In the first and fifth Bar of Paddy’s Resource (from the Paddy O’Brien’s Sets)the tune shows GFG DB’D. The B’ being below the whistle range, what would experienced session players normally do?
a) drop the note
b) play D2D
c) play DGD
d) play DED
Cees and I favour the last option, as this sounds OK to us, but would this cause problems when playing wih others?
The same problem occurs once in Blooming Meadows, the third Jig in the set.
The second jig is labelled as The Pipe on the Hob, but is totally, and I mean totally, different from the jig of the same name in 110 Best Irish Tinwhistle Tunes. Is this jig usually known by a diffent name?
On 2002-04-16 08:10, Martin Milner wrote:
a) drop the note
b) play D2D
c) play DGD
d) play DED
Without knowing the tune, I’d say all of the above. You could also play DBD. In dropping the note you can snatch a breath by the way. Why stick to one option anyway?
As for the Pipe on the Hob, haven’t followed the link, but there are two well-known tunes with the name - the 3-part jig popularized by the Bothy Band and which came from Séamus Ennis, starts like this
The Bothy Band version is the one in 110 Tunes, the one in the Paddy O’Brien set has two parts but doesn’t resemble your other option - it starts (in G)
dc#d A2G/F2D DFD/EDE cGE/E2D DFA/
I tried DBD in Paddy’s Resource but didn’t like the jump; I guess you’re right, why stick to one variation?
This is how we have it, Micho Russell called it the New York jig, on the D a cran or any of your own solutions will fit, the first phrase being GFG D with the next two leading into the second phrase GBd ~e2 they are the not so important notes in that little bit
