Key signature: Gmajor
Submitted on August 29th 2003 by dafydd.
This tune has been added to 57 tunebooks.
Also known as High Level, The High Level Bridge.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: High Level, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: hornpipe
K: Gmaj
d>c|:(3BdB G>B D>G B,>D|G,>B,D>G B2 A>B|c>AF>A D>AF>A|d^cd>e d>=cB>A|
G>AB>G D>GB,>D|G,>B,D>G B>G D2|E>FG>A B>c^c>d|1e>cA>F G2 d>c:|2e>cA>F G2A>G||
F>AD>A F>AD>A|F>DF>A d>AF>A|(3BdB G>c (3BdB G>c|B>GB>d g>dB>d|
^c>eA>e c>eA>e|^c>Ac>e a>ec>e|d2 e>f g>e^c>e|d>^cd>e d2 (3=cBA|
G2 D>G B2 G>B|d2 e>d c>BA>G|F2 D>F A2 F>A|d>ef>e d>cB>A|
G2 D>G B2 G>B|d2 c>B c>BA>G|E>FG>A B>c^c>d|e>cA>F G2 d>c||
The High Level Hornpipe
Someone requested this,so here it is.It was written by James Hill,the great Tyneside fiddler.It's usually printed in F in collections,but it sounds better in G on the fiddle.
# Posted on March 1st 2003 by dafydd
The high level hornpipe
The tune as given is a compilation the first 16 bars are Hill's origional, origionally I think in F. But the next 8 bars are the
*A *music from Robert Whinham's "A New High Level".... (see "Remember Me" Graham Dixon's biography of Robert Whinham.) I will try to write out Whinham's Tune asap. I first heard these tunes joined by the "High Level Ranters" in the 60's it was their signature tune.
# Posted on March 15th 2004 by alexboydell
The High Level Hornpipe
As stated above, by the great James Hill. It is usually printed in Bb and it sounds best in that key. A tune from Koehler's Collection.
Graham Dixon's first book was a collection of Hill's tunes. Now out of print, but I actually have a stack of about 10 copies in my office....
The New High Level also appears in one of the Northumbrian Piper's tune books (can't remember offhand which one) - in G there because it is intended for the pipes. You can also see this variant attributed entirely incorrectly to Andrew Rankine in the "black book" - Ho-ro-gheallaidh
# Posted on July 5th 2004 by lfmarshall
The High Level Bridge
Some versions on the net seem to have a 3rd part that goes along the lines of:
|:(3def|g2dg ecAF|GdBG D2GF|EcEc DBDB|(3ABA FA GFEc|
DBGF EcAF|GdBG D2GF|EGce dBGB|ADFA G2:|
There's a similar setting from Paddy Keenan. Does anyone know where this part comes from? Is it part of another hornpipe?
My setting only has 2 parts and is really straightforward, apart from the fact that I play it in the original key of Bb
K:Bb
|:dc|BdFB DFBd|fbdf Bdc=B|ceAc FAce|gf=ef gf_ec|
BdFB DFBd|fbdf BdcB|GABc de=ef|gf_ec B2:|
K:F
|:cB|Afcf Afcf|AFAc fcAc|dfBf dfBf|dBdf bfdf|
egcg egcg|eceg bgeg|fefa gbeg|fefg f2:|
I think it sounds much nicer in Bb, although it's often played in G in Northumberland to cater for the pipes, and if the pipes are pitched down towards F, you could find yourself having to play in that key, or maybe tune down.
# Posted on August 7th 2004 by Dow
Here's a version which appears in some of the older manuscripts. I don't think the A-part's quite as interesting with its non-stop arpeggios but I like the way it's rounded off with that Bnat thrown in. The B-part is also different in that the C chord is minor for a while:
K:Bb
|:FA|BdFB DFBd|fbdf BdFB|ceAc FACE|AFcA ecAF|
BdFB DFBd|fbdf BdFB|G=Bcd egf_B|AFGA B2:|
|:cB|Afcf Afcf|AFAc fcAc|dfBf dfBf|dBdf bfdf|
egcg egcg|=eceg bgeg|fcaf =ecge|1 f=efg f2:|2 f=efg f_edc||
# Posted on August 11th 2004 by Dow
"Fly By Night" / "The Low Level Hornpipe" ~ sometimes makes a set
Submitted on June 6th 2004 by kjlowe.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/3122
I have also come across this tune mistaken and mistitled for "The High Level Bridge" / "The High Level Hornpipe"...
# Posted on July 13th 2006 by ceolachan