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[Pete Dunk]

An Easter weekend challenge this one; definitely not for the faint hearted!

X:1
T: Joe Scurfield's Favourite
C: Robin Dunn
D: Syncopace
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: hornpipe
K:Gmin
D2|G^FGA Bd^cd|=cA^FD Gg^fg|=fecA GcAG|F2 (3GF=E F2EF|
GEGc AFAc|BFBg f2f^f|gecB AFGA|B2d2 B2:|
|:=B2|c=Bcd ecAF|(3BcB Ac B2=B2|c=Bcd efaf|gf=eg f2f^f|
gecB AFGA|Bdg^f =fdAB|GEGB AFAc|B2A2 B2:|

[Larry Stout]

That's hard, but it's a nice tune. Thanks.

[spindizzy]

An Easter weekend challenge this one; definitely not for the faint hearted!

Another EC player said I should learn this one ... thanks for remindinding me :-)
I think he said that it had every accidental on the box ... I haven't checked

And while I'm here, here's a tune to learn for a couple of weeks time.
(And follow it with "News of the Victory" for an overwhelmingly jolly and patriotic set)

X:1
T:St. George's Day
M:6/8
R:Jig
K:D
L:1/8
A|d2A e2A|f2d def|g2f e2d|cde ABc| d2A e2A|f2d def|gfe ABc|1d3D2:|2 d3 D3|
|:f2a afa|b2g g2f|e2g geg|a2f f2A|d2A e2A|f2d def|gfe ABc|d3 D3:|

Edited by spindizzy, 12 April 2009 - 05:44 AM.

[P Carr]

What a delightful wee tune - especially the B-part. Thanks!

[Pete Dunk]

What a delightful wee tune - especially the B-part. Thanks!

Ah, but which tune?

[spindizzy]

What a delightful wee tune - especially the B-part. Thanks!

Ah, but which tune?

Hi Tallship

Oops, I hope I haven't hijacked your thread so I'll say this loudly!
...................... LEARN JOE SCURFIELD'S FAVOURITE ..................
It's a great tune from a great musician (I saw many times as part of the Old Rope String Band)
And Gminor plus all those accidentals is good for the soul especially for us trad players who get in a panic if it isn't in G,D or A. (I've just realised what a mess I get into when someone starts a tune in C!)

ps Can this be played on an Anglo?

Happy Easter

pps You can start learning S. Georges Day NEXT weekend - actually you could probably start learning in on the 23rd

[Pete Dunk]

Oops, I hope I haven't hijacked your thread ...

Chris, my comment was very much tongue in cheek! Love the St. George's Day tune and I've added it to my collection but so far The News of the Victory leaves me a bit cold, p'raps that's just a limitation of the abc midi playback. Is there a good recorded version anywhere?

Oh. and this isn't really my thread, I only started it. Anyone is welcome to pitch in with a good tune at any time.

Pete.

[spindizzy]

Oops, I hope I haven't hijacked your thread ...

Chris, my comment was very much tongue in cheek! Love the St. George's Day tune and I've added it to my collection but so far The News of the Victory leaves me a bit cold, p'raps that's just a limitation of the abc midi playback. Is there a good recorded version anywhere?

Oh. and this isn't really my thread, I only started it. Anyone is welcome to pitch in with a good tune at any time.

Pete.

It's a good thead anyway!

Here's a sound clip, it's also known as (Jolly) Tars of the Victory Find tars about half way down and click on the RA icon by that paragraph ... I'm not sure it would inspire me to play it though ... I think this is one of those VERY JOLLY tunes though it is also nice and "lumpy" as a friend insists on saying about this sort of thing.

Here's a better one (Whinhams reel on track 4 sounds like a good tune too, not sure about their version of the Banks of the Dee though - more like a march than a waltz)

Chris
(and all the hot cross buns are finished now )

[P Carr]

What a delightful wee tune - especially the B-part. Thanks!

Ah, but which tune?

St. George's Day! I'm a sequemtial respondent...!

Thanks for the tune,
Pamela

[Pete Dunk]

It's a bit too early for the weekend I know but I'm at a loose end at the moment as Sally's away visiting her sick mum and I just had a pleasurable few minutes playing this one through several times, it's a lovely tune. The fingering is a bit tricky in places on the English, no idea what it's like to play on an anglo or duet. Give it some welly!

X:50
T:Biddlestone Hornpipe
C:Billy Pigg
R:Hornpipe
Z:Peter Dunk April 2009
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:G
D | G>dB>G F>A D2 | E>Gc>e d>BG>B | (3cde (3ABc (3Bcd G>B | A>BA>G F>Ad>D |
G>dB>G F>A D2 | E>Gc>e d>BG>B | (3cde (3ABc (3Bcd G>d |1 e>cA>F G3 :|2 e>cA>F G2 |
|: (3def | g>dB>g f>a d2 | (3efg c>e d>BG>B | (3cde A>c (3Bcd G>B | A>^ce>g f>de>f |
g>dB>g f>a d2 | (3efg c>e d>BG>B | (3cde (3ABc (3Bcd G>d |1 e>cA>F G2 :|2 e>cA>F G3 |

Edited by tallship, 15 April 2009 - 02:29 PM.

