Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID# 1526 (Paddy Taylor's)

RhythmBars8-bar phrase structureMode
Double jig32AABBD Major
Transcription of first 2 bars of Paddy Taylor's
 about these two bars

These two bars are the start of my transcription of how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording JK 1 (details in the Discography below).

Where do you get the tune titles?
Titles given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Paddy Taylor's / Paddy Taylor's Jig / [The Banks of the Shannon] (2nd in set Paddy Taylor's Jigs on SC)
What do the "track#tune" codes mean?

cd Discography

Here are all recordings of this tune considering only the indexed recordings. I have discovered by careful listening that these sources are in fact musically the same tune, regardless of the tune titles they use, key changes, retuning, etc. They are listed in order of when they were recorded.

Year
Recorded		 Track
#Tune		 [Album code] Artist. Title. Primary musicians (instruments). Album details
and contents
~19891.2#1[JK 1] James Kelly. "Capel Street". James Kelly (fiddle).View album details
19965#2[SC] Gerry Harrington, Eoghan O'Sullivan, Paul de Grae. The Smoky Chimney. Gerry Harrington (fiddle), Eoghan O'Sullivan (accordion, flute), Paul de Grae (guitar).View album details
19981#3[Chlr] Chulrua. Barefoot on the Altar. Paddy O'Brien (accordion), Tim Britton (pipes, flute, whistle), Pat Egan (guitar, vocals).View album details
~20005#2[MMR 3] Mike and Mary Rafferty. The Road from Ballinakill. Mike Rafferty (flute, whistle, lilting), Mary Rafferty (accordion, flute, whistle, concertina).View album details
~20051#3[CTrsh] Ciaran Tourish. Down the Line. Ciaran Tourish (fiddle, whistle).View album details

Bibliography

Here are all transcriptions of this tune under any title whatsoever – considering only the indexed books – listed in chronological order. I have discovered by careful comparison that these are very similar to this tune as played on the recordings listed above.

As tune #5 in [CRE 2] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 2.
As jig #23 in [Ng] Alan Ng. Alan Ng's Transcriptions. [available]
As jig #100 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. [available]

If you are considering using the above transcriptions to help you learn this tune, I invite you to check these practical Tips for Learning Irish Traditional Music. See also: So why do you bother indexing books and abc?

Year of the oldest source for this tune, considering the recordings and transcriptions listed above (note that I concentrate on sources after 1900): 1968
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