An Paistin Fionn

hornpipe

Key signature: Edorian

Submitted on April 16th 2006 by Why Bother?.

This tune has been added to 71 tunebooks.

Also known as Paistin Fionn.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Barefoot On The Altar by Chulrua
• Deborah Quigley With Martin Gould by Deborah Quigley
• Flower Of The Red Mill by Sarah Blair
• La Harpe Irlandaise - The Irish Harp by Katrien Delavier
• Melodic Journeys by James Kelly
• Spinndrift by Mooncoin
• Spirit by Dervish
• The Blackberry Blossom by Mary MacNamara
• The Boy In The Gap by Paddy Taylor
• The Living Wood by Maire Ni Chathasaigh And Chris Newman
• The Merry Sisters Of Fate by Lunasa
• The Very Best Of The Claddagh Years by The Chieftains
• Think Before You Think by Danu
• Traditional Music From Clare And Beyond by Gearoid O HAllmhurain

X: 1
T: An Paistin Fionn
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: hornpipe
K: Edor
(3Bcd|:efed Beed|geag f2 gf|efed BA GA|B2 cA B2 (3Bcd|
efed Beed|geag f2 gf|efed BA FA|1 E2 ED E2 (3Bcd :|2 E2 ED E2 (3DEF||
G2 Bc dBBA|B3c dcBA|G2 Bc dBBA|Beed e2(3DEF|
G2 Bc dBBA|Bega b3 a|e2 ed BA FA|1 E2 ED E2 (3DEF:|2 E2 ED E2 (3Bcd||

The Hornpipe

This is the Hornpipe version of the air (I think). Lunasa does it on Merry Sisters and Dervish does it on Spirit. This is closer to Lunasa's version.

# Posted on April 16th 2006 by Why Bother?

An Paístin Fionn---The Hornpipe

Glad you posted this one, Unseen!
It's also on the 1981 Green Linnet recording, "Eavesdropper," with Jackie Daly and Kevin Burke played with swing in Fdor.
Here's how I hear their setting in Edor on my concertina.
X: 1
T: An Paístin Fionn
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: hornpipe
K: Edor
(3Bcd |: e>gfe d>efd | g>bag f2gf | e>fed BAGA | B>dcA B2 (3Bcd |
e>gfe d>efd | g>bag f2gf | e>fed BAFB |1 E2 ED E2 (3Bcd:|2 E2 ED E2 EF ||
|: G>ABc d>BBd | c>AAc d>BBA | G>ABc dBBA | B>eed e2EF |
G>ABc d>BBA | B>eef g2gf | e>fed B>AFB |1 E2 ED E2 EF :|2E2 ED E2 (3Bcd ||

# Posted on April 17th 2006 by joesmith

As a Waltz

http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/2387

# Posted on April 17th 2006 by slainte

Sorry, that's not a waltz but a song air. It seems this hornpipe setting was rewritten based on the air.

# Posted on April 17th 2006 by slainte

I thought it was a Hornpipe of the air, guess I was right.

Dervish adds more triplets in this tune. The one I posted is my own version and is kind of a hodge-podge of the two I have heard.

# Posted on April 17th 2006 by Why Bother?

Horror of horrors!! This is a gorgeous slow air and if you heard Kieran Galvin sing this with Danú, you'd never want to play it as anything else.

# Posted on April 18th 2006 by Bannerman

I'm going to avoid that, then.

# Posted on April 18th 2006 by joesmith

First off his name is spelled Ciarán O Gealbháin. Secondly, this sounds completly different than the air that he sings with Danu. "Think Before You Think" is probably my favorite Danu album.

# Posted on April 18th 2006 by Why Bother?

Unseen,
I think that's what Bannerman's objection is. Of course, I'll never know. I won't be listening to Danu's version because I want to keep playing this one.

# Posted on April 19th 2006 by joesmith

Or maybe I'll just call it something else,
like The Fair Haired Little Darlin' Hornpipe..

# Posted on April 19th 2006 by joesmith

No, it can't be, I heard the Lunasa air into hornpipe version first then heard the Danu song. The two are completly different this one has that nice dorian yearning where as the song has to be major, too nice sounding. I love them both regardless of what either name is.

My point is, I have heard and played both, and I love both versions.

# Posted on April 19th 2006 by Why Bother?

Blame Jackie Daly

Jackie Daly turned the air setting played by flute player Paddy Taylor into a hornpipe, which he recorded on his duet LP with Kevin Burke c. 1980. For the music that was probably Taylor's source, see the Roche Collection.

# Posted on May 11th 2006 by blarneystar

Maybe it's in 6/8 time

Not this version, of course. But in the Tomás ó Canainn book Traditional Slow Airs of Ireland, Páistín Fionn is written in 6/8 time. That version is close to what Ciarán O Gealbháin sings on the Danú album. So maybe someone will post it as a jig,

# Posted on November 25th 2008 by Trice

Yeah, right

http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/1471

# Posted on November 25th 2008 by <>-_-_-<>

Thanks

I should have looked a little further.

# Posted on November 27th 2008 by Trice

Key

Sounds like this should be in eminor, not edorian; those c sharps in the B section sounds really out of place to me. Or I suppose you could throw some bminor sound in there by getting rid of some Gs and altering a triplet, like so:

F2 Bc dBBA|B3c dcBA|G2 Bc dBBA|Beed e2(3CDE|
F2 Bc dBBA|Bega b3 a|e2 ed BA FA|1 E2 ED E2 (3DEF:|2 E2 ED E2 (3Bcd||

or:
F2 Bc dBBA|B3c dcBA|G2 Bc dBBA|Beed e2(3DEF|
G2 B=c dBBA|Bega b3 a|e2 ed BA FA|1 E2 ED E2 (3DEF:|2 E2 ED E2 (3Bcd||

# Posted on December 26th 2008 by Nasen

Oops

forgot to alter a triplet on that first suggestion:

F2 Bc dBBA|B3c dcBA|G2 Bc dBBA|Beed e2(3CDE|
F2 Bc dBBA|Bega b3 a|e2 ed BA FA|1 E2 ED E2 (3CDE:|2 E2 ED E2 (3Bcd||

# Posted on December 26th 2008 by Nasen