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(THE)  IRISH  WASHERWOMAN

Time signature: 6/8  (played as a JIG )
Tempo:
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Irish Traditional
UNDER CONSTRUCTION:   Notation & keys need to be checked, and tempo added.
​​​
Accordion Notation
Main Beats per bar = 2 (and is played quickly as a jig)
​Beat symbol = Semicolon   ;   (or equivalent, such as  "   "    "  )

Either row:  
Part 1:  Buttons  2 - 5*
​Part 2:  Buttons  4* - 8
Part 1  (This part of the tune is in common usage, found in many sources).


'5  '4*   |    "4  "3  "3      "2  "3  "3     |    "4  "3  "4      "5 "4*   

    "4    |    "4* "3* "3*    "2 "3* "3*    |    "4* "3* "4*    "5* "5 

    "4*   |    "4  "3  "3      "2  "3  "3     |    "4  "3  "4      "5 "4*  

    "4    |    "4* "4 "4*     "3* "5  "4*    |    "4  "3  "3       .3           


'5  '4*   |    "4  "3  "3      "2  "3  "3     |    "4  "3  "4      "5 "4*   

    "4    |    "4* "3* "3*    "2 "3* "3*    |    "4* "3* "4*    "5* "5 

    "4*   |    "4  "3  "3      "2  "3  "3     |    "4  "3  "4      "5 "4*  

    "4    |    "4* "4 "4*     "3* "5  "4*    |    "4  "3  "3       .3  


Part 2  (Based on 2nd half of full musicnotes.com version (commercial site))

'6  '7*   |    "7  "6  "6      "5 "6 "6       |    "7  "6  "7      "8  "8*
 

     "7   |    "7* "6* "6*    "5 "6* "6*     |   "7* "6* "7*    "8* "7  

    "7*   |    "5*  "6  "6    "5 "6 "6        |    "4* "6  "6     "4 "6

     "6   |    "4* "4  "4*    "3* "5  "4*    |    "4  "3  "3       .3
​


'6  '7*   |    "7  "6  "6      "5 "6 "6       |    "7  "6  "7      "8  "8*
 

     "7   |    "7* "6* "6*    "5 "6* "6*     |   "7* "6* "7*    "8* "7  

    "7*   |    "5*  "6  "6    "5 "6 "6        |    "4* "6  "6     "4 "6

     "6   |    "4* "4  "4*    "3* "5  "4*    |    "4  "3  "3       .3


​Repeat the two parts as needed, and end with the first half of Part 1, holding the final note.


Alternate Part 2  (Based on 2nd half of Paul Hardy pdf version (free site))

     "5   |    "6  "6*  "6      "3 "4 "5      |    "6  "6*  "6      "7  "7*
 

     "6   |    "6* "5  "5      "3* "5 "5      |    "6* "5  "6*     "7* "6  

    "6*   |    "5*  "6  "6    "5  "6  "6      |    "4* "6  "6      "4 "6

     "6   |    "4* "4  "4*    "3* "5  "4*    |    "4  "3  "3        .3


    "5   |    "6  "6*  "6      "3 "4 "5      |    "6  "6*  "6      "7  "7*
 

     "6   |    "6* "5  "5      "3* "5 "5      |    "6* "5  "6*     "7* "6  

    "6*   |    "5*  "6  "6    "5  "6  "6      |    "4* "6  "6      "4 "6

     "6   |    "4* "4  "4*    "3* "5  "4*    |    "4  "3  "3        .3
​


Please ignore this temporary section (Part 1 raised by an octave) - I'm using it in checking youTube videos.

'8 '8*   |    "7  "6  "6      "5  "6  "6     |    "7  "6  "7      "8 "8*   

    "7    |    "8* "7* "7*    "5 "7* "7*    |    "8* "7* "8*    "9* "8 

    "8*   |    "7  "8  "8      "5  "6  "6     |    "7  "6  "7      "8 "8*  


    "7    |    "8* "7 "8*     "7* "8  "8*    |    "7  "6  "6       .6   ​
​

Embedded youTube VIDEO
​Twelve videos in keys of:  C=3    D=1    G=8

Many of these performances are quite fast, so at first you may want to play the videos at half speed, and then return to normal speed when you are ready.   (If you don't know how, check the "Introduction to youTube" under the drop-down "Info" menu at the top of this page).   

Also, please note that some performances do not follow the above accordion notation, though most are quite close for Part 1.  
​
If you are a beginner, you may want to focus mainly on, and master, Part 1, before moving on to learn Part 2.

Key:  G

​Tempo:

Accordion: Florian Silbereisen
Violin:        Andre Rieu

​Posted by:  fritz5108

Key:   C

​Tempo:

Group:  Fogo Island
             Accordion Group

​Posted by:  james h


Key:  G 

​Tempo:

Accordion player:  ?

Posted by:  Gratteeboutons87

     At Drummond Castle in
    Perthshire, 
Scotland

Key:  G

​Tempo:

Accordion player:    ?

Posted by:  ​diatovendee

Key:  D 

​Tempo:

Accordion player: Ron Durnford

Posted by:  ​Newfieman7765

Key:  G 

Tempo:

Accordion player:  ?

Posted by:  diatocz
​

Key:  C 

Tempo:

Accordions played by:  Aaron
          Brown & Melanie Penton
          (from the Fogo Island
           Accordion Group)  


Posted by:  Aaron Brown
​​

Key:   G

Tempo:

Fiddler:  John Sheahan
​Guitarist:  Eamonn Campbell  


Posted by:  Lemurie
​​

Key:  C

Tempo:

Performer:  Hiram Keeping

Posted by:  sta66ord

One of NL's great button-accordion players.

​​​

Key:  G

Tempo:

Performers:  Celtic Bagpipes

Posted by:  lildarkrose13

from album Celtic Traditions.

​​​​

Key:  G

Tempo:

Performer:  Jonathan Feffery

Posted by:  Jonathan Jeffery

The tune really begins at
time t = 0:24

An excellent video.

​​​

Key:  G

Tempo:

Accordion played by:  ? 

Posted by: arekb66
​​​


Background Materials, Information & Links

Background
​
Wikipedia points out that
  • a simplified version of the melody appears in John Playford's 1651 instructional book The Dancing Masters.
  • this tune "repeats its refrain several times, sometimes by gradually increasing in tempo until being played very fast before coming to a sudden stop."



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