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Hornpipe Sought

Hornpipe Sought

Anybody got the notes for a tricky little hornpipe called ( I think) "The Souvenir"? Now that's catharsis!

# Posted on May 28th 2002 by LongNote

Re: Hornpipe Sought

Hi,

i found some information (and ABC) for a hornpipe with this name in "The Fiddler's Companion":
http://www.ceolas.org/cgi-bin/ht2/ht2-fc2/file=/tunes/fc2/fc.html&style=&refer=&abstract=&ftpstyle=&grab=&linemode=&max=250?isindex=souvenir

# Posted on May 28th 2002 by glauber

Re: Hornpipe Sought

This link is to the tune i know as "The Banks Hornpipe" is that the same one longnote? It has it in G than in Eb. I've only heard it in Eb, it's a real party piece. The transcription listed for Brian Conway & Andy McGann is a little off from the way I've heard them play it. A good recording of it is on the "Milestone at the Garden" (twice) "The Banks" is usually paired with the Newcastle Hornpipe.

# Posted on May 28th 2002 by B Rad

It says "a.k.a. Souvenir of Venice" (and a few other names); i guess that's why the search engine picked it up. I thought that, plus being a hornpipe, give it a small chance of being the one.

I'm really impressed with that "Fiddler's Companion", BTW. There's a great wealth of information there.

# Posted on May 29th 2002 by glauber

Re: Hornpipe Still Sought

Thanks for the efforts, but no! This is the hornpipe that I also know as "The Banks". I suppose I will have to wait until it comes back to me unannounced and unexpected. At the moment I can't even recall the first few bars. I think it goes up to the third octave on the flute.

# Posted on May 29th 2002 by LongNote

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