Key signature: Gmajor
Submitted on November 11th 2002 by swisspiper.
This tune has been added to 15 tunebooks.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Bank Of Turf, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: hornpipe
K: Gmaj
|:GA|G2 GA BB Bc|dB cA GB AG|FE FG AB ce|dB cA FB BA|
G2 GA GA Bc|dB cA GBAG|FA (3gfe dcAF|(3ABA GF G2:|
|:Bc|dg gf g3a|bg gf g2 ag|f2 d2 de dc|(3BcB BG (3AcA AF|
Gg gf g2 ga|bg gf gbag|f2 dc dc AF|(3ABA GF G2 :|
(3DEF|G2 GA B3c|d2 GF G2 (3ABc|d2 G2 (3cdc Bc|AD (3FED dc AF|
GFGA B3c|(3dcB cA GBAG|F2 (3fed cA FD|(3ABA GF G2 :|
Liam O'Flynn's version
THis is supposed to be Liam's version of this nice hornpipe on his first recording from 1988 (no title). Of course there are a lot of variations and decorations on the recording, but the abc is a good point to start with the tune. Nice regulators on the recording, too.
# Posted on November 11th 2002 by swisspiper
I've corrected an error in the 3rd part bar3 , of course there is no repeat sign necessary there.
# Posted on July 13th 2003 by swisspiper
The bank of turf hornpipe
Another very nice version of this tune was played on the concertina by John Kelly senior under the title of 'The blacksmith's charm'. It is distinguished by a striking first octave F natural in the first part,
It was on the Topic album 'John Kelly Fiddle And Concertina Player', recently re-released as a CD.
see
http://www.thesession.org/recordings/display/1307
# Posted on August 5th 2008 by wildboar
The Bank Of Turf (hornpipe)
This is one of two possible tunes referred to in the following story:
"When no manuscript paper was available Padraig [O'Keeffe] would improvise by drawing the lines for the tablature using his bow as a ruler. On one famous occasion he met Denis Murphy who was cutting turf. Denis wanted to learn a particular tune and so Padraig drew lines on the turf and marked out the notes. Denis named the tune "The Bank of Turf" in consequence..."
(Music from Sliabh Luachra by Alan Ward, 1976)
The other tune of the same name - which could be the subject of the story - is the jig, also known as "Padraig O'Keeffe's" http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/1819 but, according to Alan Ward, it is "more normally linked with a three-part hornpipe": i.e., this tune.
The sheet music seems to have gone awry in the third part somehow, but the ABC version looks OK.
# Posted on August 7th 2008 by nigelg
Liam O'Flynn's
X: 1
T: Bank Of Turf, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: hornpipe
K: Gmaj
|:BA|G3A B3c|dBcA GBAG|FEFG ABce|dBcA BGFA|
G3A B3c|dBcA GBAG|ef (3gfe dcAF|AGGF G2:||
|:Bc|dggf g3a|bggf g2 ag|f2 d2 dedc|(3BcB BG (3AcA AF|
Gggf g3a|bggf gbag|f2 d2 dcAF|A2 G2 G2 :||
|:BA|G3A B3c|d2 G2 G2 (3ABc|d2 G2 cABG|AGFA dcAF|
G3F GABc|dGGF GBAG|F2 fd cAAF|AGGF G2 :||
# Posted on April 17th 2009 by JACKB