Tripping Up The Stairs

reel

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on March 5th 2002 by B Rad .

This tune has been added to 157 tunebooks.

Also known as McCabe's, Paddy Taylor's, Paddy Taylors.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• 20th Feakle Festival: Reeling Through The Years by Various Artists
• A Flick Of The Wrist by Brendan Larrissey
• An Buachaill Dreoite by Joe Ryan
• An Crann Carraige (Concertina Melodies From Tuamgraney, East Clare) by Martin O'Brien
• An Fhidil, Sraith 2 by Sean Keane, Kevin Burke, Paddy Glackin And Seamus Creagh
• Another Time by Gavin Whelan
• Ard Rí by Aileach
• Barefoot On The Altar by Chulrua
• Beo - Live by Slide
• Both Sides by Nua
• Bothar Gan Briseadh/Down The Line by Calua
• Bridging The Gap by Mick Mulvey
• Bring Yer Wellies by Gaelic Storm
• Capel Street by James Kelly
• Cavan's Lilter by Séamus Fay
• Ceolta Seisiún Na HÉireann / Irish Session Tunes: The Red Book by Matt Cranitch And Friends
• Clan Ranald by Martin Tourish And Luke Ward
• Cruinn by Academy Of Irish Music Chicago
• Cuig by Blackbeers
• Damp In The Attic (I Was Flyin' It) by P.J. King, Martin Murray, Cyril O'Donoghue, And Colm Murphy
• De Danann by De Danann
• Début by Field Marshal Montgomery Pipe Band
• Doublin' by Paddy Glackin And Paddy Keenan
• Down The Back Lane by Chulrua
• Down The Line by Ciaran Tourish
• Draw The Bow by Malachy Bourke
• Ebony And Brass by Marc Pollier
• Family by Qristina And Quinn Bachand
• Fibb'nacci Sequence by Knot Fibb'n
• Fiddle Sticks, Irish Traditional Music From Donegal by Various Artists
• Foinn Seisiun 3 by Ennis/Dublin Session Group
• Gallain2 by Barry Mcgandy
• Glass Of Beer by Greenhouse
• Grapevine by Elvie Miller And Naomi Morse
• Grianan by Grianan MTC
• Happy To Meet, Sorry To Part by Peter McAlinden
• Harmonic Motion by Slide
• Hill 16 by Hill 16
• Ireland's Best Session Tunes CD 2 by Waltons Recording
• Ireland's Own Traditional Accordionist by Finbarr Dwyer
• Irish Heritage: Ireland's Musical Tradition (CD 1) by Various Artists
• Irish Jigs by Paul Hutchinson, John Hymas And Tony Harris
• Irish Jigs And Reels by Various Artists
• Irish Piping, Flutes And Whistles by Various Artists
• Irish Showtime by The Irish Showtime Band
• Irish Traditional Music by Kevin Taylor
• It's No Secret by Hammy Hamilton, Seamus Creagh, Con O Drisceoil
• John Bowe And Mary Conroy by John Bowe
• Judique On The Floor by Buddy MacMaster
• Kelly/O'Brien/Sproule by Kelly, O'Brien and Sproule
• Kitty's Rambles by Finbarr Dwyer
• Leaving Friday Harbour by Battlefield Band
• Light Through The Leaves by Various Artists
• Live From The Katharine Cornell Theater Traditional Irish Music by Various Artists
• Music Of A Champion by Brendan McGlinchey
• Music On The Wind by Sean Moloney
• Musiques Traditionnelles D'Irlande by The Crickard Brothers
• N by Paddy Keenan
• Newtown Bridge by Eileen O'Brien
• O' Bheal Go Beal by Marcas O'Murchu
• Onward by Lilt
• Out On The Ocean by Moher
• Piano + by Geraldine Cotter
• Pluckin' Good by Christy Dunne
• Pourquoi Quebec by Tony McManus
• Pure Traditional Irish Accordion Music by Finbarr Dwyer
• Real Reels Of Ireland by Various Artists
• Reelin'in Tradition by The Mulcahy Family
• Riding Towards Life by Evergreen
• Seán Ryan CD1 by Sean Ryan
• Seanchairde by Dermy Diamond, Tara Diamond, Dáithí Sproule
• Seisiún Ceoil Bhéal Feirste by Various Artists
• Seven Evenings, Seven Mornings by Shantalla
• Slainte Mhath by Slainte Mhath
• Spirit by Dervish
• Sporting Nell by Tommy McCarthy
• Step This Way by David Lindquist
• Sugrú by Eilish O'Connor
• Sunny Spells And Scattered Showers by Solas
• Take A Bow by Matt Cranitch
• Tampa Session Sets, Vol. 1 by Clan Tampa
• Tarbolten by The Feekers
• The Boy In The Gap by Paddy Taylor
• The Curlew by Cliff Moses
• The Fine Art Of Piping by Liam O'Flynn
• The Good Ear by Dougal Adams And Ormonde Waters
• The Madrid Sessions by Philippe Barnes And Tom Phelan
• The Orkney Sessions From The Ayre Hotel by Various Artists
• The Rare Stuff by The Rare Stuff
• The Road From Ballinakill by Mike And Mary Rafferty
• The Smoky Chimney by Eoghan O'Sullivan, Gerry Harrington, Paul De Grae
• The Tap Room Trio by Tap Room Trio
• The World Pipe Band Championships 2006 by Various Artists
• Three's Company by Martin Meehan
• Track Across The Deep by London Lasses And Pete Quinn
• Traditional Flute Music In The Sligo-Roscommon Style by Catherine McEvoy With Felix Dolan
• Traditional Irish And Quebecoise Music by Sophie Lavoie And Fiachra O'Regan
• Traditional Music From Ireland by Seamus Creagh And Aidan Coffey
• Traditional Music Of Ireland by Paddy O'Brien
• Traditional Music Of Ireland by James Kelly, Paddy O'Brien, Daithi Sproule
• Tunes For Practice by Seamus Creagh
• With Complements by Patsy Reid
• With Friends Like These by James Keane
• Yvonne Casey by Yvonne Casey

