The Turnpike

reel

Key signature: Amajor

Submitted on August 22nd 2002 by Mandolman.

This tune has been added to 60 tunebooks.

Also known as The Halfway House.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• A Tune For Bill by Banchory Strathspey And Reel Society
• After The Ball by Arcady
• Ceilidh House Sessions by Various Artists
• Ceol Aduaidh by Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh And Frankie Kennedy
• Drops Of Springwater by Karen Tweed
• Fiddle Sticks, Irish Traditional Music From Donegal by Various Artists
• From Both Sides by Niamh Ni Charra
• From Galway To Dublin: Early Recordings Of Traditional Irish Music by Various Artists
• Gander In The Pratie Hole by Carlos Plumley And Mike Herr
• In The Heather by Various Artists
• Jack In The Box Irish Session by Tionol
• Memories Of Galway by Seamus Walshe
• Sidewaulk by Capercaillie
• The More That's Said The Less The Better by Craobh Rua
• The Other Side by Terry Coyne
• The Professor by James Morrison

X: 1
T: Turnpike, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Amaj
A2cA B2AF|E3F ABce|a2ge faec|cBBA B2cB|
A2cA B2AF|E3F ABce|a2ge faec|BABc A4:|
E2GE BEGE|A2cA eAcA|B2^dB fBdB|e2ge bege|
agae faec|defg a2fg|a2ge faec|BABc A4:|

The Turnpike

A Scottish version playing with Capercaillie on Sidewaulk

# Posted on August 22nd 2002 by Mandolman

Composer

Does anyone know who composed this tune?
ME and my band are putting a cd together, and we need to credit it!

# Posted on January 17th 2004 by seanclery

This is also heard on Ceol Aduaidh

This is the first tune in track 11 of the above album by Frankie Kennedy and Mairead Ni Mhaonaigh. They don't give the name of the tune though...

# Posted on February 25th 2004 by dlowder

This is also heard on Ceol Aduaidh (2)

Forgot to mention that the credits on this album say that Frankie and Mairead got this tune from Tommy Peoples.

# Posted on February 25th 2004 by dlowder

G Setting

A G Maj setting picked from a session tape:

|:GABG A2 GE |DB,DE GABd |~g3d e2dB |cABG AGED |GABG A2 GE |DB,DE GABd |
~g3d e2dB |cAFA G4:|D2 FD ADFD|G2BG dGB^G|A2^cA eA^cA | d~f3 a~f3 |g3d e
3d |B=cde fgef |gafg efed| =cAFA G2 (3DEF||

I find it's nice to slide into the first G sharp in the B part

# Posted on July 12th 2005 by Washoo

Karen Tweed has this as a hornpipe, I think it sounds nice either way myself.

# Posted on September 2nd 2005 by N9YTY

"The Hornpipe on the Turnpike" / "The Turnpike Hornpipe"

Key signature: G Major
Submitted on November 3rd 2005 by ceolachan.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/5150

# Posted on February 25th 2006 by ceolachan