Mrs. Judge

hornpipe

Key signature: Aminor

Submitted on March 23rd 2003 by micelfife.

This tune has been added to 14 tunebooks.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Boil The Breakfast Early by The Chieftains
• Celtic Treasure-the Legacy Of Turlough O'Carolan by Various Artists
• I Can Hear You Smiling by Josephine Marsh Band
• So Far by The Stew
• The Complete Works Of Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1738) - Disc 3 by J.J. Sheridan
• The House by Dennis Botzer
• The Morning Dew by Brendan Mulvihill And Donna Long
• The Music Of Turlough O'Carolan by Patrick Ball

X: 1
T: Mrs. Judge
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: hornpipe
K: Amin
AG|E2 AA A2 c2|B>c BA G2 e2|e<d c<B d<c B<A|~G4 E2~E2|
A2 B2 c2 d2|e>f ed c2 a2|ab c'2 e2 c'2| ~b4 a2 ~a2|
ag e2 ~e2 a2|g>a ge c2 e2|dcBc d2 c2|~B4 A2 G2|
e2 c2 f2 d2|g2 e2 a2 e2|f<e d<c e<d c<B|A2 AG A4|

Ornaments

when I've heard this song, the short notes are played very staccato
and the trills roll throught the note
also, there is one 'c' that should be a double-high c but I couldn't
figure out how to do that

# Posted on March 23rd 2003 by micelfife

You do the double-high c by putting an apostrophe after it - c'.

# Posted on March 23rd 2003 by lazyhound

Errata

well, trevor told me that my 1/-1/16 notes might be reversed, (this being a hornpipe)
though I don't think that's the case: but however, I've noticed I put a lot of notes
in the wrong octave-
then again, I'm not even sure it's a hornpipe. It's unlike most other
things I've heard, and it sounds very classical to my ears (I heard in on boil the breakfast early).
anyway, I'll try to fix this
sorry about that-

# Posted on March 23rd 2003 by micelfife

I don't know this tune, but 'Scotch snaps' (1/16 + 3/16) are not unheard of in hornpipes, particularly in bagpipe settings. However, this is clearly not a bagpipe tune, and neither is its structure typical of a hornpipe, or any type of dance tune. It sounds more like what is known in Scotland as a 'slow strathspey' (which are played purely for listening, in contrast to an ordinary strathspey, which is a dance tune).

You say you heard it on 'Boil The Breakfast Early' - is that the Chieftains album? The Chieftains tend to be very thorough with their sleeve notes, so you'll probaby find all the information you need about the tune there.

# Posted on March 26th 2003 by granama

http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/1890

# Posted on June 8th 2005 by ceolachan