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Jackson's

hornpipe

Key signature: Amixolydian

Submitted on November 24th 2010 by Cap'n H.

This tune has been added to 10 tunebooks.

Also known as The Victoria .

Recordings of a tune by this name:

1891-1945 Disc 1 by Michael Coleman
A Tribute To John McKenna by Mick Woods
Agus Na Muideartaich by Fergie MacDonald And Friends
Another Side Of Cape Breton by Johnny Wilmot
At Home by Rosie Shipley And Matt Mulqueen
Best Of Irish Ceili Music by Various Artists
Between Up And Down by Ado Barker And Ruairi McGorman
Brian Kelly by Brian Kelly
Caise Ceoil by Various Artists
Cape Breton Fiddlers On Early LPs by Various Artistes
Celtic Reels And Jigs - The Blackberry Blossom by Various Artists
Ceol Agus Foinn : Music And Songs From The Willie Clancy Summer School by Various Artists
Ceol Tire by Various Artists
Clare Concertinas by Bernard O'Sullivan And Tommy McMahon
Classic Recordings Of Irish Traditional Fiddle Music by Hugh Gillespie
Crossing The Bridge by Eileen Ivers
Crossroads Céilí by The Temple House Ceili Band
Dance Music Of Ireland: Volume 4 by Matt Cunningham
Dance Time In Ireland by Larry McKee And The Shandonairs
Different State by Paudie O'Connor
Fairwater (Fionnuisce) by Declan Masterson
Farewell To Ireland CD 3 (Of A Box Set Of 4) by Various Artists
Fiddler's Fancy by Tommy Peoples
For The Love Of Tara by Denis Lanctot
Frankie Gavin And Alec Finn by Frankie Gavin And Alec Finn
From Leitrim To London by Brian Rooney
Gaelic Roots by Various Artists
Galway's Own by Joe Burke
Greenfire by Greenfire
Grove Lane by Joe Derrane
Humdinger by Paul Brock And Enda Scahill
I'm Leaving Tipperary by Various Artists
Irish Accordion by Timmy Cronin
Irish Accordion by Joe Derrane
Irish Cream by Irish Cream
Irish Traditional Fiddle Music by John Kelly And James Kelly With Michael Crehan And Michael Gavin
Last Night's Fun by John Carty
Light Touch Dancing Bow by Joseph Browne
Lochaber No More by Boys Of The Lough
Milestone At The Garden by Irish Fiddle Masters From The 78 RPM Era
Misneach by Misneach
Northern Banjo by Ken Pearlman
Number 6 by Sean Potts
On TSean - Am Anall by Danny O'Donnell
Our Musical Heritage Disc 2 by Various Artists
Past Masters Of Irish Fiddle Music by Various Artists
Pluckin' Good by Christy Dunne
Reeds And Rosin by Todd Denman And Dale Russ
Rip The Calico by Paul Dooley
Rogha Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy 2008 by Various Artists
Rogha Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy 2010 by Various Artists
Seán Ryan CD1 by Sean Ryan
Set You Free by Nomos
Stony Steps by Matt Molloy
The Best Ever Traditional Irish Pub Session Volume Two by Various Artists
The Brass Fiddle: Traditional Fiddle Music From Donegal by Various Artists
The Broken Pledge by Marc Pollier, Christian Maes, Christophe Raillard
The Flags Of Dublin by Paddy Glackin, Mick O'Brien And Mick Gavin
The Kells by The Kells
The Legacy Of Michael Coleman by Michael Coleman
The Legendary Angus Fitchet by Angus Fitchet
The Leitrim Cake by Joe 'Lacky' Gallagher
The Long Finger by Barry Carroll And Joe McHugh
The Piping Of Patsy Touhey by Patsy Touhey
The Road To Riley by Riley School Of Irish Music
The Steeplechase by Brendan Mulvihill And Donna Long
The Wheels Of The World: Classics Of Irish Traditional Music by Various Artists
Traditional Irish Music by William Sullivan
Traditional Music Of Ireland by Kathleen Collins
Vintage 78s by Bobby MacLeod
Where I Am by Brendan Callahan
Wooden Flute Obsession Disk 1 by Various Artists

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Another b***dy tune called Jackson's

Submitted partially due to a request from Mix O'Lydian after playing at a recent session. Quite an interesting tune, deceptively simple but the strong A tonal centre can fool the listener into thinking a G sharp is necessary.

This tune appears in "Traditional Dance Music of Britain and Ireland - Hornpipes & Breakdowns, Clog and Step Dances" Ed. Kennedy, as Jacksons (No. 85 in the book)

Unfortunately this generation of tune book contains next to no information on origin or attribution, so the other reason to post this is to see if anyone else can recognise and perhaps point out another source or name. I've searched high and low and can't find any other source....

# Posted on November 24th 2010 by Cap'n H

Jackson's Hornpipe - Backing Chords

Why thank 'ee, Capn H for tipping me the black dots!

Having looked at it, there is something unusual about the tune.

The tonal centre is A, there two sharps in the key signature and there are no "missing" notes - which makes it an A-Mix tune without a doubt.

On this basis, you would expect to be using A-Maj, G-Maj and D-Maj chords to back it.

But I find this not to be the case.

The whole thing can be backed using just two chords: - AMaj and G-Maj (preferably with the G-Maj always played as a power chord).

Here's my take on the chords:

||: A-Maj A-Maj | A-Maj A-Maj | G-Maj G-Maj | G-Maj G-Maj |
| A-Maj A-Maj | A-Maj A-Maj | G-Maj G-Maj | A-Maj A-Maj ||
||:A-Maj A-Maj | G-Maj A-Maj | G-Maj G-Maj | G-Maj G-Maj |
| A-Maj A-Maj | G-Maj A-Maj | G-Maj G-Maj | A-Maj A-Maj :||

Finally, I have a subliminal feeling that I have heard this tune somewhere before. It has the feeling of a Scottish pipe march, so it might be worth looking through some of the Scottish collections for it - perhaps under a different title,

Incidentally, "Jackson" is a very common Ulster-Scots surname.

# Posted on November 26th 2010 by Mix O'Lydian

Related tune?

Cap' H. Your tune seems to have a passing resemblance to the Victoria Hornpipe, posted elswhere on the session:

http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/4846

However (if indeed this is the same tune) if would say that I prefer your version ...!

# Posted on November 26th 2010 by Mix O'Lydian

Aha! Scottish tune! "The Victoria Hornpipe" recorded by the Cameron Brothers of Kirriemuir in the 1930s!

# Posted on December 1st 2010 by The Archivist

I don't think the Jacksons in the Michael Coleman recording is the same tune at all. Coleman didn't record theis hornpipe that I know of.

# Posted on December 1st 2010 by The Archivist