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Paddy Fahy's

jig

Key signature: Gdorian

Submitted on February 4th 2002 by Will Harmon.

This tune has been added to 141 tunebooks.

Also known as Paddy Fahey's.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

Details ABC Sheetmusic Comments

X: 1
T: Paddy Fahy's
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Gdor
F|:DGA ~B3|cBc d2 g|gdB Bcd|cAG FDC|
|DGA B2 d| cBc d2 g|gdB Bcd|1 cAF G2 F:|2 cAF GBd||
|:g2 d fga|gfd Bcd|cAc fef|agf def|
|g2 a bag|fdg fdc|ABG Adc|1 AGF GBd:|2 AGF G2 F||

Details ABC Sheetmusic Comments
Paddy Fahy's sheetmusic
Details ABC Sheetmusic Comments

Paddy Fahy's Jig

Another great tune from the famed Co. Galway fiddler and composer. This version comes from the playing of Martin Hayes on his self-titled cd.

Lots of room for variations on this one. I tend to roll the high f naturals (including the fef phrase in measure 3 of Part B).
For a nice Hayes-ian touch, try the following for the A Part:

|DGA BGG|cGG dGG|gdB Bcd|

or

|DGA BAG|cBA dfa|gfd Bcd|

This tune works well at a slow, somber tempo, but also fired up a bit and charging along angrily. I like to play it as the last in a set starting with the Kerfunken Jig, then Tell Her I Am, then Paddy Fahy's.

# Posted on February 4th 2002 by Will Harmon

Note that the two Paddy Fahy tunes on "The Lonesome Touch" are both reels. I can't vouch for the other recordings listed under Details for this tune.

# Posted on February 4th 2002 by Will Harmon

another favourite,Will.
We usally go into the humours of Brandon after this.

# Posted on February 4th 2002 by biggus dave

On 'The Cap Fits', Kevin Burke plays it slightly differently, putting in F#s and even some B-naturals in the turn. His A-part starts roughly like this:
DGA ~B3 | cBc d2g | ^fdg gfd | cAG ~F3 |

# Posted on February 4th 2002 by CreadurMawnOrganig

Think it would go well with the Swedish Jig? Hmmmmm...

# Posted on February 4th 2002 by Josh Kane

Paddy fahy's jig on paddy in the smoke

I love Martin Byrnes' setting for this on Paddy in the Smoke - definitely a different feel than Hayes'. Don't know about Kevin's since I don't have his 'cap fits' album yet (working on it). I might try to provide abcs for Byrnes' later if I can figure them out.

# Posted on October 7th 2002 by chicagofiddler

There are major mode settings of this tune floating around, quite different from the minory sound given here.

# Posted on October 8th 2002 by Will Harmon

"Paddy Fahy's" ~ twisted A Dorian

I'm sorry but I haven't been able to remember who gave this to me first, but I was taught it in another key and have it slightly different from what's given here. Anyway, for those that might be interested, here goes a quick attempt late at night to ABC it:

K: A Dorian
|: G |
EAB cBc | d^cd e2 a | aec cde | dBA GF^E |
EAB c2 e | d^cd e2 a | aec cde | dB^G A2 :|
|: e |
a2 e ^gab | aed cBA | BGB gfg | bag ef^g |
a2 b cba | gea g3 | Bcd ged | BA^G A2 :|

# Posted on November 29th 2005 by ceolachan

This is the Paddy Fahey's that is on track 2 on Seamus Egan's "In Your Ear" album. The listing here points to a reel called Paddy Fahey's for some reason.

# Posted on December 16th 2005 by withak

He also plays it in a different key. It's the same notes as are listed here but with F# instead of Bb in the key signature, whatever key that works out to be.

# Posted on December 16th 2005 by withak

Scully Casey's

Interestingly, the last half of the B part is very similar to the final portion of the B part of Scully Casey's Jig played by Kevin Crehan on 'An Bhabog Sa Bhadog' with its 'gfd gfd' and so on motif.

# Posted on August 29th 2006 by Ger the Rigger

Paddy Fahy's Jig

I find this tune much more interesting played in mixed modes, as I've most often heard it played in sessions. At a session a few days ago, I was listening to how everyone else was playing it, and the general consensus was as follows:

X: 1
T: Paddy Fahy's
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Gmaj
DGA _~B3|c=Bc d2g|gfd Bcd|cAG FGA|
DGA _~B3|c=Bc d2g|gfd Bcd|1 cAF G2F:|2 cAF GBd||
|:g2d fga|gfd Bcd|cAA ~=f3|ag^f def|
g2a bag|fdg fdc|B2G AGF|1 DGF GBd:|2 DGF G2F||

So Bbs bars 1 & 5 of A-part only, and Fnats bar 3 of B-part. I love how the Bs and Fs waver between flat and nat - the effect is much more subtle that way.

# Posted on April 14th 2007 by Dr. Dow

Flute-friendly Version

http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/2561/comments#comment217528

# Posted on June 13th 2007 by slainte

Martin Haye's setting

Here's my transcription from Martin Haye's CD "The Lonesome Touch".

X: 1
T:Paddy Fahy's Jig #1
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:GDor
F| DGA B2 c|cBc d2g|gfd Bcd|cAG FDC|
DGA B2 c|cBc d2 g|gfd Bcd|1cAF G2 D:|
|2cAF GBd|:g3 fga|gfd Bcd|c2 A f3|agf def|
g2 a bag|fdg fdc|B2G Adc|1 AGF GBd :|2AGF G2D ||

# Posted on September 13th 2007 by jlfinkels

Martin Byrnes makes it really beautiful:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dws185EvRoQ

# Posted on August 4th 2010 by Othannen

If The Cap Fits

The sheetmusic posted here is quite different from the setting played by Kevin Burke on If The Cap Fits http://www.thesession.org/recordings/display/210

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIO9Qhqe4RQ
Here's my transcription of this recording, minus a lot of detail. I apologise in advance for any inaccuracies - I think it conveys the shape of the tune well enough.

X: 1
T: Paddy Fahy's
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Gdor
DGA ~B3|~c3 d2 g|^fdg gfd|cAG ~F3|
|DGA BAG|c=Bc d2 g|^fdg gfd|1 cA^F G2 ^F:|2 cA^F G=Bd||
|:~g2 d ^fga|g^fd ~c3|A_BA ~f3|ag^f de^f|
|g2 a =bag|^fdg fdc|=B2 G Adc|1 AG^F G=Bd:|2 AG^F G2 ^F||

I don't know for certain, but I suspect that this may be closer to how Paddy Fahy himself plays it, or *played* it at some point. Notice the fluidity of B flat vs. natural and F natural vs. sharp.

# Posted on September 29th 2011 by CreadurMawnOrganig

Paddy Fahy plays Paddy Fahy's Jig

Judge for yourself: http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?jgwwp4wbsdj8cjf

# Posted on September 29th 2011 by KLR

"I suspect that this may be closer to how Paddy Fahy himself plays it"

After listening to that, Kevin, I take that back. Paddy Fahy's recording has a much more major feel to it - B-naturals throughout, with just a few F-naturals here and there. The shape of the tune, however, is much the same as the posted version.

I have noticed, however, listening to Paddy Fahy play the same tune on different recordings, that, whilst there is usually very little variation between iterations within one rendition, he sometimes has a markedly different take on a tune from one occasion to the next. So Kevin Burke's version could still originate from the composer himself.

# Posted on September 30th 2011 by CreadurMawnOrganig

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