Annotation:Paddy Kelly's Reel (1)

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Revision as of 19:49, 1 May 2018 by Don Meade (talk | contribs) (→‎Back to {{BASEPAGENAME}}: This tune is really not the same as "The Chattering Magpie," so removed that AKA along with Sean McGuire's "Gun in the Thatch," which is the same as "The Chattering Magpie.")

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PADDY KELLY’S (REEL) [1]. AKA and see “Aggie Whyte's Reel (1),” "Aggie Whyte's Chattering Magpie," “Father Ahearn's." G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA’BB’. The tonality shifts between G and D Major. According to the liner notes on tin whistle player Mary Bergin’s “Feadoga Stain 2” recording, east County Galway fiddler Paddy Kelly composed this tune.

Source for notated version: John Loughran [Feldman & O’Doherty].

Printed sources: Breathnach (CRÉ II), 1976; No. 186 (appears as untitled reel). Feldman & O’Doherty (The Northern Fiddler), 1979; p. 242 (appears as first “Untitled Reel” on the page).

Recorded sources: Shanachie 34014, James Kelly, Paddy O’Brien & Daithi Sproule – “Traditional Music of Ireland” (1995). Shanachie 79083, Mary Bergin – “Feadoga Stain 2” (1989).

See also listing at:
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [1]




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