Hi Dave and others, It's a noble attempt and a kindness to Dunk. But I still think that it's impossible to make anything worthwhile out of that tune whilst remaining literally close to the original.
Gilbert Askew and others associated with the compilation of the NPS Tunebook in 1937 treated it very freely, publishing it as Whinshields Hornpipe. Disapproving comments have been made here about what he did with the material, but nevertheless that tune is eagerly played wherever Northumbrian pipers assemble. Dunk's original Whin Shields remains more Off the Wall, than on it. Francis On 5 Aug 2011, at 20:18, Dave S wrote: > > Hi all, > After Dave Shaw piqued my curiosity I got round to playing with WSOTW and > thought I would offer this - the ending is a bit of a fiddle, but whatever > X:11 > T:NPS Collection > T:Whin Shields on the Wall > C:John L. Dunk > Q:1/4=100 > M:2/4 > L:1/16 > K:G > |d2 |:B2G2 G2B2 |A2D2 D2D2 |G2G2 GABc |d3B d2g2 |e2c2 c2e2 |d2G2 G2AB |c2E2 > E2FG :| > ABcd e2fg |decB ABGF |G3E G2B2 |e2B2 B2e2 |d3A d2e2 |a2e2 e2f2 |g3e g2f2 > |e2d2 c2B2 |A2d2 d2fd :| > A2d2 e2fg |a3g gfed |B2G2 GABG |A2D2 D2EF |G2G2 GABc |d6 g2 | e2c2 c2de |1 > d2G2 G2AB |c2B2 A2G2 :|2 dedB GAGE |c2F Fd2G-||G3E G4 |] > > ciao > > Dave S > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
