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The Farley Bridge reel

By Duncan Chisholm

There are 8 recordings of this tune.

The Farley Bridge has been added to 21 tune sets.

The Farley Bridge has been added to 150 tunebooks.

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Four settings

1
X: 1
T: The Farley Bridge
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Emaj
Beeg fefg|aggg eBBA|BeeB ggBf-|feeg accB|
BeeB effg|aggg eAAB|fecf- fgfe|1 cB B6:|2 cB B4fg||
|:agge eeca-|agge eeBA|BeeB ggBf|feef- fgga|
agge eeca-|agge eecB|fecf- fgfe|cB B4fg:|
2
X: 2
T: The Farley Bridge
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Emaj
Beeg fefg|ag g/g/g eBBA|BeeB ggBf|feeg accB|
BeeB effg|ag g/g/g eAAB|fecf- fgfe|cBB2- B3B|
Beeg fefg|ag g/g/g eBBA|BeeB ggBf|feeg agfe|
BeeB effg|ag g/g/g eAAB|fecf- fgfe|cBB4fg|
|:agge eeca-|agge eeBA|BeeB ggBf|feef fgga|
agge eeca-|agge eecB|fecf- fgfe|1 cBB4fg:|2 cBB6||
3
X: 3
T: The Farley Bridge
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
|:Addf edef|gf f2 dAAG|FddA ffAe-|eddf gBBA|
FddA deef|gf f2 dGGA|edBe- efed|1 BA A6:|2 BA A4ef||
|:gffd ddBg-|gffd ddAG|FddA ffAe|edde- effg|
gffd ddBg-|gffd ddBA|edBe- efed|BA A4ef:|
# Added by JACKB .
4
X: 4
T: The Farley Bridge
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Amaj
EAAc BABc|dccc AEED|EAAE ccEB-|BAAc dFFE|
EAAE ABBc|dccc ADDE|BAFB- BcBA|1 FE E6:|2 FE E4Bc||
|:dccA AAFd-|dccA AAED|EAAE ccEB|BAAB- Bccd|
dccA AAFd-|dccA AAFE|BAFB- BcBA|FE E4Bc:|

Nine comments

Transcribed from the original recording

The version I’ve added is almost identical except that I’ve added in the birls, put in slightly less syncopation and included the 4th bar variation in the A part. I’ve also put the key as E major. I know there isn’t a D note anywhere in the tune so it could theoretically be E mix but it doesn’t sound like that on the recording and it certainly doesn’t sound like it’s in A major (it sounds like it’s in Eb major, but that’s another story).

Woops, key signatures!

Yeah, Emajor is a good shout, I deferred to the transcription on Nigel’s site when I found it, should have stuck to my guns with E!

Cheers Donald 🙂

Very nice tune, thanks! 🙂

Chords?

Love this tune! Anyone have the chords?

Re: The Farley Bridge

Here are the chords we use… See if they fit for you.

X: 5
T: Farley Bridge
C: Duncan Chisholm
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: B mix
B|“E”Beeg fefg|“G#m”ag (3ggg eBBA|“E”BeeB ggBf|“F#m”feeg accB|
“E”BeeB effg|“G#m”ag (3ggg eAAB|“F#m”fecf- fgfe|“B”cBB2- B3:|
|:fg|“A”agge e2ca-|“G#m”agge e2BA|“E”BeeB ggBf|“F#m”feef fgga|
“A”agge e2ca-|“G#m”agge eecB|“F#m”fecf- fgfe|1“B“cBB4:|2“B“cBB2- B3|]

Re: The Farley Bridge

Here’s another version in D - it just removes the F#s which are not played in Duncan Chisolm’s version. Since he wrote it I thought it was valid. 🙂

X: 3
T: The Farley Bridge
R: reel
M: 4/4
C: Duncan Chisolm
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
|:Addf edef|gf (3fff dAAG|AddA ffAe-|eddf gBBA|
AddA deef|gf (3fff dGGA|edBe- efed|1 BA A6:|2 BA A4ef |
|: gffd d2Bg-|gffd ddAG|AddA ffAe|edde- effg|
gffd ddBg-|gffd ddBA|edBe- efed|BA A4ef:|