X: 1
T: Tripping Up The Stairs
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Gmaj
FEDF ABAF | G~E3 dEcE | FEDF ABAF | GEcE EDD2 :||
K:D
Addc ~d3A | BeeA Beeg | fdec dBAB | cAGE FDD2 |
Addc ~d3A | (3Bcd ef ~g2fg | af (3gfe dBAB | cAGE FDD2 ||
F3G A2dG | (3GGG dG (3GGG dG | FEFG ABdB | cAGE FDD2 :||

Paddy Taylor

Gluabers post of "Ah, Surely" reminded me of another great flute player - Paddy Taylor, this is one of his tunes. I like all of the Paddy Taylor tunes I've ever heard, but this is a truely great reel. The Highlight is that funky triplet sequence in the last few bars, that and the C nat C# toggling keeps you on the edge of your seat. I first heard this reel from Paddy Keenan, he gave me a copy of his CD & "Na Keen Affair" where Tommy Peoples does a great setting of it for a few times through than he's joined by Keenan on the pipes. I was hooked on it, it is kind of a smarty pants tune & not too many people play it in my area but I've heard it's a staple in Beantown.

# Posted on March 5th 2002 by B Rad

Common 'round here

...in SF Bay Area--everybody seems to play it. Known here simply as "Paddy Taylor's."

Another tune commonly called "Tripping up Stairs" is:

FAA GBB| FAd fed| ~c3 ABc| dfe dAG| FAA GBB| FAd fed| ~c3 ABc| dfe d2...

# Posted on May 1st 2003 by pchaffee

It's moved north now

This reel seems to have moved north from the San Francisco Bay area to our little corner of the Pacific Northwest. This is the setting we play, which is also very close to Martin O'Brien's version on his "An Crann Carraige" CD.

X:1
T:Paddy Taylor's
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:reel
K:Gmaj
FEDF A3F | GEcE dEcE | FEDF ABAF |1 GEcE EDD2 :|2 GEcE EDDB ||
K:D
Addc d3A | (3Bcd ef gfed | Addc dfed | =cAGE EDDB |
Addc d3A | (3Bcd ef g2fg | afge d2cA | (3Bcd AG FDDE ||
F3G A2dG | GGdG GBAG | FEFG Add=c | (3ABA GE EDD2 :||

# Posted on February 7th 2009 by alec b