| Title | The Absent-Minded Man | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alternate titles | The House on the Corner The Royal Irish Jig Hare in the Corn | |||
| Composer | Traditional Irish | |||
| Instrumentation | Flute solo |     | ||
| Key | A major | |||
| Range | G#4–B5 | |||
| Time signature | 6/8 | |||
| Tempo | 108 BPM | |||
| Performance time | 0:35 | |||
| Difficulty level | easy | |||
| Download printable score | PDF Sheet Music (47 kB) (preview) | |||
| Download audio tracks | MIDI (change tempo/key) MP3 (301 kB) | |||
| Date added | 2024-11-14 | |||
| Last updated | 2024-11-14 | |||
| Download popularity index |  27.5 (extremely popular) | |||
| Categories |
Jigs, Traditional/Folk | |||
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This melody appears as an untitled jig in the 1841 music manuscript collection of Dublin dentist and collector Henry Hudson. Old Scottish variants can however be found in the Skene Manuscript, dating back to c. 1630-1640, under the title “Hare in the Corn”.
