Black Pat reel

This was composed by Tommy Peoples.

I really like this tune, but there’s no way I could play it in F up to speed on my keyless flute… does anyone play it in G in sessions?

Yep, I play this one in G in the sessions. pretty much as lunasa play it. It wouldn’t be too friendly on my pipes otherwise.

Yeah, G is more common. Though I always relish a chance to play it if F if there are no flutes or pipes around. It really is loads better in F on the fiddle. Partly because you can roll the high third (A, when in F) on the fiddle. Pipes and flutes obviously have no problem rolling their top B

Here’s a G version for flutes and whistles - found on Trillian

X:1
T: Black Pat’s
C: Tommy Peoples
R: Reel
D: Lunasa, "Otherworld"
D: Tommy Peoples, "The Quiet Glen"
S: Spencer Nitchie <bnl@annap.infi.net> irtrad-l 2000-02-22
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: G
|: ~G3B e2dB | ADBA GEDE | GFGB edBA | (3Bcd gb a2ga |
bg~g2 aged | B2dB AGED | ~G3B eddB | ADBA G2BA :|
~G3A GEDE | ~G3A Be~e2 | d2BG dGBG | AGBA GEDE |
~G3A GEDE | ~G3A (3Bcd ga | bg~g2 ageg | dgba g4 ||
d3B BAGE | DEGA Be~e2 | d2BG dGBG | AGBA GEDE |
~G3A GEDE | ~G3A (3Bcd ga | bg~g2 ageg | dgba g4 ||
|: ~b3g egdg | gedB G4 | b2gd b2gd | eaag abga |
~b3g egdg | gedB dega | bgag eddB | AGGF G4 :|

I duplicated this tune by accident here and it includes an mp3 of Kevin playing it at a workshop. Jeremy might delete that submission so here’s a link to the mp3: http://www.tipsyhouse.com/Peoplestune.mp3

Key signature: G Major
Submitted on July 5th 2008 by Phantom Button
~ /tunes/8681

X: 3
T: Black Pat’s
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Gmaj
|: ~G3 B e2 dB | ADBA GE ~E2 | ~G3 B edBA | B/c/d gb a2 ga |
bg ~g2 aged | ABdB AGED | ~G3 B eddB |AGBA ~G3 z :|
DG ~G2 GEDE | ~G3 A Be ~e2 | d2 BG dGBG | ADBA GE ~E2 |
GFGA GEDE | ~G3 B dega | bg ~g2 ageg | dgba ~g3 z |
d3 B BAGE | DEGA Be ~e2 | d2 BG dGBG | ADBA GE ~E2 |
GFGA GEDE | ~G3 B dega | bg ~g2 ageg | dgba ~g3 z ||
|: ~b3 g egde | gedB ~G3 z | b2 gd b2 gd | ea ~a2 ~a2 ga |
b^abg egdg | gedA B/c/d ga | b2 ag eddB | AGGF ~G3 z :|

COMMENT:

Peoples Tune

This comes off of a CD that Brad Hurley sent me containing a famous session tape from Gort in 1991. Brad added some tracks at the end that feature Kevin Crawford conducting a workshop that usually involves sitting and listening in amazement as he plays. Someone had the good sense to switch a tape recorder on and capture this tune that I’ve never heard anywhere else. If someone has a name other than what Kevin referred to it as, please elucidate.

Here’s a link to an mp3 I made of the tune:
http://www.tipsyhouse.com/Peoplestune.mp3

This tune submission is in response to this discussion:
https://thesession.org/discussions/18336

Here is a video of Johnny Canning from Glasgow playing the tune to lift the All Ireland Senior Fiddle trophy in 2009.

http://comhaltas.ie/music/detail/comhaltaslive_309_8_johnny_canning_wins_at_fleadh_2009/

Can anyone submit the notes for the version in G pls? Thanks!

Just copy and paste the ABCs above into Concertina.net’s Tune-O-Tron converter and away you go!

what key does damien mullane play black pats in ??? thanks :)

This is an incredible tune.

"…named after my first cousin, Patrick Peoples, affectionately known as "Black Pat", due to his hair colour in his younger days, not his temperament.At all times he shows great heart." - Tommy Peoples

You can hear this tune in a Newcastle session recording here:

https://soundcloud.com/dan-foster-7/black-pats-green-fields-of

Here it is :
https://youtu.be/LtySVVwDUq8?t=4m6s

play video

https://youtu.be/KjhUth-qFEo?t=4m34s

play video

From 1’52 :
https://comhaltas.ie/music/detail/comhaltaslive_367_9_barra_mcallister

Lovely tune

Listen to the composer play this tune: https://soundcloud.com/clare-county-library/black-pats-bonny-kate-tommy/s-kV3JX

May he rest in peace.