I was sure I'd seen this Hornpipe mentioned here somewhere, so I went ahead & learned it. However, I can't find it now, but thought I might as well post it anyway. If it has been posted before, please let me know & I'll be only too happy to move it. Cheers, Dick President Garfield's Hornpipe X: 1 T: President Garfield's M: 4/4 L: 1/8 R: hornpipe K: Cdor BFDF BFDF | BABc dcde | fcAc fcAc | f=efg f_edc | BFDF BFDF | BABc dcde | fgag fedc | B2d2B2 :|| geBG EGBg | fdBF DFBf | eAgf eAgf | dBgf dBba | geBG EGBg | fdBF DFBf | =efag f_edc | B2d2B2 :|| The Session: President Garfield's Hornpipe K: G Major |: BA | GDB,D GDB,D | GFGA BABc | dAFA dAFA | d^cde d=cBA | GDB,D GDB,D | GFGA BABc | defe dcBA | (3GAG FA G2 :| |: (3agf | ecGE CEGe | dBGD B,DGd | ^cded =cAFA | GABc dGgf | ecGE CEGe | dBGD B,DGd | ^cdfe d=cBA | G2 F2 G2 :| K: D Major |: (3fge | dA (3FGA dAFA | dc (3def fe (3fga | aece ae (3cde | a^gab (3a=gf (3edc | dAFA dAFA | d2 de f2 fg | (3aba c'b agfe |1 d2 c2 d2 :| 2 (3ded ce dA || |: d'c' | bgdB (3GAB db | afdA (3FGA da | gcba gcba | fdba fdd'c' | bgdB GBdb | afdA FAda | ^gac'b (3aba (3gfe | dA fe d2 :| K: B Mixolydian |: AECE AECE | AGAB c_ccd | eBGB eBGB | edef e=dcB | AECE AECE | AGAB c_ccd | efgf e=dcB |1 A/B/AGB A=dcB :| 2 A/B/AGB A2ag|| |: f=dAF =DFAf | ecAE CEAe | defe defe | cefe ceag | f=dAF =DFAf | ecAE CEAe | ^degf e=dcB |1 A/B/AGB A2ag :| 2 A/B/AGB A4||
Funny tune - Garfield is president? Did I miss out... But the existence of those many additonal optional parts remind me very much of Sandy Duff (better known as The Mason's Apron).
John Reischman played this at the Barcelona BG Camp in March, and I filed this pretty tune away to learn. Unlike the cool kids who play it in Bb, here it is in the "easy" key of A. Hope you enjoy.
Well done bbcee. Sounds great in A! very relaxed and swinging. Years ago, never having been cool and long after I was a kid, when I began showing up at local sessions with my painstakingly practised and never-perfected Bb version of PGH I met a Shetland player who I admired very much. He looked at me incredulously and said - "What the .... are you doing? THIS is how we play it" and played the G version. So I went off and learned that and now I have an A version to remember, which seems even easier. In theory.
Thanks Bren. Yea, the fingering might be easier than the Bb version, but getting it to swing is the bugger in these hornpipes.
I enjoyed that a lot! Confident, clear, danceable.
Beautiful feel to it and it sounds really nice in A with the open strings--I think I prefer that sound. If you're in a jam where they play it in Bb, just whip out a capo and watch the jaws drop. LOL At Monroe Camp, Compton played us a Monroe recording where the song was in B and Monroe was obviously playing his break in open A. Hmmmm.
Thanks Bruce, really enjoyed hearing the SAW Group Swinger! I tried the A and Bb on the octave, not so easy, maybe I'll go for G major tomorrow...
Thanks everyone!
And again - really enjoyable. I am too old to be a purist. The only reason to play in difficult keys is if a) it is a classical piece that really belongs in that key or b) that's how everyone else is doing it.
I’m playing it in G major today and it sounds good to me! Some work to do on the swing though, I find the ‘true’ hornpipe rhythm really difficult to accomplish because it’s so close to a standard 4/4 (but not quite).
Sounds great, Bruce!
The orange mandolin sounds fine in your hands, Bruce, great swing!
I’m certainly no purist Bruce…unless one is playing with other musicians, where all need to be in the same key (well, if they wish to create a coherent sound…), then one can play solo in whatever key one chooses. Your version of the tune played in the key you played it in, on the instrument you played, sounds good to me.
