Hi Tim,
Thanks for pointing this out . . .I'd forgotten it was there.
Fenwick's Instruction book for the Northumbrian Small-Pipes was
published by the Northumbrian Small-Pipes Society in 1896.
Apart from scales in G and D, Fenwick includes only six tunes,
Coquetside, Holey Ha'penny, Jackey Layton, Barrington Hornpipe,
Felton Lonnin' and the Bonnie Pit Laddie.
Should I be following his example in choosing tunes for my next
beginner's class, do you think?
Thanks too to Colin and Julia for further information.
Francis
On 31 Oct 2009, at 17:59, tim rolls BT wrote:
Hi Francis,
I expect you know this already, but for what it's worth
BARRINGTON HORNPIPE. English, Hornpipe. England, Northumberland. G
Major. Standard tuning. AABB. From A Tutor for the Northumbrian
Small-pipes by J.W. Fenwick, published in the late 1800's; composed
by Thomas Todd. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 98
from
http://www.ibiblio.org/fiddlers/BARN_BB.htm
Also, no info, but a second generation recording of George Atkinson
playing it, amongst others
http://sounds.bl.uk/View.aspx?item=025M-C1009X0004XX-2600V0.xml#
Tim
----- Original Message ----- From: "Francis Wood" <oatenp...@googlemail.com
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To: "Dartmouth NPS" <nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu>
Sent: Saturday, October 31, 2009 12:27 PM
Subject: [NSP] Barrington Hornpipe
A query about the Barrington Hornpipe, appearing in Northumbrian
Pipers's Tune Book (1).
Can anyone provide any information about the background to this tune?
I've heard it was composed as a competition piece, requiring all on a
7 key chanter.
Are there sources for this information?
Does Todd's manuscript copy survive? And are there significant
variants on this as it is played today?
Francis
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