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Tune ID#3438 (Paddy Fahey's Hornpipe No. 1)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Paddy Fahey's Hornpipe No. 1 about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording JCt 3 (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Hornpipe32AABBBb Major
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Paddy Fahey's Hornpipe No. 1 / Paddy Fahey's / Fahey's / Fahey's Hornpipe / Paddy Fahy's Hornpipe / Paddy Fahy's / Paddy Fahys / (also in G or F, also 2nd part singled) (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).
~199612#2
[JB 4] Joe Burke, Charlie Lennon. The Bucks of Oranmore. Joe Burke (accordion), Charlie Lennon (piano).
~20016#1
[JCt 3] John Carty. Yeh, That's All It Is. John Carty (fiddle, guitar).
~200111#2
[SBJM 1] Seamus Begley and Jim Murray. Ragairne (Revelling at Night). Seamus Begley (accordion, melodeon, vocals), Jim Murray (guitar). For this tune: Jim (guitar).
~20026#2
[JFtg] Joe Fitzgerald. Hills of Clare. Joe Fitzgerald (accordion).
20044#1
[LYK 2] The Kane Sisters. Under the Diamond. Liz Kane (fiddle), Yvonne Kane (fiddle).
~20046#1
[Ovld] Randal Bays and Dáithí Sproule. Overland. Randal Bays (fiddle, guitar), Dáithí Sproule (guitar, vocals).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
P.J. Moloney's
JB 4
Home Ruler
SBJM 1
Dunphy's Hornpipe
JFtg
Played beforeOn Albums
Mary O'Neill's Fancy
JCt 3
Acrobat
LYK 2
Joel Bernstein's
Ovld

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 289 of [FaheyMH] Maria Holohan. The Tune Compositions of Paddy Fahey.
As hp #3 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