Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID#1530 (Paddy Taylor's Reel)
about these two barsThese two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording PK 1 (details in the Discography below).
| Rhythm ? | Bars | 8-bar phrase structure | Mode ? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reel | 16 | AB | A Dorian |
Paddy Taylor's Reel / Paddy Taylor's / The Flowers of Munster / The Youngest Daughter (1st in set The Youngest Daughter on TC; mislabeled as Farewell to Erin and compared to The Youngest Daughter #1876 on PK 1; 2nd in set Cronin's on Sld 2) (compare Finbarr Dwyer's #5806 and compare 1st part with 1st part of Laurel Tree #3672) (also in Mixolydian, also doubled)
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.
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to hear the first 12 seconds.| Year Recorded |
Track #Tune? |
[Album code] Artist. Title. Performers (instruments). |
|---|---|---|
| ~1975 | 12#1 | [PK 1] Paddy Keenan. Paddy Keenan. Paddy Keenan (pipes, whistle, low whistle). For this tune: (whistle). |
| ~1993 | 9#3 | [SnugBl] Paddy O'Brien, Jamie Gans, Daithi Sproule. Snug in the Blanket. Paddy O'Brien (accordion), Jamie Gans (fiddle), Daithi Sproule (guitar). |
| ~1996 | 11#1 | [TC] Turas Cheoil. A Musical Odyssey: A compilation of music from the traditional musicians of Toronto. Loretto Reid (whistle). |
| 1998 | 11#2 | [Chlr] Chulrua. Barefoot on the Altar. Paddy O'Brien (accordion), Tim Britton (pipes, flute, whistle), Pat Egan (guitar, vocals). For this tune: Paddy O'Brien (accordion). |
| 2002 | 2#2 | [Sld 2] Slide. Harmonic Motion. Aogán Lynch (concertina, whistle, vocals), Daire Bracken (fiddle, strings, guitar, vocals), Mick Broderick (bouzouki, mandolin, vocals), Éamonn de Barra (flute, whistle, bodhrán, piano, harmonium, vocals). |
Bibliography
Here are all transcriptions of this tune 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 #241 in [CRE 2] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 2. |
| As tune #26 in volume 3 of [B&S] D[avid] Bulmer and N[eil] Sharpley. Music from Ireland. 4 vols. |
| On page 29 of [T] Fintan Vallely. Timber. The Flute Tutor. 2nd Edition. |
| As tune #117 in [Raff] Lesl Harker. 300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty. |
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