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The Stoney Steps reel

Also known as The Snake, The Stoney Step, Stony Steps, The Stony Steps.

There are 49 recordings of this tune.

This tune has been recorded together with

The Stoney Steps appears in 3 other tune collections.

The Stoney Steps has been added to 19 tune sets.

The Stoney Steps has been added to 180 tunebooks.

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Seven settings

1
X: 1
T: The Stoney Steps
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
|:dB|~A2AB AF~F2|ABdf edBA|FA~A2 BAGF|GFEG FD:|
de|fedc defg|afbf afeg|fded fded|BdAF E2de|
fedc defg|afbf afeg|~f2fa e2de|fgaf ef|
2
X: 2
T: The Stoney Steps
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
~A3B AF~f2|ABdf edBA|FA~A2 BF~F2|EFGE FDD2|
~A3B AF~f2|a2df fdBA|FA~A2 BF~f2|efge fddf||
fedc defa|~a2ba afeg|fded fded|B/c/dAG FDDf|
fedc defa|afbf afeg|~f4 ~e4|dfaf edBF||
3
X: 3
T: The Stoney Steps
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
B3G AEGE|DGBG AGED|BABA ~G3B|dBAd BG~G2:|
~g3f ~g2dg|egdg egd2|~g3f gedg|1 ea~a2 afef:|2 e~a2 aged||
4
X: 4
T: The Stoney Steps
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
dB|~A3B A~F3|ABde fdBA|F~A3 BAFA|EFGE FDDB|
~A3B A~F3|ABde fdBA|F~A3 BAFA|EFGE FDDe||
fedc defg|afbf afeg|fedc dBAd|BdAF ~E3e|
fedc defg|afbf afeg|~f3d efde|fgaf efdB||
# Added .
5
X: 5
T: The Stoney Steps
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
A3B AF~F2|AFdf efdA|FA~A2 BzAF|1 EFGE FDDB:|2 EFGE FDDz||
fedc defg|azbf afeg|fded fded|(3Bcd af edeg|
fedc defg|azbf afeg|~f3a ~e3f|dfaf efdB||
A3B AF~F2|ABdf e2dA|FA~A2 BFAF|EFGE FDdB|
A^GAB AF~F2|ABdf e2dA|FA~A2 BFAF|EFGE FAde||
fd~d2 d2fg|a2bf afeg|fd~d2 dBAd|BFAF E3g|
fd~d2 d2fg|a2bf afeg|f3d e2de|fdaf efdB||
6
X: 6
T: The Stoney Steps
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
A3B AF F2|AFdf efdB|FA A2 BdAF|EFGE FDDB|
A3B AF F2|AFdf efdB|AF F2 dF F2|2 EFGE FD D2||
fedc defg|a2 bf afeg|fded fded|(3Bcd fd edeg|
fedc defg|a2 bf afeg|f3a e3f|dfaf efdB||
A3B AF F2|ABdf efdB|AD D2 BDAD|EFGE FDdB|
A^GAB AF F2|ABdf afed|FA A2 BFAF|EFGE FAde||
fd d2 d2fg|a2bf afeg|fd d2 dBAF|BFAF E3g|
fd d2 d2fg|a2bf afeg|f3d e2de|fdaf efdB||
# Added by JACKB .
7
X: 7
T: The Stoney Steps
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
|:~A3B AF~F2|ABdf ed{Bd}BA|FA~A2 BFAF|EFGE FD~D2:|
fedc defg|afbf afeg|fded fded|BdAF ~E3g|
fedc defa|bfaf gfea|~f3a e3f|dfaf efdB||

Fourteen comments

This appears on a Matt Molloy album. I’m not quite sure if he wrote it or not…I’ll have to look into that.

Stonu Steps by Desi wilkinson

T:Stony Steps
M:4/4
L:1/8
S:Desi Wilkinson
R:reel
K:D
~A3B AF~f2|ABdf edBA|FA~A2 BF~F2|EFGE FDD2|
~A3B AF~f2|a2df fdBA|FA~A2 BF~f2|efge fddf||
fedc defa|~a2ba afeg|fded fded|B/c/dAG FDDf|
fedc defa|afbf afeg|~f4 ~e4|dfaf edBF||

Stonu? What’s Stonu?

Stony Steps by Matt Molloy

T:Stony Steps
M:4/4
L:1/8
S:Matt molloy
R:REEL
Z:g.m.p
K:D
B3G AEGE|DGBG AGED|BABA ~G3B|dBAd BG~G2:|
~g3f ~g2dg|egdg egd2|~g3f gedg|1ea~a2 afef:|2e~a2 aged||

Stony Steps by Matt Molloy is in G, not D.
Sorry.

Stony steps in "D"

Sorry, Gian Marco - that’s not correct. "Stony Steps" is actually the 2nd tune in the set of 3 reels. They got the order of tunes wrong on the sleeve notes. Molloy plays it in D - (albeit on an Eb flute).

Posted by .

Wrong steps in "D"

Thanks, Kenny.

Dunno if this set came from any specific recording, but around my home, they frequently play this tune after Maids of Mt Kisco. Makes for a fun little set.

The Stoney Steps

From a recording of a house ceili in Ireland:

X: 1
T: Stoney Steps, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: D
dB|~A3B A~F3|ABde fdBA|F~A3 BAFA|EFGE FDDB|
~A3B A~F3|ABde fdBA|F~A3 BAFA|EFGE FDDe||
fedc defg|afbf afeg|fedc dBAd|BdAF ~E3e|
fedc defg|afbf afeg|~f3d efde|fgaf efdB||

Posted .

Stony Steps

X: 1
T: Stony Steps
S: Matt Molloy
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmaj
A3B AF~F2|AFdf efdA|FA~A2 BzAF|1 EFGE FDDB:|2 EFGE FDDz||
fedc defg|azbf afeg|fded fded|(3Bcd af edeg|
fedc defg|azbf afeg|~f3a ~e3f|dfaf efdB||

This next one I’ve simplified quite a bit and taken out some of the ornamentation e.g. same-note triplets.

X: 1
T: Stony Steps
S: Micheal O’Raghallaigh
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmaj
A3B AF~F2|ABdf e2dA|FA~A2 BFAF|EFGE FDdB|
A^GAB AF~F2|ABdf e2dA|FA~A2 BFAF|EFGE FAde||
fd~d2 d2fg|a2bf afeg|fd~d2 dBAd|BFAF E3g|
fd~d2 d2fg|a2bf afeg|f3d e2de|fdaf efdB||

I just heard this one on the Réalta album, noticed that it was the Stoney Steps - a tune which name I recognize, and somehow associate with Matt Molloy but still haven’t learned properly (or at all). Yet it sounds annoyingly familiar, and I don’t even have one single recording of the 31 (!) mentioned (OK, there is a tape of the black album somewhere, but it still sunds more familiar that it should, compared the low number of times I’ve listened to the tape).

Where have I heard it? Somewhere else?

The Snake

From the playing of Sean Maguire and Roger Sherlock on ‘At Their Best’