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Paddy Fahey’s reel

By Paddy Fahey

Also known as Fahey’s, Fahy’s, Paddy Fahey’s No. 30, Paddy Fahy’s, Ríl Uí Fhathaigh.

There are 6 recordings of this tune.

Paddy Fahey’s has been added to 4 tune sets.

Paddy Fahey's has been added to 29 tunebooks.

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Three settings

1
X: 1
T: Paddy Fahey's
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
|:dgdc BcAG|(3EFG AB cAFA|B3 G BccA|BcAG FD D2|
dgdc BcAG|(3EFG AB c2 Bc|d~g3 dgfd|cAFA G3 B:|
|:g3 a g~B3|gfga gfed|eaa^g aba=g|eaag edBd|
g3 a g~B3|cBAG ABcA|d~g3 dgfd|cAFA G2Bd:|
2
X: 2
T: Paddy Fahey's
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
|:dgdc BcAG|(3EFG AB cAFA|B3 G BdcA|BcAG FD D2|
dgdc BcAG|(3EFG AB c2 Bc|dg3 dgfd|cAFA G3 B:|
|:g3a gB3|gfga gfed|eaa^g aba=g|eaag ed (3Bcd|
g3a gB3|cBAG ABcA|dg3 dgfd|cAFA G2Bd:|
# Added by JACKB .
3
X: 3
T: Paddy Fahey's
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Fmaj
|:cfcB ABGF|EFGA AB B2|A3 F ABBC|ABGF ECCF|
cfcB ABGF|EFGA ABAB|cfcf cfec|1 BGEG EFFG:|2 BGEG FGAc||
effe fAcA|fege f2 dc|dggf gagf|dggf dcde|
effe fAFA|BAGF GA (3BAG|cfcf cfec|BGEG FGAc||
effe fAcA|f2 fe fedc|dggg gagf|dggf dcde|
effe fAFA|BAGF GA (3BAG|cfcf cfec|BGEG FFAB||

Ten comments

This Paddy Fahey reel is played by Liz and Yvonne Kane, track #8 on their second cd called “Under the Diamond”.

As a variation, they like to play that D2 in bar A4 as a double-stop with the open A string.

This is also on the debut recording of East Galway fiddler Breda Keville. The last tune on track 6 if I’m not mistaken.

Paddy Fahey’s reel

JACKB, your setting is identical to the one posted by errik eight years ago apart from two notes. Do you think it’s worth posting a setting which is almost exactly the same?

This reel is on Eilis Crean’s album, “The Lonesome Fiddler,” followed by Sergeant Early’s Dream/With Her Long Hair Flowing Down Her Back.

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Re: Paddy Fahey’s

Is this the same tune?

X: 3
T: Paddy Fahey’s
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
G2 GF GBdB | cAag fgdc | BGGF G2 (3dcB | cBAG FADF | G2 GF GBdB |$
c2 ag fgdc | BG (3GFG BGdB |1 cAFA G4 :|2$ cAFA G2 Bd |: g2 gf gdBG | FGAB c2 cB | Aaag a2 (3agf |
fdad bdad |$ g2 gf gdBG | FGAB c2 cB | Aaag a2 ag | fdcA G4 :|

(start at 3:07)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmTuZCiToYM&feature=youtu.be&t=3m07s

Re: Paddy Fahey’s

alpine rabbit: “Is this the same tune?”

No. The tune they’re playing is what some people call “Paddy Fahey’s Reel No.3”. Have a look at https://thesession.org/tunes/150 for background information, particularly Kenny’s comment.

Re: Paddy Fahey’s

I thought I had looked at them all. This one seemed to share a motif.

Ah well - off to play it

Paddy Fahey’s

This is from Dave Flynn’s album, “Contemporary Traditional Irish Guitar”. I tried to contact Dave to ask but I believe that this must be a Fahey tune composed after the Maria Holohan dissertation and that Dave used her index as a reference to title this Paddy Fahey’s No. 30. There are many other Fahey tunes on this recording and the others do match the Holohan index.

Re: Paddy Fahey’s

Thanks JWiseman for the explanation. I was wondering why Paddy Fahey’s n°30 exists while Maria Holohan dissertation is until n°29…
However there is another Paddy Fahey’s n°30 there: https://thesession.org/tunes/6490
Strange…
Does anyone know how many tunes Paddy Fahey composed after 1995 (publication of Holohan’s dissertation) ?