Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID#2215 (Paddy O'Snap)
about these two bars
Basic musical information on this tune.
|Rhythm ?||Bars||8-bar phrase structure||Mode ?|
|Slip jig||16||AB||D Major
given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Paddy O'Snap / Paddy O'Snap's / Quick, We Have But a Second / Quick! We Have But A Second / Quick! We Have But a Second! (2nd in set Paddy O' Snap's on SSm) (also in G)
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.
to hear the first 12 seconds.
|[Album code] Artist. Title. Performers (instruments).
[MCnnlly] Martin Connolly and Maureen Glynn. The Fort of Kincora. Martin Connolly (accordion), Maureen Glynn (piano, fiddle).
[SSm] Seán Smyth. The Blue Fiddle. Seán Smyth (fiddle, whistle, vocals). For this tune: (Eb whistle).
[MatH] Brendan Bulger, Marty Fahey, Kathleen Gavin. Music at the House. Brendan Bulger (fiddle), Marty Fahey (accordion, piano), Kathleen Gavin (piano).
[WFO 2] Wooden Flute Obsession 2. Claire Mann (flute).
[CTL 11] Cherish the Ladies. Woman of the House. Joanie Madden (flute, whistle, harmony vocals), Mary Coogan (guitar, mandolin, banjo, banjitar, octave mandolin), Heidi Talbot (vocals), Roisin Dillon (fiddle), Mirella Murray (accordion).
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 #1175 in  Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. |
|On page 88 of [Krsn] Miles Krassen. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. New and Revised. |
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): 1903