Troy's Wedding

jig

Key signature: Amixolydian

Submitted on August 29th 2003 by dafydd.

This tune has been added to 59 tunebooks.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• A Celebration Of Scottish Music by Various Artists
• Anthem For The Common Man by Battlefield Band
• Borderlands by Kathryn Tickell
• Borders by Ossian
• Bumblebees by Bumblebees
• Cascade by Capercaillie
• I Won't Be Afraid Any More by Nomos
• Inveroran by Stuart Liddell
• Off Kilter by Off Kilter
• The Orkney Sessions From The Ayre Hotel by Various Artists

X: 1
T: Troy's Wedding
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Amix
|:AAA d2c|BBB e2d|cAA ABc|dcd f2d|
AAA d2c|BBB e2d|caa ged|ABc d3:|
|:gee ege|fdd dfd|ecA ABc|dcd f2d|
[1gee ege|fdB A2d|caa gee|ABc d3:|
[2BGG Bcd|Add f2d|caa gee|ABc d3|
|:Aaa Bac|aad aea|faa gec|dcd f2d|
Aaa Bac|aad aea|faa gec|ABc d3:|
Acc cee|Add dff|ecA ABc|dcd f2d|
AAA cAA|dBd fed|caa gec|ABc d3|
AcA ecA|dfd afd|ecA ABc|dcd f2d|
BGG Bcd|Add f2d|caa gee|ABc d3|

Troy's Wedding

Composed by Canadian piper, ( and drummer, too, so I've been told ), Colin Magee. Recorded by "Battlefield Band" and "Ossian".
Dublin piper and whistle player Peter Phelan played this at the Willie Clancy Week flute and whistle recital this year, and I stumbled across him teaching it to 3 whistle players the next day.
We had great fun playing and discussing the tune. A modern classic of "kitchen-piping".

# Posted on October 2nd 2003 by Kenny

I've heard Peter Phelan play it before, but only the first three parts. The above setting is more or less that which appears in Ceol na Fidhle, Vol. IV - Highland Tunes for the Fiddle (probably taken from a bagpipe collection). I've heard a variation to the third part, which goes something like this:

|:Aaa Bac|aad aea|faa eaa|dac aBa|
Aaa Bac|aad aea|faa gec|ABc d3:|

# Posted on October 3rd 2003 by CreadurMawnOrganig

Should the 7th bar of the first part end on a c instead of a d, as do the 3rd and 4th parts?
The abc's seem to suggest you have already made a change to the 4th part - end on an 'e'.
Curious

# Posted on July 11th 2004 by Donough

Correction: Peter Phelan plays the whole tune. I must have been thinking of someone else.

Also, the Ceol na Fidhle setting has a straightforward repeat in the 2nd part - i.e. without the 2nd time variation.

# Posted on March 14th 2007 by CreadurMawnOrganig

By the way, it's in Dmaj rather than Amix.

# Posted on November 9th 2008 by martin clarke

I too stumbled across Peter playing this amazing tune in Miltown Malbay, but was in a fiddle class instead. The following year I was inspired to join the whistle class and forgot all about this tune. What a great surprise to see it here whilst digging out some old Battlefield LPs.

# Posted on March 2nd 2009 by whistlingrich

Written for Jamie Troy's and Louise Troy's Wedding on June 7th, 1975, by Colin Magee

# Posted on May 17th 2011 by melodica

I know this one from an old Robert Matheson recording; grace notes No matter how many times I rewound I couldn't get that 4th part . I eventually found it in one of his books. Sigh
Ive played this one with Peter myself , a gentleman.
It was also recorded in 3 parts by Nomos on their first Album but a rather poor setting when you consider the whole tune! guess I wasnt the only one to have trouble picking it up by ear in those days!

# Posted on May 17th 2011 by piobagusfidil

correction 3rd part not 4th. !
However the 3rd part you have here is different to Matheson's, where did you get it? I play it as creature's setting posted above[ which I just noticed after writing the ABC out! damn. ] I think my friend Mark taught Liz the '4 part setting at one point after the CD was released.

# Posted on May 17th 2011 by piobagusfidil

and the other two tunes in the Matheson set are GREAT! Gael force wind is one I think ,been a long time since I played that set, not very common.

yes google gave me;
Finlay M MacFae / Troy's Wedding / Iain's Wedding / Gaelforce Wind
I used to play them all....

# Posted on May 17th 2011 by piobagusfidil

Small correction...

The first tune title in that set, "piobagusfidil" is Finlay M MacRae, not "MacFae". Finlay was a great piper, a pupil of Willie Ross, and I'm pleased to report, still in good health at the the age of 83. When we visited him and his wife a month or so ago, we got to talking about piping as usual, not that I'm in any way an expert on it like Finlay is. He said at one point, "Do you know, Kenny, I started playing the pipes when I was 7, so I suppose I've been a piper for 76 years". I said, "Aye Finlay, you must have played a few notes in that time". "Aye, aye..." he replied, " mind you, I missed quite a few as well". Now there speaks a true musician.

# Posted on May 18th 2011 by Kenny

Interesting

I was about to judge this tune by the A part and move on. Would have been my loss. Thanks for posting.

# Posted on July 6th 2011 by Mark the Fiddler