Ten comments
Gun in the thatch
This version is by Sean McGuire.
Gun/Magpie
Does anyone know if this is another version of the Tune "Chattering Magpie" or are they considered distict tunes. They’re certainly very similar.
Cheers
Donough
Is there a defined boundary between what are two variants of a tune and what are two distinct tunes? What’s more, does it matter? I would say that this IS a version of The Chattering Magpie, but it is different enough from the ‘standard’ version to be called by a different name. But that’s only my opinion.
Liam’s Version
To my ear this version is much simpler than the version played by Liam O’Flynn, which is a fantastic version, I don’t know how you add another version of a tune on this site, but I think Liam’s version is a far better tune.
Here’s a setting taken off a private session recording.
X: 1
T: Chattering Magpie, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: G
A|:BGAF DGGF|G2 ge fdcA|BGAF DGBG|E/F/G AB c2 dc|
BGAF DGGF|G2 ge fdcA|BGAF DGBG|E/F/G AB c2 Bc||
dggf g2 gf|d~g3 fgaf|dggf ~g3a|bgag fdcA|
dggf g2 gf|d~g3 fgaf|d~g3 dgBg|bgag fdcA||
The Chattering Magpie
The version #3 is what I’ve been playing. Paul McGrattan and Chris Droney individually recorded almost the same versions except for a couple of phrases.
Played by Liam O’Flynn, and “Planxty”…
Re: The Chattering Magpie
look like it’s one the composition of the east - Galway fiddle player & composer Paddy Kelly .very nice tune i heard from a record of the east galway duet claire Keville & Liam Lewis .
Re: The Chattering Magpie
I don’t think it’s this reel - there’s another reel which I posted as "Aggie Whyte’s" which is sometimes called "Chattering Magpies" by Galway musicians in particular. It may have been composed by Paddy Kelly, but I don’t think this one was.
Re: The Chattering Magpie
See here : https://thesession.org/tunes/1878