: The Pigeon on the Gate/Lafferty’s Reel/ Matt People’s Reel – from the album Promenade.
- Audio – Kevin Burke & Cal Scott – Pigeon on the Gate – Lafferty’s Reel – The Morning Dew – fiddle with guitar. From the album Roots & Branches, Volume 1 (Northwest Folklife Festival, Seattle, Washington, 2009). Also available as video.