I may have written a hornpipe...

Whistle
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I’m not really sure. I didn’t set out to compose something; I was just playing around and it came out. Quite possibly I’ve heard it before, or it’s just a compilation of various other hornpipe parts.

So did I make this up, or have you all heard it before?
http://www.felio.org/tunes/Hornpipe1.mp3

Jennifer

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Hi jen f

Nice playing and nice tune.

David

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I like it! Any chance of putting on paper any time soon?

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Say, that’s lovely! And very nice playing, too. A quick search of my tune resources turns up nothing like it. So congratulations … you probably wrote a great hornpipe!

What do you want to call it? Meanwhile:

T:Jennifer’s Hornpipe
R:Hornpipe
M:4/4
K:G
(3gfe|dBAB G2FG|AGFE D2 (3DEF|G2GB dBgd|edcB A2 (3gfe|
dBAB G2FG|AGFE D2 (3DEF|G2GB dBAc|B2G2 G2:|
FG|A2AB AFDz|BABc BAGB|d2Bd gdBd|edcB Az (3gfe|
dBAB G2FG|AGFE D2 (3DEF|G2GB dBAc|B2G2 G2:|

I know what you mean about writing tunes. Whenever I try to noodle out something new, it often turns out to be something I’ve heard before or very similar. But this time, it looks like you’ve done it. :slight_smile:

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Can anyone recomend a program to translate ABC into sheet music? I have tried abcedit and I can’t get it to work on abc files other than the collections that come with it. For example MTguru’s abc of Jennifer’s Hornppe.

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Jennifer,
Thanks for sharing that! It is next on my list of tunes to learn.

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Normally I’d put it in here: http://www.concertina.net/tunes_convert.html , but it claims there’s an error in the ABC.

Kevin Krell

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I added a line, to MTguru’s abc, before the first line “X:70”
then it works in the Concertina Converter. So it looks like this:

X:70
T:Jennifer’s Hornpipe
R:Hornpipe
M:4/4
K:G
(3gfe|dBAB G2FG|AGFE D2 (3DEF|G2GB dBgd|edcB A2 (3gfe|
dBAB G2FG|AGFE D2 (3DEF|G2GB dBAc|B2G2 G2:|
FG|A2AB AFDz|BABc BAGB|d2Bd gdBd|edcB Az (3gfe|
dBAB G2FG|AGFE D2 (3DEF|G2GB dBAc|B2G2 G2:|

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Nice tune, Jen!!

Exactly where I go, and the same result.

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Thanks for the positive comments, everyone!

And thanks for putting it in ABC for me–I guess I should learn how to do that at some point.

Jennifer

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great. sounds like a hornpipe to me

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very good, cant even tell that it was made in modern day.

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Thanks Greg.

Jen, I took the Tionól course work to heart and learned it by ear! YAY me! :laughing: Yay you! Let us know what you end up naming it, but for now I’ve got it as “Jennifer’s hornpipe”.

It’s dandy!

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A beaut tune jen,
well done, you should be very proud, its a keeper,
may your tune be played for centuries to come,
Post it on the session and it may well just do that
Regards
David

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Somebody please tell me the correct way to enter an author’s name into the ABC coding for a tune.

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Very nice indeed!
I once “wrote” a great jig, only to notice later that it had already been written-- The Kesh!

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Found it. Author’s name goes into the code after the title and before the tune itself.

X:1
T:Title
C:Author’s Name
M:meter
L:Default note length
R:Rhythm
N:Notes
Z:Transcriber
K:Key
tune

http://www.lesession.co.uk/abc/abc_notation.htm#optionals

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That is so cool! I bought a penny whistle today (for 10 bucks, but whatever) and I played your tune. What fun! It’s such a nice tune.

I love this little whistle I’ve been playing now for 10 minutes.

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Nice tune!

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I’ve got a name for my jig “The Fireant Jig.” Now I just need the tune …