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'''BLANCHARD'S HORNPIPE [1]'''. AKA and see "[[Marton's Hornpipe]]," "[[McCarty's Hornpipe]]"/"[[McCarthy's Hornpipe]]," "[[Mr. Marton’s Hornpipe]]," "[[Roxborough Castle]]." American, Hornpipe. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody appears to have a British or Irish provenance, although the title "Blanchard's Hornpipe" may be American. A version appears in '''Köhlers’ Violin Repository Part 3''' (1885) as "[[Mr. Marton’s Hornpipe]]" and in Honeyman's '''Strathspey, Reel, and Hornpipe Tutor''' (1989) as "[[Marton's Hornpipe]]." The tune has melodic similarities to "[[Devil's Hornpipe]]" and "[[Speed the Plow (1)]]." The second strain, Paul de Grae points out, can be considered a "floater", in the sense of folk song floating verses. Variants of it can be heard in "[[Walsh's Hornpipe]]" and "[[McCarty's Hornpipe]]." | '''BLANCHARD'S HORNPIPE [1]'''. AKA and see "[[Marton's Hornpipe]]," "[[McCarty's Hornpipe]]"/"[[McCarthy's Hornpipe]]," "[[Mr. Marton’s Hornpipe]]," "[[Roxborough Castle]]." American, Hornpipe. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody appears to have a British or Irish provenance, although the title "Blanchard's Hornpipe" may be American. A version appears in '''Köhlers’ Violin Repository Part 3''' (1885) as "[[Mr. Marton’s Hornpipe]]" and in Honeyman's '''Strathspey, Reel, and Hornpipe Tutor''' (1989) as "[[Marton's Hornpipe]]." The tune has melodic similarities to "[[Devil's Hornpipe]]" and "[[Speed the Plow (1)]]." The second strain, Paul de Grae points out, can be considered a "floater", in the sense of folk song floating verses. Variants of it can be heard in "[[Walsh's Hornpipe]]" and "[[McCarty's Hornpipe]]." American versions have been collected from fiddlers as geographically disparate as Maine and Texas. | ||
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''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>Folkways FD 6530, Old Grey Goose - "Maine Country Dance Music and Song" (1980. Learned from Otto Soper of Orland, Maine).</font> | ''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>Folkways FD 6530, Old Grey Goose - "Maine Country Dance Music and Song" (1980. Learned from Otto Soper of Orland, Maine). Stoneway LP 135, Bill Northcutt - "Front Porch Fiddlin'." </font> | ||
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BLANCHARD'S HORNPIPE [1]. AKA and see "Marton's Hornpipe," "McCarty's Hornpipe"/"McCarthy's Hornpipe," "Mr. Marton’s Hornpipe," "Roxborough Castle." American, Hornpipe. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody appears to have a British or Irish provenance, although the title "Blanchard's Hornpipe" may be American. A version appears in Köhlers’ Violin Repository Part 3 (1885) as "Mr. Marton’s Hornpipe" and in Honeyman's Strathspey, Reel, and Hornpipe Tutor (1989) as "Marton's Hornpipe." The tune has melodic similarities to "Devil's Hornpipe" and "Speed the Plow (1)." The second strain, Paul de Grae points out, can be considered a "floater", in the sense of folk song floating verses. Variants of it can be heard in "Walsh's Hornpipe" and "McCarty's Hornpipe." American versions have been collected from fiddlers as geographically disparate as Maine and Texas.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 87. Ryan's Mammoth Collection, 1883; p. 120.
Recorded sources: Folkways FD 6530, Old Grey Goose - "Maine Country Dance Music and Song" (1980. Learned from Otto Soper of Orland, Maine). Stoneway LP 135, Bill Northcutt - "Front Porch Fiddlin'."