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    Default Murphy’s Hornpipe

    Murphys_Hornpipe_melody 2.mp3

    I learned this one last week from Magnus Zetterlund at Mandolin Secrets Academy.

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    It's a grand tune, Mike. For many years I was immune to the charms of hornpipes but over time I began to find myself increasingly beguiled...

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    Murphy's is an old friend of mine. Probably one of the first tunes I ever learned.

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    I've been playing this tune for 10+ years but only very recently learned its name. There's another Murphy's Hornpipe, a 4-parter in D.

    For the past few years, I've been playing these two together – the one in D followed by Mike Buessler's one in G – unaware (I think) that they were both called Murphy's! I can't find out any info on who Murphy is or was, but they are probably named after two different people (I've heard there is more than one Murphy in Ireland). The G tune is in O'Neill's; the other one seemingly first appeared in print in Breandán Breathnach's Ceol Rince na hÉireann in 1963. http://www.ibiblio.org/fiddlers/MUR_MUT.htm
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    Default Re: Murphy’s Hornpipe

    Hey, cool! Could you be more specific on which tune you mean in that list?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mike Buesseler View Post
    Hey, cool! Could you be more specific on which tune you mean in that list?
    Are you referring to the Fiddler's Companion link I posted above? If you scroll down the alphabetical list, there are three tunes listed as Murphy's Hornpipe – mine is the 1st one, yours is the 2nd one (AKA The Dingle Hornpipe, The Kerry Hornpipe). The 3rd one is completely new to me.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Aidan Crossey View Post
    It's a grand tune, Mike. For many years I was immune to the charms of hornpipes but over time I began to find myself increasingly beguiled...

    Aidan
    Aidan, I have to say I've always found the mandolin especially suited to a sprightly dotted hornpipe.
    Or slightly dotty, in my case.
    Bren

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