The Independence

hornpipe

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on October 13th 2002 by SPeak.

This tune has been added to 96 tunebooks.

Also known as The Independent, Vendome.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• At Their Best. Sean McGuire And Roger Sherlock by Sean Maguire
• Danu by Danu
• Flame On The Banks by Maeve Donnelly
• Flook Live! by Flook
• In Ireland by James Galway And The Chieftains
• In Ireland by The Great Danes - Anders Trabjerg And Jonas Fromseier
• Irish Piping Tradition by Gay McKeon
• Leo Rowsome: Classics Of Irish Piping by Leo Rowsome
• Macalla Na HÓige by Hugh Healy And Colm Healy
• Makin' The Rounds by Billy McComiskey
• No Matter How Cold And Wet You Are by Craobh Rua
• Punctured by Garry Shannon
• The Irish Music Anthology (40 Classic Songs, Jigs And Reels) by Various Artists
• The Unseen Dance by Evergreen
• The Wild Keys by Mikie Smyth
• Traditional Dance Music Of Ireland by Various Artists
• Whirlwind by Brian Hughes

X: 1
T: Independence, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: hornpipe
K: Gmaj
Bc|:dgfa (3gab gd|(3efg dc (3Bcd BG|FGAB cBce|(3agf (3gfe d2Bc|
!dgfa (3gab gd|(3efg dc (3Bcd bg|fedB cAFG|1(3ABA GF G2:|2(3ABA GF G2AB||
|:(3cdc (3BAG (3FAc (3edc|(3Bcd (3Bdg (3bag (3fed|
(3cdc (3BAG (3FAc (3edc|(3Bcd (3Bdg (3bag (3fed|
~e2 (3ceg (3c'ba (3gfe|~d2 (3Bdg (3bag (3fed|
(3ced (3cBA (3fed (3cBA|(3GBd (3gdB G4:|

This was recorded back in the 30's or 40's (a long time ago, anyway) by piper Leo Rowsome.

# Posted on October 14th 2002 by OrganicPeatCreature

Independence

Also recorded more recently by "Danu" - flute solo by Tom Doorley on their 1st CD, and by "Craobh Rua" from Belfast.
Named after a steamship, I believe.

# Posted on October 16th 2002 by Kenny

Grada recording

alan doherty of grada and lords of the rings soundtrack fame does a rather grand rendition of this tune on gradas first album they made before endeavour which i dont think is in circulation anywhere
theres a good selection of tunes and songs and i would post it only i dont have the case with me
so itll have to wait

# Posted on June 30th 2003 by timo

Still waiting....

i would post it only i dont have the case with me
so itll have to wait [sic]

Posted on June 30th 2003 by timo

# Posted on May 15th 2008 by cocus

When I play this tune at a faster pace, I love doing some variations in the second half of the B part like this:

"(3e^de (3ceg (3c'ba (3gfe|(3d^cd (3Bdg (3bag (3fed"

Or the way Flook play it with holding out the " c' " and " b " notes, and then the last time through will do something like this:

"~e2 (3ceg e'2z2|~d2 (3Bdg d'2z2"

No matter how it's played, or what speed it's played at, this is a seriously awesome tune, I must say. First heard it on a recording from TV of Matt Molloy, and was just hooked.

# Posted on April 18th 2009 by JosephofCK

This tune may well have started of as "The Vendome" (from the Scottish collection, "Kerr's Merry Melodies" Book 2)

# Posted on September 19th 2009 by niall_kenny