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Paddy Jim Frank's

reel

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on August 15th 2005 by Will CPT.

This tune has been added to 7 tunebooks.

Also known as The Navvy On The Line, The Navvy On The Shore, Paddy Jim Frank.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

1975 The First by The Bothy Band
A Few Tunes by John Skelton
At It Again by John Carty
Donkey's Years by The Roaring Donkey Sessions
Double-Barrelled by Kieran O'Hare And John Skelton
Irish Heritage: Ireland's Musical Tradition (CD 1) by Various Artists
Music Of Sligo by Peter Horan And Fred Finn
One's Own Place by Kevin Henry
Roguery Road by Jason O'Rouke And Ruadhrai O'Kane
The Killaville Sessions by Ceoltoiri Coleman
Volume 3: The Rhythm Chapter by Fiddlers 3

Details ABC Sheetmusic Comments

X: 1
T: Paddy Jim Frank's
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Gmaj
B2 eB dBGB|A2 BG AGed|B2 eB dBgB|AGAB A2 GA|
B2 eB dBGB|A2 bg agef|g2 fg edBA|1GA{B}AF ~g2 GA:|2 GA{B}af ~g3 z||
gedB GABd|g2 dB GABd|egdB GABd|e2 dB ~a3 z|
gedB GABd|g2 dB GA B/c/d|g2 fg edBA|1 GA{B}AF ~g3 z:|2 GA{B}AF G2 GA||

Details ABC Sheetmusic Comments

Paddy Jim Frank's

Thanks to Hiroyuki for finding and posting the link to a clip of fluter Kevin Henry playing this and two other tunes (see Dermot Grogan's: http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/4854).

JC's tunefinder has a slightly different setting, with the source given as "The Killavil Sessions" (Ceoltoiri Coleman), as follows.

I like Kevin Henry's version better, at least on flute. It's a great lesson in jumping octaves to add spark to an otherwise simple tune, and I like how he often blows a note in the lower octave only to shift it up to the higher octave and continue the melody line from there.

# Posted on August 15th 2005 by Will CPT

Sounds like a version of "The Navvy on the Line".

# Posted on August 15th 2005 by LongNote

Great work, Will. Very precise.

# Posted on August 15th 2005 by slainte

LongNote, I was thinking the same thing.

Hiroyuki, the only thing I couldn't capture in the abcs is the way Kevin pushes some notes into the higher octave. You have to listen to the clip to get where that happens, starting from the lower octave. Very Conal O'Grada-esque. Sounds to me like he starts a note, overblows it to start the shift into the second octave, and then holds the second octave with the usual change in embouchure, to get a cleaner note. The resulting overtones and "bark" give the tune energy and a wildness it would not otherwise have.

# Posted on August 15th 2005 by Will CPT

I agree with Paddy, it's Navvy on the Line.

# Posted on August 15th 2005 by Phantom Button

Well, Jeremy can move whatever's worth keeping to Navvy on the Line, as he sees fit. Okay by me.

# Posted on August 16th 2005 by Will CPT

Not Navvy on the Line

About every other time I start this tune in a session, some yahoo starts playing Navvy on the Line, and they are not compatiable, at all, it's a trainwreck every time. They're similar tunes, but very clearly different.

Course, the version I play is the version Peter Horan and Fred Finn play, which is a bit different from the one given here... probably closer (but not identical) to the Killavil Sessions one given above.

# Posted on August 16th 2005 by Sol Foster

BTW, another name for ths is "The Pride of Cluinte", according to _The Mountain Road_ and Celtic Fiddle Festival.

# Posted on August 16th 2005 by Sol Foster

Telling us something we already know. I think I stated above that this tune is not "The Navvy on the Line", but rather a version of the tune usually known by that name. Or "The Navvy on the Line" is a version of this tune, whichever you prefer. Yes, versions or settings are often similar, but completely incompatible. Personally, I would prefer that distinct and interesting settings of well-known tunes not be banished to the comments section. To me they are different tunes.

# Posted on August 16th 2005 by LongNote

LongNote, I'm not sure that anyone else who replied read your comment the way you intended it to be read, but no matter -- we're in complete agreement that this tune should stay.

# Posted on August 17th 2005 by Sol Foster

Um, don't you mean the Navvy On The Shore anyway? Navvy On The Line is a James Hill hornpipe and bears no resemblance to this tune whatsoever.

# Posted on August 17th 2005 by Dow

http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/1273

# Posted on August 17th 2005 by Dow

Also 'The Navvy on the Shore'

Even though this is a unique version of 'The Navvy on the Shore' and couldn't be played at the same time without a train wreck ensuing, I still think it's just a version nonetheless. Many versions of tunes can't be played at the same time as the more common versions, but I disagree that it means they should have their own page in the database. I think it's more useful if tune versions appear in the comments section with the title listed as an alternative for tune research sake. For example: if I was looking for 'Paddy Jim Frank's' reel, I'd want to be able to find it, but I think it would be beneficial to know that it's related to a nearly identical tune that's more common. Of course it’s ultimately up to Jeremy how to resolve these issues.

# Posted on September 14th 2006 by Phantom Button