Last one for today: this is the Victoria Hornpipe, followed by Miss Bennet's Jig. I learned both of these tunes from Nigel Gatherer's site but know nothing about them other than that I enjoy them. The idea of playing them as a set was pure chance -- they were consecutive tunes in one of Nigel's ABC file collections and I happened to print them onto a single page when I learned them. They work well together, though. The recording ends somewhat abruptly -- I lost my place on the last repeat of the B part of the jig and did not have the time or energy to try again. I post it anyway as I had already repeated the entire jig once through, so you're not missing any part of the tune. X:559 T:Victoria Hornpipe B:Skye Collection Z:Nigel Gatherer L:1/8 M:4/4 K:A e2 | a2 e2 dcBA | a2 e2 dcBA | dcBA =G2 AB | =g2 d2 d2 e^g | a2 e2 dcBA | a2 e2 dcBA | dcBA ^GBed | c2 A2 A2 :| cB | ABcd e2 e=g | f2 df e2 ce | dcBA =G2 AB | =g2 d2 d2 cB | ABcd e2 e=g | f2 df e2 ce | dcBA ^GBed | c2 A2 A2 :|] X:560 T:Miss Bennet's Jig D:Jim Johnstone, Sound of Z:Nigel Gatherer L:1/8 M:6/8 K:D A | d2A FAF | D2D D2F | G2F E2D | DCB, A,2 A | d2A FAF | D2D D2A | B2G E2C | D3 D2 :| z | A2A AB=c | =cBB B3 | B2B Bcd | dcc c2 A | d2A f2d | a2f d2A | B2G E2C | D3 D2 :|] Martin
Here's my Victoria Hornpipe. I played it somewhat slowly, one time through with straight eighth notes, the next time with dotted eighth notes, to give it more of a 'hornpipe' feel. I'm playing this on my Mid-Missouri mandolin.
