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Paddy Fahey’s reel

By Paddy Fahey

Also known as Paddy Fahey’s 14, Paddy Fahey’s No. 14, Paddy Fahy’s, Paddy Fahy’s 14, Paddy Fahy’s No. 14.

There are 8 recordings of this tune.

Paddy Fahey’s has been added to 3 tune sets.

Paddy Fahey's has been added to 40 tunebooks.

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Two settings

1
X: 1
T: Paddy Fahey's
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Dmin
F2 DE FAde|fedc AGFE|FA,DE FDGF|EGdG EGCE|
DA,DE FAde|fece d3e|^fgag fdAG|F2EG FDD2|
DA,DE FAde|fedc AGFE|F3D G3F|E/F/GdG EGCE|
DA,DE FAde|fece d3e|^fgag fdAG|F2EG FDD2||
K: Dmaj
|:fgag fdde|d=cAB cAG2|Addc defg|a2fd adge|
fgag fdde|dcAG =c3A|d3e fged|cAGE D4:|
# Added .
2
X: 2
T: Paddy Fahey's
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Dmin
DE|:"*"FA,DE FA[dD]e|fedc AGFE|FA,DE FAGF|EGcG EGCE|
FA,DE FA[dD]e|fec2 d3e|^fgag fdAG|1 ~=F2 EG FDDE:|2 ~=F2 EG FDD2||
K:DMix
|:fgag fd{e}de|dcAB cAG2|A[Dd][dD]^c defg|~a2 fd adfd|
fgag fd{e}de|dcAB ~c3A|~d3e fded|1 cAGE [D4A,4]:|2 cAGE [D3A,3]E||

Six comments

Reel No.14

Down as Fahey’s Reel No. 14 in Maria Holohan’s Thesis.

Kind of a strange tune, but I like it a lot. Be great if more people knew this tune.

Posted .

Are those high ds correct in the 4th bars of lines 1 and 3? Low Ds seem more likely to my ears, but I have nothing to check it against. (Of course, given how strange the tune is, they could very well be right.)

Every note I’ve put there is exactly as transcribed in the book. Fahey sometimes does odd things like this in his tunes, it’s what makes him so unique as a tune composer.

Posted .

Re: Paddy Fahey’s

‘Just wanted to add to the confusion’.

Succeeded there, Joddy. The tunes given in the appendix to Maria Holohan’s thesis lists the one in Mr Hayes’ video as PF’s reel No. 3. Just to clarify things, the Session page you mention (thesession.org/tunes/150) gives it as both #3 and #14, among other titles. Whatever, they’re both great tunes and maybe what they’re called only matters to those of us of a pedantic disposition.

I’m beginning to suspect that there may be even more Session.org posts on the classification of PF tunes than, say, the evils of incompetent bodhran hitters or the ears v. dots controversy.

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