Pat Ward's

slide

Key signature: Dmajor

Submitted on September 9th 2003 by gian marco.

This tune has been added to 23 tunebooks.

Also known as The Highlander's Kneebuckle.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• An Phíb by Dicky Deegan
• Far From The Hills Of Donegal by Oisin McAuley
• Moving Cloud by Moving Cloud
• The Best Of Irish Piping by Seamus Ennis
• The Drones And The Chanters by Various Artists
• The Dusty Miller by Conor, Gay And Seán McKeon
• The Fire Aflame by Keane, Molloy, O'Flynn
• The Wynd You Know by Ronan Browne
• Upon My Soul by James Carty

X: 1
T: Pat Ward's
M: 12/8
L: 1/8
R: slide
K: Dmaj
FED A2D B2D A2D|F2A A2F E3 E2G|F2D A2D B2D A3|Bcd e2c d2B A2G|
FED A2D B2D A2D|F2A A2F E3 E2G|F2D A2D B2D A3|1Bcd e2c d3 A2G:|2Bcd e2c d3 d2B||
|:A2d f2d e2d f2d|A2d f2d e3 d2B|A2d f2d e2d e2f|g2f e2d B3 A2F|
A2d f2d e2d f2d|A2d f2d e2d e2f|gfe f2d e2d B2A|1Bcd e2c d3 d2B:|2Bcd e2c d2B A2G|

Source: Sean Kane, Matt Molloy, Liam O'Flinn : "The Fire Aflame"
Transcription: g.m.p.

Probably this tune is a single jig , not a slide.
I know ( and i prefer ) it also as a reel, under the name "A Galway Reel".

# Posted on September 9th 2003 by gian marco

Doon reel

In reeltime aka 'Doon reel'

# Posted on September 10th 2003 by Henk Bos

As posted here, it sounds like a fling to me.

# Posted on May 25th 2006 by Dow

"Pat Ward's Highland Fling"

Submitted on May 25th 2006 by ceolachan.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/5796

Alright, alright, you got my attention, wouldn't you know it... For want of another name, and to avoid just another 'gan ainm', I've given it the same title.

It is fun either way, but the rhythm within a bar has a pronounced '2' about it, rather than that sort of slithery slide thing of going from beat 1 to beat four, in other words, taking bar 1 first, the feel is:

| FED A2 D | B2 D A2 D | = | F>DA>D B>DA>D |

As is true for the opening bar for the B-part:

| A2 d f2 d e2 d f2 d | = | A>df>d e>df>d |

# Posted on May 25th 2006 by ceolachan

"Pat Ward's Single Reel"

You will also find in the 'Comments' for the above link a single reel take on this melody as well...

# Posted on May 25th 2006 by ceolachan

"The Doon Reel" ~ as mentioned previously, a double reel:

Also known as Doon, Leather Buttons.
Submitted on December 17th 2001 by Josh Kane.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/438

# Posted on May 25th 2006 by ceolachan

Single Jig

In the liner notes of his CD "Far from the Hills of Donegal" Oisin McAuley (Danu's Fiddler) calls this a single jig.

# Posted on September 1st 2007 by Fellenbaum