Tripping Up The Stairs

reel

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on March 5th 2002 by Mad Baloney.

This tune has been added to 116 tunebooks.

Also known as McCabe's, Paddy Taylor's, Paddy Taylors.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• 20th Feakle Festival: Reeling Through The Years by Various Artists
• A Flick Of The Wrist by Brendan Larrissey
• An Buachaill Dreoite by Joe Ryan
• An Crann Carraige (Concertina Melodies From Tuamgraney, East Clare) by Martin O'Brien
• An Fhidil, Sraith 2 by Sean Keane, Kevin Burke, Paddy Glackin And Seamus Creagh
• Another Time by Gavin Whelan
• Ard Rí by Aileach
• Barefoot On The Altar by Chulrua
• Bothar Gan Briseadh/Down The Line by Calua
• Bring Yer Wellies by Gaelic Storm
• Capel Street by James Kelly
• Cavan's Lilter by Séamus Fay
• Clan Ranald by Martin Tourish And Luke Ward
• Cuig by Blackbeers
• Damp In The Attic (I Was Flyin' It) by P.J. King, Martin Murray, Cyril O'Donoghue, And Colm Murphy
• De Danann by De Danann
• Doublin' by Paddy Glackin And Paddy Keenan
• Down The Back Lane by Chulrua
• Down The Line by Ciaran Tourish
• Draw The Bow by Malachy Bourke
• Fibb'nacci Sequence by Knot Fibb'n
• Fiddle Sticks, Irish Traditional Music From Donegal by Various Artists
• Foinn Seisiun 3 by Ennis/Dublin Session Group
• Gallain2 by Barry Mcgandy
• Glass Of Beer by Greenhouse
• Grapevine by Elvie Miller And Naomi Morse
• Grianan by Grianan MTC
• Harmonic Motion by Slide
• Hill 16 by Hill 16
• Ireland's Best Session Tunes CD 2 by Waltons Recording
• Ireland's Own Traditional Accordionist by Finbarr Dwyer
• Irish Heritage: Ireland's Musical Tradition (CD 1) by Various Artists
• Irish Jigs by Paul Hutchinson, John Hymas And Tony Harris
• Irish Jigs And Reels by Various Artists
• Irish Piping, Flutes And Whistles by Various Artists
• It's No Secret by Hammy Hamilton, Seamus Creagh, Con O Drisceoil
• John Bowe And Mary Conroy by John Bowe
• Judique On The Floor by Buddy MacMaster
• Kelly/O'Brien/Sproule by Kelly, O'Brien and Sproule
• Leaving Friday Harbour by Battlefield Band
• Live From The Katharine Cornell Theater Traditional Irish Music by Various Artists
• Music Of A Champion by Brendan McGlinchey
• Music On The Wind by Sean Moloney
• Musiques Traditionnelles D'Irlande by The Crickard Brothers
• Ná Keen Affair by Paddy Keenan
• Newtown Bridge by Eileen O'Brien
• O' Bheal Go Beal by Marcas O'Murchu
• Out On The Ocean by Moher
• Piano + by Geraldine Cotter
• Pluckin' Good by Christy Dunne
• Pure Traditional Irish Accordion Music by Finbarr Dwyer
• Real Reels Of Ireland by Various Artists
• Riding Towards Life by Evergreen
• Seven Evenings, Seven Mornings by Shantalla
• Spirit by Dervish
• Sporting Nell by Tommy McCarthy
• Step This Way by David Lindquist
• Sugrú by Eilish O'Connor
• Sunny Spells And Scattered Showers by Solas
• Take A Bow by Matt Cranitch
• The Boy In The Gap by Paddy Taylor
• The Curlew by Cliff Moses
• The Good Ear by Dougal Adams And Ormonde Waters
• The Orkney Sessions From The Ayre Hotel by Various Artists
• The Rare Stuff by The Rare Stuff
• The Road From Ballinakill by Mike And Mary Rafferty
• The Smoky Chimney by Eoghan O'Sullivan, Gerry Harrington, Paul De Grae
• The Tap Room Trio by Tap Room Trio
• The World Pipe Band Championships 2006 by Various Artists
• Three's Company by Martin Meehan
• Track Across The Deep by London Lasses And Pete Quinn
• Traditional Flute Music In The Sligo-Roscommon Style by Catherine McEvoy With Felix Dolan
• Traditional Music From Ireland by Seamus Creagh And Aidan Coffey
• Traditional Music Of Ireland by Paddy O'Brien
• Traditional Music Of Ireland by James Kelly, Paddy O'Brien, Daithi Sproule
• With Complements by Patsy Reid
• With Friends Like These by James Keane
• Yvonne Casey by Yvonne Casey

X: 1
T: Tripping Up The Stairs
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Gmaj
FEDF ABAF | G~E3 dEcE | FEDF ABAF | GEcE EDD2 :||
K:D
Addc ~d3A | BeeA Beeg | fdec dBAB | cAGE FDD2 |
Addc ~d3A | (3Bcd ef ~g2fg | af (3gfe dBAB | cAGE FDD2 ||
F3G A2dG | (3GGG dG (3GGG dG | FEFG ABdB | cAGE FDD2 :||

Paddy Taylor

Gluabers post of "Ah, Surely" reminded me of another great flute player - Paddy Taylor, this is one of his tunes. I like all of the Paddy Taylor tunes I've ever heard, but this is a truely great reel. The Highlight is that funky triplet sequence in the last few bars, that and the C nat C# toggling keeps you on the edge of your seat. I first heard this reel from Paddy Keenan, he gave me a copy of his CD & "Na Keen Affair" where Tommy Peoples does a great setting of it for a few times through than he's joined by Keenan on the pipes. I was hooked on it, it is kind of a smarty pants tune & not too many people play it in my area but I've heard it's a staple in Beantown.

# Posted on March 5th 2002 by Mad Baloney

Common 'round here

...in SF Bay Area--everybody seems to play it. Known here simply as "Paddy Taylor's."

Another tune commonly called "Tripping up Stairs" is:

FAA GBB| FAd fed| ~c3 ABc| dfe dAG| FAA GBB| FAd fed| ~c3 ABc| dfe d2...

# Posted on May 1st 2003 by pchaffee