The Locomotive

hornpipe

Key signature: Dmajor

Submitted on January 1st 2006 by Dr. Dow.

This tune has been added to 41 tunebooks.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

All Of It by Skylark
Atlantic Roar by Paul Bradley
Ceol Sidhe by Micheal O HEidhin
Father And Son Of Scotland by Jimmy Shand Jnr
Highly Strung! by Padraic O'Reilly
Mowing The Machair by Fine Friday
The Factory Turn by Damian O'Brien And Oliver Loughlin With Arty McGlynn And Kevin Brehony
The Wansbeck Piper by Pauline Cato
Traditional Dance Music Of Ireland by Various Artists

Details ABC Sheetmusic Comments

The Locomotive

One of James Hill's best. For a different transcription and sound sample of some virtuosic playing, go here: http://www.rogermillington.com/tunetoc/locomotive_skeltonnf.html.

For a more pedestrian interpretation of the tune that would probably be closer to the original, listen to the last track of "The Wind In The Reeds": http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/store/artist/album/0,,1152551,00.html
A transcription of that version is below:

X: 1
T: Locomotive, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: hornpipe
K: Dmaj
de|fedc dAFA|fedc dAFA|Bdgf edcd|(3efd (3cdB A2de|
fedc dAFA|fedc Bdga|ba^ga =geag|f2d2 d2:|
|:cd|edcd e2a2|fede f2a2|gfga bagf|(3efe (3dcB (3ABA (3GFE|
DFAd fafd|gfga b2ag|(3fag (3fed (3cba (3gfe|f2d2 d2:|

I play the Quayside Hornpipe http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/2740 after this one. They go well together.

# Posted on January 1st 2006 by Dr. Dow

Big Tune

That is a Big Tune. Thanks for that!

# Posted on January 2nd 2006 by Ranks

Dow how many tunes other than hornpipes did James Hill pen - I know there's Blaydon flats but are there many more?

A northumbrian tunebook I got for christmas - Pete Loud's Collection of Northumbrian Fiddle Tunes - has a section on james hill compositions and ALL of tunes in that section are hornpipes.

Thanks,

sam

# Posted on January 2nd 2006 by flamin fiddler

Sam - http://thesession.org/discussions/display.php/3050 for info on James Hill

# Posted on January 2nd 2006 by Zina Lee

The section in Pete Loud's collection has flings and strathspeys too. He also wrote a jig called the Random Jig or Random Notes. He didn't write Blaydon Flats.

# Posted on January 2nd 2006 by Dr. Dow

ok thanks dow and zina

# Posted on January 3rd 2006 by flamin fiddler