Stoney Steps

reel

Key signature: Dmajor

Submitted on February 28th 2002 by Josh Kane.

This tune has been added to 58 tunebooks.

Also known as The Stoney Step, The Stoney Steps, Stony Steps, The Stony Steps.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• 40th Anniversary 1946 - 1986 by The Tulla Ceili Band
• A Sound Skin by Junior Davey And Friends
• An Tobar Gl�é by Neil Mulligan
• Real Reels Of Ireland by Various Artists
• Songs, Jigs, Reels by Glenside And Kilfenora Ceili Bands
• Stony Steps by Matt Molloy
• The Cat That Ate The Candle by John Carty And Brian McGrath
• The Irish Concertina Two by Noel Hill
• The Nervous Man by Mícheál O' Raghallaigh
• The Three Piece Flute by Desi Wilkinson
• Traditional Flute Music In The Sligo-Roscommon Style by Catherine McEvoy With Felix Dolan
• Traditional Irish Fiddle Music by The Kilfenora Fiddle Ceili Band
• Traditional Irish Music From County Clare by Eamon Cotter
• Tunes by Spiers And Boden
• Yeh, That's All It Is by John Carty

X: 1
T: Stoney Steps
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmaj
|:dB | ~A2AB AF~F2 | ABdf edBA | FA~A2 BAGF | GFEG FD :|
de | fedc defg |afbf afeg | fded fded | BdAF E2de |
fedc defg | afbf afeg | ~f2fa e2de | fgaf ef |

This appears on a Matt Molloy album. I'm not quite sure if he wrote it or not...I'll have to look into that.

# Posted on February 28th 2002 by Josh Kane

Stonu Steps by Desi wilkinson

T:Stony Steps
M:4/4
L:1/8
S:Desi Wilkinson
R:reel
K:D
~A3B AF~f2|ABdf edBA|FA~A2 BF~F2|EFGE FDD2|
~A3B AF~f2|a2df fdBA|FA~A2 BF~f2|efge fddf||
fedc defa|~a2ba afeg|fded fded|B/c/dAG FDDf|
fedc defa|afbf afeg|~f4 ~e4|dfaf edBF||

# Posted on August 11th 2003 by gian marco

Stonu? What's Stonu?

# Posted on August 11th 2003 by gian marco

Stony Steps by Matt Molloy

T:Stony Steps
M:4/4
L:1/8
S:Matt molloy
R:REEL
Z:g.m.p
K:D
B3G AEGE|DGBG AGED|BABA ~G3B|dBAd BG~G2:|
~g3f ~g2dg|egdg egd2|~g3f gedg|1ea~a2 afef:|2e~a2 aged||

# Posted on August 11th 2003 by gian marco

Stony Steps by Matt Molloy is in G, not D.
Sorry.

# Posted on August 11th 2003 by gian marco

Stony steps in "D"

Sorry, Gian Marco - that's not correct. "Stony Steps" is actually the 2nd tune in the set of 3 reels. They got the order of tunes wrong on the sleeve notes. Molloy plays it in D - (albeit on an Eb flute).

# Posted on August 13th 2003 by Kenny

Wrong steps in "D"

Thanks, Kenny.

# Posted on August 13th 2003 by gian marco

Dunno if this set came from any specific recording, but around my home, they frequently play this tune after Maids of Mt Kisco. Makes for a fun little set.

# Posted on September 20th 2004 by Jason G

The Stoney Steps

From a recording of a house ceili in Ireland:

X: 1
T: Stoney Steps, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: D
dB|~A3B A~F3|ABde fdBA|F~A3 BAFA|EFGE FDDB|
~A3B A~F3|ABde fdBA|F~A3 BAFA|EFGE FDDe||
fedc defg|afbf afeg|fedc dBAd|BdAF ~E3e|
fedc defg|afbf afeg|~f3d efde|fgaf efdB||

# Posted on March 9th 2006 by Will CPT

Stony Steps

X: 1
T: Stony Steps
S: Matt Molloy
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmaj
A3B AF~F2|AFdf efdA|FA~A2 BzAF|1 EFGE FDDB:|2 EFGE FDDz||
fedc defg|azbf afeg|fded fded|(3Bcd af edeg|
fedc defg|azbf afeg|~f3a ~e3f|dfaf efdB||

This next one I've simplified quite a bit and taken out some of the ornamentation e.g. same-note triplets.

X: 1
T: Stony Steps
S: Micheal O'Raghallaigh
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmaj
A3B AF~F2|ABdf e2dA|FA~A2 BFAF|EFGE FDdB|
A^GAB AF~F2|ABdf e2dA|FA~A2 BFAF|EFGE FAde||
fd~d2 d2fg|a2bf afeg|fd~d2 dBAd|BFAF E3g|
fd~d2 d2fg|a2bf afeg|f3d e2de|fdaf efdB||

# Posted on March 30th 2007 by Dow