[NSP] Re: Barrington Hornpipe

2009-10-31 Thread Julia Say
On 31 Oct 2009, rosspi...@aol.com wrote: Over to Julia to fill in the details. I was rather hoping someone else might chip in! -Original Message- From: Francis Wood oatenp...@googlemail.com Subject: [NSP] Barrington Hornpipe   Can anyone provide any information about the

[NSP] Re: Barrington Hornpipe

2009-10-31 Thread tim rolls BT
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

[NSP] Re: Barrington Hornpipe

2009-10-31 Thread Francis Wood
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,