[Roger Gawley]

An Easter weekend challenge this one; definitely not for the faint hearted!

X:1
T: Joe Scurfield's Favourite
C: Robin Dunn
D: Syncopace

Many thanks for this. Having decided that I would need several years to get this right, I dug out the Syncopace CD. Many delights there. Now I feel inspired to persist with the tune. Maybe only two years!

[Pete Dunk]

Good for you Roger, let's make a race of it. I'm currently playing it at about two beats a minutes and still making mistakes! Here's a really pretty 6/8 tune that plays equally well as a jig or slowed down and played as a waltz. I think I'm going through a Billy Pigg phase ...

X:1
T:Bill Charlton's Fancy
C:Billy Pigg
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:G
|:(3d/e/f/ | g2 G f2 G | e2 G d3 | DGB dBG | DFA c3 | aAc g2 A |f2 A e3 |
d^cd e2 =c | Bdg B2 d | gGB f2 G | e2 G d3 | DGB dBG |ecA E3 |
ecG EGc | gdB GBd | fed ^cdF | GBd g2 :: (3d/e/f/ | gGB fGB |
eGB fGB | eGB fGB | cAF DFA | aAc gAc | fAceAc | d^cd ^de=c |
Bdg B2 d | gGB fGB | eGB dGB | eGB dGB | ecA E3 | ecA EGc |
gdB GBd | fed ^cdF| GBd g2 :: d | bGB aBG |gGB fGB | eGB dGB|
cAF DFA | aAc gAc | fAc eAc | d^cd ^de=c | Bdg B2 d | bGB aBG |
gGB fGB | eGB dGB | ecA E3 | ecG EGc | gdB GBd | fed ^cdF |
GBd g2 :|

[spindizzy]

This is such a good thread that I'm going to hijack it again :-)
This is a tune that I learnt while ago (I found it by accident while I was looking for Puddleglum's Misery by John Kirkpatrick - another great tune!)

This is a good one, like Joe Scurfield's, for getting the dusty buttons into play. (ps I've no idea why its called a hornpipe with that key signature - I've also found it notated in 6/8)

I've put it into the Tune database so the dots are easily available.

Chris

X: 1
T:Pumpherston hornpipe, The
C:Big Jim Sutherland
S:Gerald Trimble, First Flight
Q:400
M:12/8
K:Dm
A,=B,^C | D^CD A,2F E2D ^C2G |FGA f2e d2c B2A | ^G2A ^G2A E2F D3 |
EFG FED ^C2A A,=B,^C | D^CD A,2F E2D ^C2G | FGA f2e d2c B2A |
^G2A EF=G FGA D2F | ED^C A2A, D3 D2e || fed fed e2 a4 |
fed fed e2 a4 | fed edc dcB cBA |BAG ^GAF E2D ^C3 |
DEF DEF ^G2A ^G2A | DEF DEF ^G2A ^G2A|DEF ^CDE FGA GFE |
FED A2A, D3 D2e | fed fed e2a4 | fed fed e2a4 |
fed edc dcB cBA |BAG ^GAF E2D ^C2A, | D^CD A,2F E2D ^C2G |
FGA f2e d2c B2A |^G2A EF=G FGA D2F | ED^C A2A, D3 A,=B,^C |

Edited to add Q:400

Edited by spindizzy, 27 April 2009 - 11:17 AM.

[Pete Dunk]

Chris, add the field Q:400 and suddenly the piece comes alive! As to the time signature of 12/8 as a hornpipe, that's no odder than the original time signature of 3/2 for a hornpipe. Top heavy time signatures just aren't popular any more, it doesn't mean they're no longer valid. The Dm key signature gives it an interesting twist, good tune!

X: 1
T:Pumpherston Hornpipe, The
C:Big Jim Sutherland
S:Gerald Trimble, First Flight
Q:400
R:hornpipe
M:12/8
K:Dm
A,=B,^C | D^CD A,2F E2D ^C2G |FGA f2e d2c B2A | ^G2A ^G2A E2F D3 |
EFG FED ^C2A A,=B,^C | D^CD A,2F E2D ^C2G | FGA f2e d2c B2A |
^G2A EF=G FGA D2F | ED^C A2A, D3 D2e || fed fed e2 a4 |
fed fed e2 a4 | fed edc dcB cBA |BAG ^GAF E2D ^C3 |
DEF DEF ^G2A ^G2A | DEF DEF ^G2A ^G2A|DEF ^CDE FGA GFE |
FED A2A, D3 D2e | fed fed e2a4 | fed fed e2a4 |
fed edc dcB cBA |BAG ^GAF E2D ^C2A, | D^CD A,2F E2D ^C2G |
FGA f2e d2c B2A |^G2A EF=G FGA D2F | ED^C A2A, D3 A,=B,^C |

