Annotation:Randall's Hornpipe

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X:1 T:Randall's Hornpipe M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Hornpipe S:Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion N:The final bar has been corrected (B2b2B2 in the edition). K:Bb (F/D/) | B,/B/A/B/ F/B/A/B/ | d/B/f/d/ b/(B/A/B/) | G/B/F/B/ E/B/D/B/ | c/d/e/c/ B/A/G/F/ | B,/B/A/B/ F/B/A/B/ | d/B/f/d/ b/(B/A/B/) | G/B/F/B/ E/B/D/B/ | G/e/A/c/ B :| |: (f/g/) | d/f/B/d/ F/B/D/B/ | d/B/F/D/ E/c/D/B/ | C/F/A/c/ e/c/A/F/ | B/b/f/d/ c(f/g/) | d/f/B/d/ F/B/D/B/ | d/B/F/D/ E/c/D/B/ | C/F/A/c/ e/c/A/c/ | Bb B :|


RANDALL'S HORNPIPE. American, Hornpipe. B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. A heavily arpeggiated hornpipe that began as a New England regional tune and was adopted in several North American fiddling genres, from musicians as disperse as Texas, Kentucky, and Ontario.

Additional notes

Source for notated version: - fiddler Benny Thomasson (1909–1984, born in Runnels County, Texas, and raised in Gatesville) [Phillips]. Learned from Cole's 1000 Fiddle Tunes (1940).

Printed sources : - Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 95. Howe (The Musician's Companion, Part 3), 1844; p. 41. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 2), 1995; p. 217. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; p. 131.

Recorded sources: -Rounder 7018, Frank Ferrell - "Boston Fiddle: The Dudley Street Tradition" (1996).

See also listing at:
Hear a 1977 field recording of the tune played by George Hawkins (Bath County, Ky.) at the Digital Library of Applachia [1] and at Slippery Hill [2]
See/Hear Patti Kusturok [3] and Vi Wickham [4][5] play the tune on youtubde.com.


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