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The Boscastle Breakdown

hornpipe

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on January 19th 2007 by ceolachan.

This tune has been added to 7 tunebooks.

Also known as Boscastle, Boscastle Breakdown, The Boscastle, Pybcorn Boscastle.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

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X: 1
T: Boscastle Breakdown, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: hornpipe
K: Gmaj
|: (3DEF | G2 B>c d2 G2 | c>de>f g2 (3DEF | G2 B>c d>GB>G | A2 F2 (3DEc B>A |
G2 (3ABc d>BG>B | c>de>f g2 (3ABc | d>gf>e (3ded (3cBA | G2 B2 G2 :|
|: (3Bcd | g>dB>d g>dB>d | g>ec>e g>ec>e | g>dB>d g>dB>d | f>Ad>A f>Ad>a |
g>dB>d g2 (3Bcd | g>ec>e g4 | d>g (3gfe d>cB>A | G2 (3ggg g2 :|

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Discussion: "Cornish Music"

# Posted on January 15th 2007 by DubChieftain
http://www.thesession.org/discussions/display/12343

# Posted on January 19th 2007 by ceolachan

"Pybcorn Boscastle" / "The Boscastle Breakdown"

I have only heard this swung, not straight, but I can imagine some would... Here is a simpler form without '>':

K: G Major
|: D2 |
G2 Bc d2 B2 | cdef g4 | G2 Bc d2 B2 | A2 A2 A4 |
G2 Bc d2 B2 | cdef g4 | dgfe dcBA | G2 G2 G2 :|
|: d2 |
gdBd gdBd | geBe geBe | gdBd gdBd | A2 A2 A4 |
gdBd gdBd | geBe g4 | dgfe dcBA | G2 G2 G2 :|

# Posted on January 19th 2007 by ceolachan

Happy Tune

This one wins my prize for being the happiest tune here on the Session. I listened to the MIDI and couldn't help but smile. Great arrangement.

# Posted on January 19th 2007 by The Merry Highlander

!!!!!!!!

How could anyone not love this ending? (3ggg g2 :| Sort of a musical exclamation point.

# Posted on January 19th 2007 by The Merry Highlander

haha...
its about time i learn some happy tunes.
ive been playing 'The Rainy Day' and 'Swallows Tail' a lot recently
so this will make a nice contrast.

more Cornish Pasties please!

# Posted on January 19th 2007 by DubChieftain

P - A - S - T - I - E - S (equivalent to Homer Simpson's 'doughnuts')

~ & Greek ones too... :-)

# Posted on January 19th 2007 by ceolachan

Syncopation

Ican't help but want to shorten the d and lenghen the following G in the first full measure, but I'm weird that way. :)

# Posted on January 19th 2007 by muspc

? ~ Go on then, show us what exactly you mean, notate it?!

# Posted on January 20th 2007 by ceolachan

Something like this...

|G2 B>c d>(G G2)|

for the first full measure.

# Posted on January 21st 2007 by muspc

Thanks 'muspc' ~ appreciated... :-)

# Posted on January 21st 2007 by ceolachan

Other relative ways:
| G2 B>c d>G G2 | ~ or ~ | G2 B>c d>G- G2 |
~ or ~
| G2 B>c d4 | ~ or ~ | G2 B2 d2 G2 | | .Gz .Bz .dz .Gz |

# Posted on January 21st 2007 by ceolachan

These ways are fun too:
| G3 B d3 G | ~ or ~ | (3GGG B>c d>G (3GGG |

# Posted on January 21st 2007 by ceolachan

http://www.an-daras.com/dance/d_danceindex_p_boscastlebreakdown.htm

http://www.rhapsody.com/charliebate

# Posted on January 21st 2007 by dafydd

And even...

| G2 B>c >d(G G2 )|

or is that going too far?

If you go this route, you could start the second part this way:

|: (3Bcd | >gdB>d >gd d2 |

# Posted on January 22nd 2007 by muspc

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