Key signature: Amajor
Submitted on March 16th 2009 by Mix O'Lydian.
This tune has been added to 11 tunebooks.
Also known as Bristol.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Bristol, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: hornpipe
K: Amaj
|: (3efg | a>ec>e A>ce>a | f>dB>G A2 B>c | d>ef>e d>cB>A | G>AF>G E2 (3efg |
a>ec>e A>ce>a | f>dB>G A2 B>c | d>fe>d c>BA>G | B2 A2 A2 :|
|: e>d | c>eA>e c>eA>e | d>fB>f d>fB>f | c>eA>e c>eA>e | G>BE>B G>BE>B|
c>eA>e c>eA>e | d>fB>f d>fB>f | e>ag>f e>dc>B | A2 c2 A2 :|
The Bristol Hornpipe
This version of the tune was transcribed by me from my old copy of "Kerr's". However, I've annotated it with repeats - which were not shown in that publication.
There are several places in the world called "Bristol", but to my mind the "Bristol" in this tune title must refer to the city and county of that name in England, UK.
I stress: "city AND county", because Bristol was granted county status by royal charter in 1373, and has held that status ever since - apart from the period 1974-1996, when it was incorporated into the (now-defunct) county of Avon.
To sum up, Bristol is a county in its own right. It is not in the county of Somerset or in the county of Gloucester - although it has borders with those counties. And it's certainly not in the County of Avon, which no longer exists.
Unfortunately, most computer databases either can't cope with this, or haven't woken up to it yet.
Incidentally, the sessions listed for Bristol here on "thesession" are all given is being in Somerset ....
# Posted on March 16th 2009 by Mix O'Lydian
Simple and tasty. Thanks for sharing this.
# Posted on March 16th 2009 by protz
The Bristol Hornpipe
With reference to "Recordings of a tune by this name" in "Details" I must point out that the tune "Bristol" in the William Winter's Quantocks Tune Book is an entirely different tune - a 2/4 polka in D.
Unfortunately, "Recordings of a tune by this name" paints with a very broad brush, and entries therein are frequently misleading.
# Posted on January 13th 2010 by Trevor Jennings