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Paddy Fahey's

reel

Key signature: Fmajor

Submitted on September 27th 2009 by Earl Cameron.

This tune has been added to 15 tunebooks.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

A Clare Conscience by Aidan McMahon And Anthony Quigney
A Letter Home by Athena Tergis
Absolutely Irish by Various Artists
An Tris Is A Rian by Claire Keville, John Weir And Eithne Ni Dhonaile
Angelina Carberry And Martin Quinn by Angelina Carberry And Martin Quinn
Around The World For Sport by The Doon Céilí Band
Autumn Apples by Pat McNulty
Basil And Thyme by Breda Smyth
Battlefield Band by Battlefield Band
Beeswax Sheepskin by Beeswax Sheepskin
Cairde by Various Artists
Celtic Fire by John Whelan
Champions Of Ireland Concertina by Denise Shiel
Chasing The Dawn by Jenny Crook And Henry Sears
Coleman's Cross: Tradtional Irish Music From County Sligo by Philip Duffy
Drive The Cold Winter Away by Horslips
Faoi Bhlath by Dave Sheridan, Ciaran Somers, Nicolas Quemener
Far From The Hills Of Donegal by Oisin McAuley
Fire In The Air by Bobbi Nikles With Kyle Alden, Paul Kotapish, Maureen Brennan, Julian Smedley, Cindy Browne, Shira Kammen And David Morris
Fort Of The Jewels by Brian McNamara
Gavin Whelan by Gavin Whelan
Geantrai - Live Session Recordings From The TV Series by Various Artists
Green Energy by The Irish Experience
House To House by Randal Bays And Roger Landes
In Stitches by The Flying Toads
Katy Bar The Door by Randal Bays
Links by Silver Arm
Live From The Katharine Cornell Theater Traditional Irish Music by Various Artists
Lord Mayo by Le Cheile
Making Time by Liz Knowles
Masters Of Irish Music by Martin Byrnes
Memories From The Holla by Peter Carberry, Angelina Carberry And John Blake
My Book Of Songs by Kathleen Collins
Northern Lights by Kevin And Seamus Glackin
Overland by Randal Bays And Daithi Sproule
Paddy In The Smoke by Various Artists
Potsticks by Sean Moloney
Seamus Tansey With Eddie Corcoran by Seamus Tansey
Selection Box by Conor McCarthy And Alph Duggan
Side By Side by Liz And Yvonne Kane
Soh It Is by Craobh Rua
Song Of The Chanter by Various Artists
Stepping Stones by Juniper
Strange But True... by Takuji Tamura And Yukio Kashiwagi
The Daisy Field by Claire Keville
The Friendly Visit by Frank Brunel And Vincent Rosinach
The Hop Down by Breda Keville
The Irwin Lake Sessions by Shannon Quinn
The Mad Skeleton by Fianna
The Mighty Box by Luke Daniels
The Next Turn by Trouble In The Kitchen
The Pipes Are Calling by Peter And Noel Carberry
The Tocane Concerts by Various Artists
The Well Tempered Bow by Liz And Yvonne Kane
The Wind Among The Reeds by Tommy Keane And Jaqueline McCarthy
Tone Roads by Wild Asparagus
Torch And Fire by Dan Beimborn
Traditional Fiddle Music From County Clare by Vincent Griffin
Traditional Irish Music by Setanta
Traditional Irish Music From County Clare by Martin Vaughan
Two Miles To Tulla by Larry Gavin, Micheál O'Rourke And Charlie Lennon
Weeds In The Garden by Muintir Lewis
Wintering Out by Simon Bradley And Luke Plumb
With Complements by Patsy Reid

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Another setting

This setting comes from the Kane Sisters (can't remember if it's on the !st or 2nd CD, though...sorry!) Their version is basically the same, but their 2nd part is essentially G mixolydian, instead of G dorian as you have it here. I change the key in the 2nd part to one sharp, so as to avoid a slew of F sharp accidentals (I've often seen G mix tunes written out this way in various collections, so it's not without precedent).

T:Paddy Fahey's
R:reel
M:4/4
K:F
|: GA | B2 dB DFBd | c=BcA FAcA | B2 dB DFBd |
c=BcA _BGGA | BDGA BDGB | ADFA c2 =Bc |
dg ~g2 dc=Bd | c=BcF DG :||
K:G
|: Bd | g2 dg Bdge | =f2 cf Acfa | gfgd ABcA |
df (3fga g3 a | _bgaf gfdc | (3Bcd BG D2 =FA |
dg ~g2 dcBd | cBc=F DG :||

# Posted on September 28th 2009 by jaychoons

Paddy Fahey's

This reel has been posted at least twice: http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/2940
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/6613

# Posted on September 28th 2009 by slainte

Accidentals

my transcription has three sharps in the b part; yours has
three naturals. you changed the key, I didn't have to. I also don't have to read any accidentals on the beat, or in other places they shouldn't be.

# Posted on September 29th 2009 by Earl Cameron

Accidentals

You're missing my point, Earl. The version you posted doen't need to change keys in the "b" part because it stays in G dorian: the version from the Kane Sisters' CD goes to G mix. I wasn't criticizing your transcription, I was simply putting up a different version. Since you didn't put in any comments, where did you get your version from (just out of curiosity)?

# Posted on September 29th 2009 by jaychoons

Paddy Fahey's

I unfortunately don't have a single solid source for this tune, so I have made it my own in many ways. I am confused however about the key. You say it goes to Gmix but one sharp is G major.
which is D mixolydian, if that were the case. My sincere wish is for a solid version of this tune to replace all of the bad versions on the internet

# Posted on September 30th 2009 by Earl Cameron

Notation...

hey jaychoons,

The notation of your transcription didn't turn out as you wanted it to, I think. There's no key change in the second part and a load of B-flats there too.

# Posted on October 9th 2009 by reenactor