Paddy Fahy's

reel

Key signature: Cmajor

Submitted on February 2nd 2003 by Dr. Dow.

This tune has been added to 75 tunebooks.

Also known as Another Paddy Fahy, Fahey’s Finest, Paddy Fahey's, Paddy Fahey's Reel No.20.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

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• A Clare Conscience by Aidan McMahon And Anthony Quigney
• A Job Of Journeywork: A Tribute To Larry Redican And His Musical Friends by Various Artists
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• Angelina Carberry And Martin Quinn by Angelina Carberry And Martin Quinn
• Aontas by Aontas
• Around The World For Sport by The Doon Céilí Band
• Autumn Apples by Pat McNulty
• Banjoed by Dessie Kelliher
• Barefoot On The Altar by Chulrua
• Basil And Thyme by Breda Smyth
• Battlefield Band by Battlefield Band
• Beeswax Sheepskin by Beeswax Sheepskin
• Best Of Finbarr Dwyer by Finbarr Dwyer
• Bothar Gan Briseadh/Down The Line by Calua
• Bridging The Gap by Kevin And Sean Moloney
• Buttered Side Down by 5 Second Rule
• Bye A While by Padraig Rynne
• Cairde by Various Artists
• Call The Tune: Music For The Sets Volume 4 by Various Artists
• Came The Dawn by Seamus Creagh
• Celtic Fire by John Whelan
• Ceol & Cuimhne / Music & Memory by Teada
• Ceol Conamara by Various Artists
• Ceol More by Tony McManus
• Ceolmhar by Holly Geraghty And Jonathan Roche
• Champions Of Ireland Concertina by Denise Shiel
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• Contemporary Traditional Irish Guitar by Dave Flynn
• D Flute Album by Kevin Crawford
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• Dancing To Jigs And Reels by Various Artists
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• Here Among Strangers by S�ucra
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• If The Cap Fits by Kevin Burke
• In Good Company by Kevin Crawford
• In Good Hands by Paddy Murphy
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• L'Anche À Deux Cordes by Frank Sears, Sebastien Deshaies Et Marc Benoît
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• With Complements by Patsy Reid
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• Yeh, That's All It Is by John Carty

X: 1
T: Paddy Fahy's
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Cmaj
cBGF DEFD|G2DG BcdB|cBGA Bcde|f2ed cedB|
cBGF DEFD|G2DG BcdB|cBGA Bcdc|BGFD ECCB:|
|:c2ge fdcd|cBGF DEFD|Gc~c2 gceg|fdcB Gc~c2|
Ecde fedc|_BdGA B3c|dggf defa|g^fdc =BG (3Bcd:|

This tune is played in every key there is, pretty much. I like Martin Hayes' version in C, and have adapted it (w/o all the variations) for transcription purposes. It appears on "The Lonesome Touch" and is entitled "Another Paddy Fahy's". This tune also appears on Tony McManus' "Ceol More" played in E major (using capo). His version is basically the same with a slight difference in the 2nd part:

|:c2ge fdcd|cBGF DEFD|Gc~c2 gceg|fdcd cBGF|
Ecde efdc|BdGA _B=BcG|dg~g2 defa|gfdc BGFD:|

I think the thing I like about Martin Hayes' version is the F# in the final bar.

There are plenty other transcriptions of this on the net. JC's Tune Index has them all:-

#159 "Paddy Fahey's No.3" - in A major
#160697 "Paddy Fahey's #2" - in C major
#533 "Paddy Fahy's" - in D major
#755 "Paddy Fahy's" - in G major

The last 2 are from Henrik Norbeck's.

# Posted on February 2nd 2003 by Dr. Dow

This version is unlike those by Moving Cloud on Foxglove, or Joe Burke on The Bucks of Oranmore. Similar versions are played by Jason O'Rourke on The Bunch of Keys and by Annemarie McCormack on Ace and Deuce. The descending triplet at the end of each part on these recordings is what hooked me into learning this cheerful reel.

# Posted on November 19th 2004 by ʎɹoʇısuɐɹʇ

We've started playing this in D now in our session, for the flutes.

# Posted on May 30th 2005 by Dr. Dow

Also on Kevin and Sean Moloney's duet album. Paddy Carty is cited as the source.

# Posted on May 10th 2008 by slainte

Another B part

I learned this from a duet between Randal Bays on Fiddle and Dave Cory on banjo, really great stuff! They play the B part basically like this:

|:c2eg fdBd|cBGF DEFD|Gc~c2 gceg|fdcB GcBd|
c2de fdBd|cBGA _B2Bc|dg(3ggg defd|gfdc BGAB:|

# Posted on July 10th 2008 by Reverend

And I do really dig that very last F played sharp (unlike what I notated there).

# Posted on July 14th 2008 by Reverend