Golden Eagle Hornpipe. Yikes!

[BobM]

I’ve just stumbled across the Golden Eagle Hornpipe. It’s a bit advanced for me yet. Is anyone playing it?

 

[george garside]

Its a cracking tune composed by James Hill (1811-1853). He was a composer and publican in Newcastle and I think the northumbrian pipers society have published a book of his tunes.

Several you tube vids, mostly on fiddle but there is a nice one on anglo concertina. Can't find a vid of it on piano box.

notation ( in G) available on t'internet go to abc notation ( it provides the dots as well!)

Like most hornpipes and particularly the Newcastle veriety the essence lies in playing a crisp light treble and bass , if any, should be carefully used so as not to detract from the tune itself.

NOTE! there are absolutely no ''correct'' bass for this tune as it was wrote for the fiddle!

george

 

[george garside]

??? would this fit better British folk music sub forum ,maybe as 'hornpipes'??

g

 

[jarvo]

I think it was more a general question on whether or not anyone was playing it.....does it deserve to be dragged down to that den of iniquity that we call The Pub......but I am prepared to go with the flow.....................................

 

[BobM]

I think it was more a general question on whether or not anyone was playing it.....does it deserve to be dragged down to that den of iniquity that we call The Pub......but I am prepared to go with the flow.....................................

A few people have mentioned it to me, and it looks like it could make a nice RH mobility piece for the future, It gets played in quite a variety of ways, so a general question really..

BobM.

 

[BobM]

Its a cracking tune composed by James Hill (1811-1853). He was a composer and publican in Newcastle and I think the northumbrian pipers society have published a book of his tunes.

Several you tube vids, mostly on fiddle but there is a nice one on anglo concertina. Cant find a vid of it on piano box.

notation ( in G) available on tinternet go to abc notation ( it provides the dots as well!)

Like most hornpipes and particularly the Newcastle veriety the essence lies in playing a crisp light treble and bass , if any, should be carefully used so as not to detract from the tune itself.

NOTE! there are absolutely no correct bass for this tune as it was wrote for the fiddle!

george

Here’s 2 quite different versions..

 

[Eannain]

Adds it to the list...

Heres the link to the dots...
http://abcnotation.com/tunePage?a=www.andyhornby.net/Music/Northumbrian/0051

 

[george garside]

The version played on the concertina is probably nearer to what the composer intended and certainly has all the feel of a Northumbrian hornpipe. The second version is far too fast for a hornpipe and lacks characteristic beat.

george