[spindizzy]

Chris, add the field Q:400 and suddenly the piece comes alive! As to the time signature of 12/8 as a hornpipe, that's no odder than the original time signature of 3/2 for a hornpipe. Top heavy time signatures just aren't popular any more, it doesn't mean they're no longer valid. The Dm key signature gives it an interesting twist, good tune!

yes - I'd forgoten things like 3/2s (which I shouldn't since I really like those)

... and the Q:400 was in some of the notations that I found online, but not in that one (I'll edit it in).
There are a few sample mp3 online (I did find a really fun one on some sort of tuba ) but most are lively versions on hammer dulcimer.

Chris

[Pete Dunk]

I hope to be far too busy at the Jack in the Green festival in Hastings this weekend to be posting here so here's a jolly tune to keep you busy if you find yourself at a loose end. The original score describes this as a 'fast march' and I'm not sure if it's a hornjig or a jigpipe but it's certainly a jig with a limp that works played at any tempo from slow air to a gallop. This is particularly difficult on the English in my opinion but Sally is knocking it out in fine style now. Damn!

X:1
T:Northumbrian Gathering
C:Billy Pigg
Z:Peter Dunk April 2009
M:6/8
R:March
L:1/8
K:A
|:C>EA D>FA | C>EA c>BA | a>ga e>cA | G<BB B2 e |
C>EA D>FA | C>EA c>BA |a>ga e>cA |1 G>dG A3 :|2 G<dG A2 e ||
|:a>ga e>cA | d>fd e>cA | a>ga e>cA | G<BB B2 e |
a>ga e>cA | d>fd e>cA | a>ga e>cA |1 G>dG A2 e :|2 G<dG A3 ||
C>EA ~c>BA | a>ga e>cA | C>EA ~c>BA | G<BB B2 e |
C>EA ~c>BA | a>ga e>cA | d>fd e>cA | G<dG A3 |
C>EA ~c>BA | a>ga e>cA | C>EA ~c>BA | G<BB B2 e |
C>EA D>FA | C>EA c>BA | a>ga e>cA | G<dG A2 e ||
a>ga e>cA | C>EA ~c>BA | a>ga e>cA | G<BB B2 e |
a>ga e>cA | C>EA ~c>BA | a>ga e>cA | G<dG A2 e ||
a>ga e>cA | C>EA c>BA | a>ga e>cA | G<BB B2 e |
a>ga e>cA | C>EA c>BA | a>ga e>cA | G<dG A3 ||

[Pete Dunk]

Well the weather's pretty miserable at the moment so here's a waltz in Bm to keep you all busy: Andy Cutting's delightful tune 'Flatworld'.

X:1
T:Flatworld
C:Andy Cutting
M:3/4
L:1/8
Q:1/4=180
K:Bm
|:f ef|df cf Bf|G3 B dB|g3 f ed|
c3 f ef|df cf Bf|G3 f ed|c3 e dc|B3:|
|:c dc|Bc dB ba|g3 f ed|cd ec ag|
f3 e dc|Bc dB gf|e3 d cB|1c3 e de|c3:|2c3 e dc|B3|
|:c dc|Bc dB ba|g3 f ed|cd ec ag|
f3 e dc|Bc dB gf|e3 d cB|1c3 e de|c3:|2c3 e dc|
d3 f ed|c3 e dc|B4-B2||

[spindizzy]

It's been raining all weekend so far so I thought I put in this one, "Puddleglums misery" by John Kirkpatrick... seems to suit the weather (though I think Puddleglum rather liked the wet)!

X: 1
T:Puddleglums Misery
O:england
M:4/4
L:1/8
Q:240
C:John Kirkpatrick
K:C
|:(3G^F=F|"E7"E2 e2 ^d2 =d2|"Am"c>BA>B c2 B>A|"E7"^G>EG>B e>BG>E|"Am"A>E A>c e>cA>c|
"E7"E2e2^d2=d2|"Am"c>BA>B "F"c2 B>A|"E7"^G>EG>B e>dc>B|"Am"A2A2A2:|
|:(3cBA|"G7"G2 g2 ^f2 =f2|"C"e>dc>d e2 d>c|"G"B>GB>d g>dB>d|"C"c>Bc>d e>dc>A|
"G"G2 g2 ^f2 =f2|"C"e>dc>de4|"E7"(3EFE ^D>E e>=dc>B|"Am"A2 A2 A2:|

Edited the ABC slightly - 12jun09

Edited by spindizzy, 12 June 2009 - 08:02 AM.