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Night Ride To Armagh reel

By Brian Finnegan

There are 3 recordings of this tune.

Night Ride To Armagh has been added to 22 tune sets.

Night Ride To Armagh has been added to 165 tunebooks.

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Three settings

1
X: 1
T: Night Ride To Armagh
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
|:EEGE AB z A|z GED EEEF|GEEE AGED|AB B2 AGED|
EEGE AB z A|z GED EEEF|GEEE AGED|1 E4 EGFD:|2 DEED E2 ed||
|:BEEE BEED|z eBE Eddc|AEEE ABde|edBE dddc|
|:BEEE BEED|z eBE Eddd|dBAF ABAF|DE E4 ed:|
2
X: 2
T: Night Ride To Armagh
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Edor
ED|EEGE AB z A-|AGED E2 EF|GEEE AGED|B2 B2 AGED|
EEGE AB z A-|AGED E2 EF|GEEE AGED|E6:|
ed|BEEE BEE d|z eBEE ddc|AEEE ABce-|edBA d2 dc|
BEEE BEE d|z eBEE d2 d-|dBAF B2 AF|E2 ED E2:|
# Added by Joe M .
3
X: 3
T: Night Ride To Armagh
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
|~e3B ggfg|eBd(e e)gaf|d~A3 effe|dBAF DF (3Bcd|
~e3B ggfg|eBd(e e)gaf|d~A3 effe|dBAF e2dc|
B2EB DEBE|GAAG GAFE|DEFA defd|e2gf eBBA|
B3d BAGB|DEG (3EEE AFE|DEFA defd|e6 (3Bcd|

Eight comments

I’m always amazed at how Brian manages to come up with such unique tunes… Love this one, especially the second part.

Night Ride to Armagh

This tune should be Emin.

Night Ride to Armagh

E dorian actually. Nice tune.

the world should learn this tune in F… so much better!!
as KAN play it..

Retranscribed

I learned this one off Brian Finnegan’s solo album by ear, and transcribed it here for a friend (hey Katie!).

I also made the syncopated bits a bit more obvious in the notation so you can get a clearer feel for the tune based on the dots alone.

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Night Ride To Armagh, X:3

This reel is notoriously tricky to learn to play at speed, but its unique rhythm is what makes it so awesome. Any comments on how to transcribe more clearly or more accurately will be appreciated.

Re: Night Ride To Armagh

Hi Artemis, I think the tune setting you’ve posted there is actually a version of James Kelly’s and not Night Ride to Armagh. It’s commonly the first tune Brian Finnegan plays in his Night Ride set (Night Ride to Armargh being the final tune).