Paddy's Trip To Scotland

reel

Key signature: Dmajor

Submitted on January 7th 2003 by paul95.

This tune has been added to 147 tunebooks.

Also known as 1st Templebar Set, Sergeant Murphy.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Altan's Finest by Altan
• Altan: Live by Altan
• Baker's Well by Baker's Well
• Bakerswell by Bakerswell
• Best Of 1987-1993 by Altan
• Clear The Dresser And Take The Floor by Emerald Ceili Band
• Dance Music Of Ireland: Volume 10 by Matt Cunningham
• Dragon Reels by Roger Landes
• Erne by Jim McGrath, Cathal Hayden, Gerry O'Donnell, Tommy O'Sullivan
• Fiddler's Choice by Jerry Holland
• Halali by Halali
• Horse With A Heart by Altan
• Hungry Grass by Hungry Grass
• Jack In The Box Irish Session by Tionol
• Live At Trinity Hall by Trinity Hall Session Players
• String Sisters Live by String Sisters
• The Blue Bottle by InisFail
• The Blue Fiddle by Sean Smyth
• The Gravel Walks: The Fiddle Music Of Mickey Doherty by Mickey Doherty
• The Unseen Dance by Evergreen
• Two Year Winter by Bill Jones
• When The Party's Over by Brian Finnegan

X: 1
T: Paddy's Trip To Scotland
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmaj
dA~A2 BAGF|GABd cABc|d2ed cABc|dfed cABc|
dA~A2 BAGF|GABd cABc|d2ed cABc|1 dfec d2dc:|2 dfec d2dB||
|:Adfd Adfd|~g3f edcB|Acec Acec|~f3e dcBc|
Adfd Adfd|~g3f efge|aA~A2 BABc|1 dfec d2dB:|2 dfec dABc||

Paddy's trip to Scoland

Paddy's trip to Scotland is the first tune of the Donegal set
(Dervish: The Boys of Sligo). It can be heard too on
Altan: Horse with a Heart

# Posted on January 7th 2003 by paul95

Altan's Version

I like Dervish's setting you've given, Paul, and will work that up for my own playing. On their Live cd, Altan does a different--more Donegal--setting, with a distinctly different B part, as follows:

T: Paddy's Trip to Scotland
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
D: Altan Live
K: D maj
(3ABc|:dA (3AAA BAGF|GA (3Bcd cABc|(3ddd ed cABc|dfed cABc|
|dA (3AAA BAGF|GA (3Bcd cABc|(3ddd ed cABc|1 dfec d2 (3ABc:|2 dfec dAFG||
|:Adfd Adfd|Adfd dcBc|Acec Acec|Acec dcBc|
|Adfd Adfd|Adfd d/e/dc B^g-|aA (3AAA dcBA||1 (3Bcd ec dcBc:| 2 (3Bcd ec d2 (3ABc||

This is a great way to compare two very different stylistic approaches to the same tune--the Dervish "Sligo" approach, which uses more linear melodic phrases, and Altan's Donegal style, carrying the punchy arpeggiated phrases of the B part into the next measure, and sprinkling in a few more bowed triplets.

# Posted on January 7th 2003 by Will CPT

I didn't even know I was looking for this one.

It pays to check out all the new additions. I have enjoyed this tunes for years but I never got around to it. Thanks for the posts.

# Posted on January 8th 2003 by Mark Cordova

Thank you. X marks the spot. So long as it's not the last field before the score. Putting it last seemed to give me a blank image.

# Posted on December 30th 2007 by sbhikes

Sorry, that comment was meant for a discussion, but it goes here just as well because my question was why can't I paste that ABC into concertina.net without an error. The answer is to add X: 1 to the ABC.

# Posted on December 30th 2007 by sbhikes