Finbar Dwyer's

reel

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on December 8th 2003 by jdicarlo.

This tune has been added to 11 tunebooks.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Across The Waters - Irish Traditional Music From England by Lynn Saoirse
• Angelina Carberry And Martin Quinn by Angelina Carberry And Martin Quinn
• Bothar Gan Briseadh/Down The Line by Calua
• Flame On The Banks by Maeve Donnelly
• From A Distant Shore: Irish And Cape Breton Traditional Music by Lynn Saoirse
• Helicon by Helicon
• Kiss Me Kate by Liz Carroll And Tommy Maguire
• Michelle O Brien, Aogan Lynch And Gavin Ralston by Michelle O Brien, Aogan Lynch And Gavin Ralston
• Rattlin' Banjos (part 2) by David McNevin
• Ring The Bell ... Run Like Hell by Midnight Court
• Shadows On Stone by Matt Molloy
• Shantalla by Shantalla
• Vol. 1 Catchin' The Tune by The Irish Tradition

X: 1
T: Finbar Dwyer's
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Gmaj
|:F | GB~B2 AGEG | DEGe dBAB | GD~D2 B,DGA | BGAB G3A |
BGBd gdBd | c2BG AGEF | GEDB, G,DBe | dBAB G3 :|
|:^c | dB~B2 GB~B2 | dBcB AGFA | DEFG ABcA | dec2 AGFA |
G2BG DCB,D | GBdB cBAc | B/2c/2dgd BGDB | cedc BGA :|

A Paddy O'Brien Tune?

I found this tune on a session recording I made in Drumshanbo in '97. Even with the low notes it sound great on the whistle. I'm just guessing that it's a Paddy O'Brien tune as there were many flying by that week. Does anyone out there have hard info on this tune?

# Posted on December 8th 2003 by jdicarlo

No Name

Note: "gan ainm" means "no name" in the Irish language.

# Posted on April 25th 2004 by garym

As far as I can tell this is not a Paddy O'Brien tune. It isn't amongst the hornpipes in his collection -
"The Compositions of Paddy O'Brien"
Nor is it one I have ever come across, realizing the limits of that statement. Paddy's hornpipes, on the whole, like tend to mostly rise in the opening bar of the B-part.

# Posted on June 5th 2005 by ceolachan

Well, for starters it's a reel, not a hornpipe.

# Posted on September 14th 2005 by continuo

Sounds like a home-cooked tune to me. There's no repetition in the tune and the themes don't match up. Could be wrong tho'.

# Posted on May 9th 2007 by Dow

A Finbar Dwyer tune

I recently heard this tune in a session in Vermont. The guy played it as a reel and said it was a composition of Finbar Dwyer. I still like it as a hornpipe . . .

# Posted on March 20th 2008 by jdicarlo