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Tune ID#1504 (Paddy Fahey's Reel No. 20)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Paddy Fahey's Reel No. 20 about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording MH 3 (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Reel32AABBC Major
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Paddy Fahey's Reel No. 20 / Paddy Fahy's / Paddy Fahy's 2 / Fahy's / Paddy Fahey's / Another Paddy Fahy Reel / Fahey's Finest (also in A, also singled) (composed by Paddy Fahey aka Paddy Fahy)
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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).
~19732.18#2
~197312#2
[4IC] Joe Burke, Finbarr Dwyer, Kevin Loughlin, John Whelan. Pure Irish Traditional Accordion. Session with Four Irish Champions. Joe Burke (accordion), Finbarr Dwyer (accordion), Kevin Loughlin (accordion), John Whelan (accordion). For this tune: Joe Burke (accordion).
~197613#2
[SotC] Armagh Pipers Club. Armagh Pipers' Club [Song of the Chanter]. Disc 10 of Celtic Souls. Irish Celtic Ballads & Traditional Music. Paul Davis (concertina, flutes, harmonica), Eithne Vallelly (fiddle), Pat Daly (harp), Brian Vallelly (pipes, whistle, flute), Niall Vallelly (bodhran). For this tune: Paul Davis (C concertina).
~19851#1
[IT 3] The Irish Tradition. The Times We've Had. Billy McComiskey (accordion), Brendan Mulvihill (fiddle), Andy O'Brien (guitar, vocals).
19964#3
[BrdgGap] Kevin Moloney, Sean Moloney. Bridging the Gap. Kevin Moloney (fiddle), Sean Moloney (flute).
19974#2
[MH 3] Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill. The Lonesome Touch. Martin Hayes (fiddle), Dennis Cahill (guitar).
20011#3
[LYK 1] Liz and Yvonne Kane. The Well Tempered Bow. Liz Kane (fiddle), Yvonne Kane (fiddle), John Blake (guitar, piano).
~20074#2
[ATrgs 1] Athena Tergis. A Letter Home. Athena Tergis (fiddle).
~200813#2
[FScahl 1] Fergal Scahill. The Dusty Bridge. Fergal Scahill (fiddle, guitar, bodhrán).

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In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Drunken Tinker
FTIM, 4IC
Paddy Fahey's Reel No. 6
SotC
Molly Bán
BrdgGap
Jimmy O'Reilly's
MH 3
Mullingar Lea
LYK 1
In Memory of Coleman
ATrgs 1
Spike Island Lassies
FScahl 1
Played beforeOn Albums
Ormond Sound
IT 3

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.
As tune #9 in volume 4 of [B&S] D[avid] Bulmer and N[eil] Sharpley. Music from Ireland. 4 vols.
As tune #44 in [P50] Brian and Eithne Vallely. Play 50 Reels. [available]
On page 263 of [FaheyMH] Maria Holohan. The Tune Compositions of Paddy Fahey.
As reel #69 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): 1973