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Tune ID#1502 (Paddy Fahey's Hornpipe No. 2)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Paddy Fahey's Hornpipe No. 2 about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording Trc (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Hornpipe32AABBG Major
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Paddy Fahey's Hornpipe No. 2 / Paddy Fahey's / Paddy Fahy's / Cornphíopa Pháidí Uí Fhathaigh / Fahy's Delight / Has to be Fahey! / The Dungorman (composed by Paddy Fahey aka Paddy Fahy)
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Discography cd

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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Year
Recorded
Track
#Tune?
[Album code] Artist. Title (Link to Album Info page). Performers (instruments).
199520#2
[FMD 1] The Fiddle Music of Donegal. Volume One. Peter Tracey (fiddle).
~19954#1
[KC 1] Kevin Crawford. 'D' Flute Album. Kevin Crawford (flute, whistle, bodhrán). For this tune: (flute).
~199914#2
[Trc] Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráin and Patrick Ourceau. Tracin'. Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráin (concertina), Patrick Ourceau (fiddle). For this tune: (fiddle), (Bb/F concertina).
~20058#1
[ACrby 1] Angelina Carberry. An Traidisiún Beo. Angelina Carberry (banjo).
~200813#2
[OCHrn 1] Oisín and Conal Hernon. Up and Coming. Oisín Hernon (accordion, whistle), Conal Hernon (banjo, guitar).
~20114#1
[FScahl 2] Fergal Scahill. Wayfaring. Fergal Scahill (fiddle, guitar, bodhrán).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Drunken Sailor
FMD 1
Kit O'Mahoney's Hornpipe
Trc
North Shore
OCHrn 1
Played beforeOn Albums
Echo
KC 1
Buck from the Mountain
ACrby 1
Tailor's Twist
FScahl 2

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 musical matches to this tune as played on the recordings listed above.

Listing of published transcriptions of this tune.
On page 290 of [FaheyMH] Maria Holohan. The Tune Compositions of Paddy Fahey.
As hp #74 in [HN] Henrik Norbeck. Henrik Norbeck's Abc Tunes. [available]
As hp #34 in [JKg 3] Josephine Keegan. A Drop in the Ocean. Traditional Irish Tunes Collected by Josephine Keegan.

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 only the recordings and transcriptions listed above (note that I concentrate on sources after 1900): 1995