Sheet Music: The Gudgeon of Maurice's Car

TitleThe Gudgeon of Maurice's Car
Alternate titlesJames O'Neill's Quickstep
ComposerTraditional Irish
InstrumentationFlute solo
KeyG major
RangeG4–G5
Time signature6/8
Tempo100 BPM
Performance time0:40
Difficulty leveleasy
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Date added2025-03-18
Last updated2025-03-18
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Jigs, Traditional/Folk

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Tuesday 18 March 2025

Tune of the Day: The Gudgeon of Maurice's Car

Traditional Irish jig

This jig is taken from Francis O'Neill's collection Music of Ireland, published in Chicago in 1903. O'Neill wrote that his source, piper John Connors from Dublin, was the only one among the traditional music circle to know this jig at the time O'Neill collected it from him in Chicago.

We have no idea what story might be hidden behind this curious title, but a gudgeon is a metal pivot at the end of an axle, around which the wheel turns.

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