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Sporting Paddy
This tune is also played on Cormac Breatnachs whistle album "Musical Journey" A great album for Low whistle enthusiasts.
…And it’s also played by John Whelan, in button accordion. He adds to it "John Dwyer’s" and "Galtee Rangers".
lovely set!
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Donogh Hennessy’s arrangement
Does anyone know the chords Donogh uses on this tune? It’s teamed with Rathlin Island on The Kinnitty Sessions. He also played it on Sharon Shannon’s Each Little Thing album—done a few years earlier.
I love the chord progressions—I just can’t figure out what they are. Any clues would be greatly appreciated!!
Thanks
Gena
The liner notes on "Each Little Thing" indicate that Sharon Shannon herself play the whistle on this tune.
Variations
The latter half of the second part is usually played like this:
ge~e2 gede|ge~e2 a2ga|bgaf gedg|efge dBAG||
or
g2fg edBd|ge~e2 a2ga|bgaf gfed|efge dBAG||
John Doherty’s
There’s a different version of this on Altan’s "Blackwater", which came from John Doherty:
X: 1
T: John Doherty’s
T: Sporting Paddy
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
S: Altan - Blackwater
K: Ador
EAAF GABG|EAAG E2DG|EAAF GABd|1 egdB BAAG:|2 egdB BAAa||
geeg dBBa|gefg a2ba|geeg dBBf|~g3e dfef|
geeg dBBa|gefg a2ga|bgaf gfed|egdB cBAG||
Isn’t the second part almost exactly like Spoil The Dance?
Yeah. It’s just obvious, so nobody mentions that.
Sporting Paddy
I love this version I heard on the radio once:
X:285
T:Sporting Paddy
S:Played by Burke, Cooney & Corcoran on Radio Scotland, 1995
Z:Nigel Gatherer
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:A dorian
EA (3AAA GABG | EAAB GEDF | EAAB GABd |edge dBAG |EA (3AAA GABG | EAAB GEDF | EAAB GABd |edge d3 ||
e | ge (3eee gede | ge (3eee a2 ba | ge (3eee gedg| efge d3 e | ge (3eee gede | ge (3eee a2 ga | (3bag af gedg | efge dBAG|]
sportin paddy
Does anyone know who wrote this tune? thanks for any replies
Sporting Paddy
Good tune and goes well with Mulqueen’s as a follow on. Any ideas for ‘the third man’ here? Thanks.
Sporting Paddy
Here it is by Claire & Aine Fitzpatrick, Derek Morrissey and Richie Foley, the second tune… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4mTgcFoUA8
Sporting Paddy
I have a version on Craig Duncan CD in Ador following on from Cooley’s & Star Of Munster. Cracking!
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Tiarnan O Duinnchinn’s version
Here’s a pretty exact transcription from that recording:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihq0dbwFQsE
I love that version, maybe somebody will find it useful.
T: Sporting Paddy
S:Tiarnan O Duinnchinn (Monaghan), pipes
Z:Łukasz Potoczny
M:C|
L:1/8
K:Ador
(!fermata!A2 G)||\
EA{G}}AA GA{G}}BG|EA{G}}AA {A}GEED|EA{G}AA GA{A}Bd|ed{f}ge dB{B}AG|
EA{G}AA GA{B}AG|EA{G}}AA {A}GEED|EA{G}AA GA (3B^cd|efge d2 z (f||
g)eeg d.B.B.B|geee aeba|geeg dB{^c}BB|edge d2ef|
geeg dB{^c}BB|gefg ~a2ga|b2af {f}g>fed|edge dB{B}AG||
DE~E2 GAAG|DE~E2 FGGF|DE ~E2 GA (3B^cd|ed{f}ge dB{B}AG|
EA{G}AA GA{G}AA|gA{G}AA gAfA|eA{G}AA GABd|efge d2 (3efg||
geeg dBBB|gefg a3b|geeg dBBB|edge d2ef|
geeg dBBB|gefg ~a2ga|b2af gede|fgge dBAG||
{D}+slide+E>E (3.E.E.E GAAG|{D}+slide+E>E (3.E.E.E FGGF|{D}+slide+E>E (3.E.E.E GA (3B^cd|ed{f}ge dB{B}AG|
EA{G}AA GA{G}AA|gA{G}AA gAfA|eA{G}AA GABd|efge d2 z f||
geeg dBBB|gefg a3b|geeg dBBB|edge d2ef|
geeg dBBB|gefg ~a2ga|b2af gede|fgge dBAG|]
Lost of twists in version s
my first reel to learn , version among the group there somewhere
Sporting Paddy, X:7
This setting appears in O’Neill’s Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody, 1922, no. 246, as “Irish Pat”.
the whole book
If anyone does want the whole book it’s available here in ABC
If anyone does want the whole book it’s available here in ABC
(Intro) http://trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/oneills/waifs/Intro.html
(Listed by number) http://trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/oneills/waifs/X/
(Listed by title) http://trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/oneills/waifs/T/
