Key signature: Gmajor
Submitted on October 23rd 2007 by bogman.
This tune has been added to 15 tunebooks.
X: 1
T: Paddy The Ahhhhh
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Gmaj
gBB/B/B dBAB|GDD/D/D DGBG|AFF/F/F AFdF|fgfe dcBA|
gBB/B/B dBAB|GDD/D/D DGBG|AFF/F/F EDEF|GBA/G/F G4:|
BGG/G/G BGcG|BGG/G/G DGBG|AFF/F/F AFdF|fgfe dcBA|
BGG/G/G BGcG|BGG/G/G DGBG|AFF/F/F EDEF|GBA/G/F G4:|
BGGB GGcG|BGGB GGcG|BGGB GGcG|AGGA GGcG|
BGGB GGcG|BGGB GGcG|AFF/F/F EDEF|GBA/G/F G4:|
"3rd part harmony"
dBBd BBeB|dBBd BBeB|dBBd BBeB|cBBc BBeB|
dBBd BBeB|dBBd BBeB|cAA/A/A GFGA|Bdc/B/A B4:|
Ahhhhh.............
I was browsing the the sessions page when I seen a funny story about fiddler Paddy the Hat in the comments of Sandy Bell's link
http://www.thesession.org/sessions/display/59
A member called Cath left a comment about Paddy's unusual fiddle skill. Indeed he claimed during a visit to Skye that he could hit a note on the fiddle that drove women to ecstasy. So Farquhar Macdonald (best known for The Tongadale Reel http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/5473 ) wrote this tune to celebrate Paddy's talent.
It's a fun tune to play.
# Posted on October 23rd 2007 by bogman
Paddy The Ahhhhh (reel)
Ok, so what was that note?
# Posted on October 23rd 2007 by lazyhound
THE note
Unfortunately Paddy charges 20 measures of whisky for the information but then he's impossible to understand.
# Posted on October 23rd 2007 by bogman
Paddy The Ahhhhh (reel)
Didn't the good O'Farrell manage that trick when he played An Phis Fliuch to the ladies in London a couple of hundred years ago?
# Posted on October 23rd 2007 by lazyhound
You know the gaelic then, Te he, this could easily go too far!!!
# Posted on October 23rd 2007 by bogman
Paddy The Ahhhhh (reel)
Well, my knowledge of Gaelic is "just" about enough to know that in polite Gaelic-speaking society I'd best refer to that tune as "O'Farrell's Welcome to Limerick"
# Posted on October 23rd 2007 by lazyhound
Paddy The Ahhhhh (reel)
Are B/B/B and similar intended in this tune to be played as trebles, e.g. (3 BBB, or much tighter, as written?
# Posted on October 24th 2007 by lazyhound
Trevor, I can't speak for bogman, but I use the slashes to mark bowed triplets and the (3XXX method for slurred triplets. Keeps it clear in my own mind when I'm transcribing verbatim and want to capture the difference there. And the slash triplets sound better than the (3's on some midi programs.
# Posted on October 24th 2007 by Will CPT
Yes, it's played with the notes slashed with the last of the three having the emphasis. Farquhar is a GHB player as well as a fiddler and triplets like this are like a substitute for a doubling/cran.
# Posted on October 24th 2007 by bogman
But of course I've submitted it as Farquhar has written it to show how he plays it. If you prefer it as straight triplets then there's nothing wrong with that.
# Posted on October 24th 2007 by bogman
Paddy The Ahhhhh (reel)
Thanks for that feedback.
# Posted on October 24th 2007 by lazyhound