Key signature: Amajor
Submitted on October 18th 2004 by Trevor Jennings.
This tune has been added to 11 tunebooks.
Also known as Huckleberry, The Huckleberry .
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Huckleberry, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: hornpipe
K: Amaj
|:(3efg | a2e2 c2(3cd^d | e2c2 A2(3ABc | d2A2 F2 (3F=G^G | ABAF D2 (3G=GF |
E^DEF G=G^GA | B^ABc dcB=A | efed cABG | A2Ac (3def :|
|: (3ag=g | fdAd fagf | eaec Acec | dcBA GABc | ABcd e2 (3ag=g |
fdAd fagf | eaec Acea | bagf edcB | A2Ac (3def:|
|: (3dcB | AGAB c^Bcd | e^def =gfec | dcde f^efg | abag fedf |
e^def gfga | bc'ba gfeg | e'f'e'd' c'abg |1 a2ec (3ded :|2 a2ec (3def ||
The Huckleberry (hornpipe)
Definitely one for the fiddler's party-piece repertoire, which is when I've heard it played.
Composed by Byron Berline, and this arrangement by Dr Gary Smith.
Trevor
# Posted on October 18th 2004 by Trevor Jennings
A great fiddle tune
Many thanks for posting this tune.I requested it some time ago.I have the original recording of Byron and Country Gazette playing it.
# Posted on October 18th 2004 by cos
well this tune is part Jimmy Martin's Arab Bounce (first part) and the 2nd 2 parts are indeed Huckberry Hornpipe. In truth, Arab Bounce and the first part of HH have the same general shape... but to my ear this version is clearly AB and not HH. Interesting.
# Posted on June 2nd 2006 by kbar
Not Byron Berline's Huckleberry Hornpipe!
I have to agree with kbar. This does not much resemble the Huckleberry Hornpipe I know or that was originally played by Byron Berline who composed it. Maybe it has evolved as a result of being played in many sessions (some not Bluegrass) and on different instruments.
I learned it some time ago and this is what I play the first time through.
X: 1
T: Huckleberry Hornpipe
C: Byron Berline
M: C
K: A
R: Hornpipe
Q: 400
(3efg|:aecf ecAd|cAGB Acea|fdAc dAF_G|ABA_G FE D2|
EGBe ceeg|bgab (3gbg (3efg|afed cABc|1 Ae (3cec A2 (3efg:|2 Ae (3cec A2 ag ||
fdAd fagf|ecAc e2dc|BGEG BdcB |(3ABA (3Bcd e2ag|
fdAd fagf|ecAc e2dc|BGEG BdcB|1Ae (3cec A2 ag:|2Ae (3cec A2(3DCB,||
A,CEA FAAc|ecde (3cec AF|DFAA dfad'|ba fad2z2|
EGBe ceeg|bgab (3gbg (3efg|afed cABc|1 Ae (3cec A2(3DCB, :|2 Ae (3cec A4 ||
# Posted on January 24th 2007 by Harrisonix
Harrisonix's version is close to what I play
Which I learned from Dan Crary's "Lady's Fancy" album (Berline was the fiddler). The two should be swapped as the original posting looks more like a variation.
# Posted on August 18th 2007 by monkey440
Thanks for clarification.
I'm glad that Lazyhound has clarified the provenance of this tune which makes it clear that the Dr. Gary Smith version is an arrangement.
(3efg|:aecf ecAd|cAGB Acea|fdAc dAF_G|ABA_G FE D2|
EGBe ceeg|bgab (3gbg (3efg|afed cABc|1 Ae (3cec A2 (3efg:|2 Ae (3cec A2 ag ||
fdAd fagf|ecAc e2dc|BGEG BdcB |(3ABA (3Bcd e2ag|
fdAd fagf|ecAc e2dc|BGEG BdcB|1Ae (3cec A2 ag:|2Ae (3cec A2(3DCB,||
A,CEA FAAc|ecde (3cec AF|DFAA dfad'|ba fad2z2|
EGBe ceeg|bgab (3gbg (3efg|afed cABc|1 Ae (3cec A2(3DCB, :|2 Ae (3cec A4 ||
# Posted on January 3rd 2009 by Harrisonix
Original Huckleberry Hornpipe appears as variation.
I really like this tune so I posted the abc above to make Byron Berline's version appear as a variation in downloaded abc files of this tune from this website. Unfortunately, Dr. Smiths version seems to appear on many abc websites on the internet.
# Posted on January 3rd 2009 by Harrisonix