A Fair Wind

reel

Key signature: Eminor

Submitted on October 12th 2003 by fiel.

This tune has been added to 67 tunebooks.

Also known as Sunday Bells, The West Wind.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Celtic Passion by John Williams, Dean Magraw
• Flowers Of The Burren by Barefield Ceili Band
• Folktrax-173: Willie Clancy And Bobby Casey by Willie Clancy And Bobby Casey
• Irish Traditional Fiddle Music by John Kelly And James Kelly With Michael Crehan And Michael Gavin
• Irish Traditional Music by Paddy Carty
• King Of The Concert Flute by Seamus Tansey
• Show The Lady: Music For The Sets Volume 5 by Various Artists
• The Best Of Irish Piping by Seamus Ennis
• The Drones And The Chanters Vol.2 by Various Artists
• The Dusty Miller by Conor, Gay And Seán McKeon
• The Hop Down by Breda Keville
• The Maple Leaf by Jimmy Noonan, Chris McGrath
• The Pipering Of Willie Clancy. Vol 1 by Willie Clancy
• The Porthole Of The Kelp by Sean Casey
• The Tempest by Robbie Hannan
• The Totally Traditional Tin Whistle Tape by Various Artists
• Touch Me If You Dare by Ronan Browne And Peter O'Loughlin
• Traditional Irish Fiddle Music by The Kilfenora Fiddle Ceili Band
• Traditional Irish Music From Galway And Clare by Bobby Casey, Gabriel McKeon, Raymond Roland, Liam Farrell & John Roe
• Two Miles To Tulla by Larry Gavin, Micheál O'Rourke And Charlie Lennon
• Wayward Son by John Doyle

X: 1
T: A Fair Wind
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Emin
DGGF ~G3A|BAGA BA~A2|DGGF ~G3A|1 BAGE EDDE:|2 BAGE EDDA||
|:BddB ~G3A|BddB cAAc|BddB ~G3A|1 BAGE EDDA:|2 BAGE EDDE||
|:GE~E2 c3A|B2dB AcBA|GE~E2 c3A|1 BAGE EDDE:|2 BAGE EDDE||

A little nice tune. Easy to play yet very "dancant"(?)

# Posted on October 12th 2003 by fiel

DANSANT!

# Posted on October 12th 2003 by fiel

I love this little gem, I play it in D sometimes as well.

# Posted on October 12th 2003 by Brad Maloney

Fair Wind

Belfast band "Tamalin" recorded it in A.

# Posted on October 12th 2003 by Kenny

Isn´t this tune on the album Midsummer´s night from Dervish?

# Posted on October 14th 2003 by banjopluckinjan

T:A Fair Wind
M:4/4
L:1/8
S:Dervish: "Midsunner's Night"
R:reel
Z:g.m.p
K:G
~G3F ~G3A|BAGA BAAB|~G3E ~G3A|1BAGE EDDE:|2BAGE EDDc||
BcdB ~G3A|BcdB cAAc|BcdB ~G3A|1BAGE EDDc:|2BAGE EDDE||
GE~E2 ~c3A|BAGA BAAB|GE~E2 ~c3A|1BAGE EDDA:|2BAGE EDDE||

# Posted on October 19th 2003 by gian marco

i really like the third part

# Posted on October 27th 2004 by BTCpz

Same as Fair Wind in A major

This tune is in G major and it's also listed in A major.
I learned it from Jack Gilder's lovely playing in A.
It does not come up when you input Fairwind--too bad.

# Posted on April 27th 2006 by bobbi

Thank you, Bobbi, very kind of you to say, but I play it in G.

Here's a nice example from YouTube from a flute player in Spain who says he learned it from from Breandan O'Hare.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rg4oyHsgGII

# Posted on June 29th 2008 by Phantom Button