Hello Friends.
In earlier times I seltdom playde instrumentals like hornpipes and reels et cetera farer ,but now i try to learn some hornpipes I enjoy (In earlier times i just playde the tinwhistle as an effect instrument to give the songs the melody ).
Last weeks I tried the Showmans Fancy and it works but its hard,
and now I search for the notes of a hornpipe I heared from John Shehan callde the Tailors twist .
Has anyone of you the notes for this hornpipe???
greetings,Julian
From The Fiddler’s Companion:
http://www.ceolas.org/cgi-bin/ht2/ht2-fc2/file=/tunes/fc2/fc.html&style=&refer=&abstract=&ftpstyle=&grab=&linemode=&max=250?isindex=tailor’s+twist
TAILOR’S TWIST, THE (Casadh an Táilliúra). AKA and see “The Jolly Butchers.” Irish, Hornpipe. D Major. Standard. AABB. Source for notated version: piper Tommy Reck (Ireland) [Breathnach]. Breathnach (CRE III), 1985; No. 213, pg. 98. Phillips (Fiddlecase Tunebook), 1989; pg. 46-47. Roche Collection, 1982, Vol. 2; No. 208, pg. 9. Folkways FTS 31098, Ken Perlman - “Clawhammer Banjo and Fingerstyle Guitar Solos.” Green Linnet Records SIF 1008, Tommy Reck - “The Stone in the Field” (1977). Piping Pig Productions PPPCD001, Jimmy O’Brien-Moran - “Seán Reid’s Favourite” (1996). Shanachie 29004, “Andy McGann and Paddy Reynolds.”
T:The Tailor’s Twist
R:hornpipe
Z:From Liam O’Flynn
M:4/4
L:1/8
K: D
A>F|D>AF>D A>Fd>c|B>gf>e e>ba>g|f>dA>F G2g>f|(3efe (3dcB A>GF>E|
D>AF>D A>Fd>c|B>gf>e e>ba>g|f>dA>F G>ge>c|d2f2d2:|
f>g|a>ga>f d>fg>a|b>ag>f e>Ac>e|g>fg>A (3Bcd e>f|(3gag (3fgf e>gf>e|
d>e f/e/d/c/ d>AF>A|B>gf>e e>ba>g|f>dA>F G>ge>c|d2f2d2:|
although I might play it more like:
A>F|D>AF>D A>Fd>c|B>ge>d c>ea>g|f>ed>c Bge>d|(3cdc (3BcB A>GF>E| etc.
D>AF>D A>Fd>c|B>ge>d c>ea>g|f>ed>c B>ge>c|dfecd2:|
djm
I came across this tune for the fisrt time only last week, in the Mel Bay’s Complete Irish Fidder (or something like that) by Pete Cooper.
I’ll ABC it for you tonight. I think it’s subtly different from DJM’s version
X:1
T:The Tailor’s Twist
R:Hornpipe
S: Mel Bay’s Complete Irish Fiddle Player
M:4/4
L:1/8
Q:1/2=74
K:D
(FE)|DA,FD AF d(A|B)(ge)(d c)(ba)(g|fe)dc Bge(d|(3cdc) (3Bc(BA)(GFE)|
DA,FD AF d(A|B)(ge)(d c)(ba)(g|fe)dc Bge(c|d2) {e}dc |1d2:|2def(g|
|:af)af dfa(f|ba)gf eA c(e|{a}gf)ge cde(f|(3gag) (3fg(f e)gfe|
dfe(c d)(DF)(A|B)(ge)(d c) (ba)(g|fe)dc Bge(c|d2) {e}dc |1def(g:|2 d2|
You could try Micks site, there are written notes and an mp3 sound file http://fingertrip.net/whistle/index.html
That’s lovely, both tune and playing. Ought to sound good on flute, too.
THx for those which helped me ,twas a great sign of helping under mates,thats one of the reason I love this page and forum 
greetings,Julian