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Padraigh O’Keefe’s slide

Also known as The Ballyfin, The Labyrinth, Padraig O’Keeffe’s.

There are 5 recordings of this tune.

Padraigh O’Keefe’s has been added to 4 tune sets.

Padraigh O'Keefe's has been added to 53 tunebooks.

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Three settings

1
X: 1
T: Padraigh O'Keefe's
R: slide
M: 12/8
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
|:f3 fed g3 g2f|eAc ecA f3 f2e|d3 dcd efg e2d|
[1cBc ABc d2a bag:|2 cBc ABc d2A B2A||
|:F2A AGF G2B BAG |c3 ABc d2e f3|F2A AGF G2B BAG|
[1cBc ABc d2A BAG:|2 cBc ABc d2a bag||
2
X: 2
T: Padraigh O'Keefe's
R: slide
M: 12/8
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
|: ~f2 f fef g2 g g2 f | ~e2 e ede f2 f fec |
d/e/dd def a2 g gfe | dcB ABc d3 d3 :|
|: DFA A/B/AF | GBB ~B2 B | ~c2 c ABc d2 e f3 |
DFF A/B/AF GBB BdB | ~c2 c ABc d3 d3 :|
3
X: 3
T: Padraigh O'Keefe's
R: slide
M: 12/8
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
|: e |f3 fef g3 g2 f | ecA ecA f3 f2 e |
d2 d dcd efg e2 d | cec ABc d2 A d2 :|
|: G |FAA AFD GBB B2 d | cec ABc d2 e f3 |
[1 F2 A AF/G/A G2 B BB/c/d | cec AA/B/c d3 d2 :|
[2 F2 A A^GA BcB B^AB | cec AA/B/c d3- d2 |]

Eleven comments

"The Ballyfin Slide" / "Padraigh O’Keeffe’s Slide" another rescued duplication

Key signature: D Major
Submitted on August 12th 2008 by The Merry Highlander.
~ /tunes/8805

X: 2
T: Gan Ainm
T: The Ballyfin Slide
T: Padraigh O’Keeffe’s Slide
M: 12/8
L: 1/8
R: slide
K: Dmaj
|: ~f2 f fef g2 g g2 f | ~e2 e ede f2 f fec |
d/e/dd def a2 g gfe | dcB ABc d3 d3 :|
|: DFA A/B/AF | GBB ~B2 B | ~c2 c ABc d2 e f3 |
DFF A/B/AF GBB BdB | ~c2 c ABc d3 d3 :|

Playing this on the mandolin yesterday where I rolled and tripleted it to death while watching TV. I put a little of that into the ABC’s…

# Posted on August 12th 2008 by The Merry Highlander

|: DFA A/B/AF GBB ~B2 B | ~ Oops! B-part, bars 1 & 2

I forgot to remove a bar line…

But, as I’m repeating, here’s how MH actually notated a couple of the parts, admitting I did a small amount of editing ~

A-part, bar 3 ~ (3dedd GBB ~ &
B-part, bars 1 & 3 ~ DFA (3ABAF ~

Thanks "c"

THANKS! for redoing it and posting it over here as a "RD."

:-d

I also suspect, but didn’t change, that MH actually means ~

X: 2
T: Gan Ainm
T: The Ballyfin Slide
T: Padraigh O’Keeffe’s Slide
M: 12/8
L: 1/8
R: slide
K: Dmaj
|: ~f3 fef g2 g g2 f | ~e3 ede f2 f fec |
d/e/dd def a2 g gfe | dcB ABc d3 d3 :|
|: DFA A/B/AF GBB ~B3 | ~c3 ABc d2 e f3 |
DFF A/B/AF GBB BdB | ~c3 ABc d3 d3 :|

Now, just maybe, he’ll make a little more effort in searching for all those ‘gan ainms’ that keep popping out of his noggin’?

"The Ballyfin Slide" / "Padraigh O’Keeffe’s Slide" ~ while I’m here 😎

X: 3
T: The Ballyfin Slide
T: Padraigh O’Keeffe’s Slide
M: 12/8
L: 1/8
R: slide
K: Dmaj
|: e |\
f3 fef g3 g2 f | ecA ecA f3 f2 e |
d2 d dcd efg e2 d | cec ABc d2 A d2 :|
|: G |\
FAA AFD GBB B2 d | cec ABc d2 e f3 |
[1 F2 A AF/G/A G2 B BB/c/d | cec AA/B/c d3 d2 :|
[2 F2 A A^GA BcB B^AB | cec AA/B/c d3- d2 |]

:-p

Hi MH… With friends like me, eh?

Taking the ‘p’

hmmmmm, what did I do wrong, oh yes, a small ‘p’ ~ 😛

All good

Nice tune anyway its sliced—- Thnaks for doing the work…
I searched for 15 minutes!

You said 20 minutes in the comments for the duplication… Yes, it is a lovely tune… Now you’ve more to play with, what more could one ask…