Key signature: Gminor
Submitted on April 26th 2009 by Cach Mhor Fiddler.
This tune has been added to 10 tunebooks.
X: 1
T: Orkney, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: hornpipe
K: Gmin
|:B>cd>B c>A B2|F>ED>B, C>A,B,2|c>BA>B c>de>c|A>cB>c d>e f2|
B>cd>B F>D B,2|D>FA>B (3cBA B2|F>DE>G c>edc|B>A c2 B2 B2:|
|:(3fga b>f d>BF>B|d>fg>f =e>fd>B|A>FE>G c>eD>F|B>dc>B A>B c2|
(3fga b>f d>BF>B|d>fg>f =e>fd>B|A>FE>G c>ed>c|B>A c2 B2 B2:|
The Orkney Hornpipe
Transcribed from the album "Goose Music" by the brilliant Orkney duo called Saltfishforty. This duo comprises of Douglas Montgomery (fiddle) and Brian Cromarty (guitar etc.).
The tune is clearly in Bb Major and not G minor. Unfortunately you can't post tunes directly in this key.
On the CD pullout the tune is attributed to a J Johnson.
# Posted on April 26th 2009 by Cach Mhor Fiddler
Composer
Subsequent to posting this tune I was curious to know who "J Johnson" was and found this under the entry for the hornpipe on the Fiddlers Companion website:
"Composed by self-taught fiddler James Johnson (1904-1948) of Mirland, Deerness parish, Orkney."
# Posted on April 28th 2009 by Cach Mhor Fiddler