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John Kelly’s Slide

Name

John Kelly’s (Slide)

About

The sleeve notes from “John Kelly Fiddle & Concertina player” state: “The slide is usually played for the fourth figure in a Kerry set and this one is also known as Tim Griffin’s (a concertina player from the 1930’s).”

Credit: Screengrab from video

Video

John Kelly playing John Kelly's Slide & Tom Keane's Reel on the concertina.

Credit: Peter Corfield, Youtube. Link.

Audio

John Kelly playing John Kelly's Slide & Tom Keane's Reel on the concertina.

Credit: “John Kelly Fddle & Concertina player”, Topic Records, 1978. Link.

Notation

Notated from above audio.

Slides

John Kelly’s Slide