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The Banks

hornpipe

Key signature: Fdorian

Submitted on August 24th 2002 by Mad Baloney.

This tune has been added to 64 tunebooks.

Also known as Banks, Souvenir De Venice.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

1982 by Willie Hunter And Violet Tulloch
Best Of Irish Traditional Music by Sean McGuire And Roger Sherlock
Celtic Fiddle by Sean Maguire
Farewell To Ireland by Patrick Mangan
Flame On The Banks by Maeve Donnelly
Handed Down by Cathal Hayden
Highly Strung by Alistair McCulloch
Humours Of Lissadell by Seamus And Manus McGuire
It's A Hard Road To Travel by Andy McGann And Paul Brady
Live From Gatineau, Quebec by Leahy
Milestone At The Garden by Irish Fiddle Masters From The 78 RPM Era
Northern Banjo by Ken Pearlman
Over The Sea To Skye: The Celtic Connection by James Galway And The Chieftains
Portrait Of A Scottish Jew's Harp Player by Lindsay Porteous
Potsticks by Sean Moloney
Sean Keane by Sean Keane
Selections From Byker Hill, But Two Came By, No Songs by Martin Carthy And Dave Swarbrick
The Dances Down Home by Joe Cormier
The Floating Bowhand by Jim McKillop
The House by Dennis Botzer
The Morning Mist by Joe Burke
The Silver Bow: The Fiddle Music Of Shetland by Tom Anderson And Aly Bain
The Strathspey King by James Scott Skinner
The Very Best Of Sean McGuire by Sean Maguire
Traditional Music Of Ireland by Joe Burke
Traditional Music Of Ireland And The Bucks Of Oranmore by Joe Burke And Charlie Lennon
Tru The Years by Jim McKillop
Velvet Arm Golden Hand by Joseph Cormier And J.P Cormier

Details ABC Sheetmusic Comments

X: 1
T: Banks, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: hornpipe
K: Fdor
|: (3B,CD | E2 G2 G2 FE | D2 F2 F2 ED | E2 c2 c2 de | =ABcB _AGFE |
G2 B2 B2 cB | A2 c2 c2 de | DEFG AFDF | E2 G2 E2 :||
|: ~g2 | g2 E2 E2 ~g2 | f2 D2 D2 ~g2 | e2 c2 c2 fe | dcB=A B2 B2 |
DBfB DBfB | EBgB EBgB | =ABcd ecAc | B=ABc B_AGF |
EGBG eBFE | DFBF dFED | CEGE cBAG | FGFE DCB,A, |
G,EBE G,EBE | A,EcE A,EcE | DEFG AFDF | E2 G2 E2 :|

Details ABC Sheetmusic Comments

The Banks

A Scott Skinner Hornpipe, often paired with the "Newcastle" (in fact I've never heard them played apart from each other) not for the faint of heart. This tune was the yardstick of a good fiddler in past decades. If you've got nothing to do for the next two months start working on this one, have fun.

# Posted on August 24th 2002 by Mad Baloney

The Banks

There's an interesting version of this tune on the CD of tunes from Co.Leitrim by the Rooney family - quite different from the more common version.

# Posted on August 24th 2002 by Kenny

The Banks

Nice tune but tricky.I think the key is in Eb major,not F Dorian.

# Posted on August 25th 2002 by Christopher Reynolds

The Banks

I'm well aware that it's not in F Dorian, thats the only way I could enter it into this database as there is no Eb option when submitting a tune. It doesn't really matter to me - as long as three flats show up on the sheetmusic.

# Posted on August 25th 2002 by Mad Baloney

The Banks

Not the Rooney family - the McNamaras, and the CD is entitled "Leitrim's Hidden Treasure". There is a 4-part version called "Morgan's", from the Grier manuscripts. The sleeve notes say that Scott Skinner attributed the tune to the Italian violinist Parazotti.

# Posted on August 28th 2002 by Kenny

Couplings

Andy McGann pairs this with the Galway Hornpipe on his 'It's a Hard Road to Travel' album and it's an ear-catching change (E flat - G minor)

# Posted on December 13th 2002 by biggus dave

The Banks

Here's a fairly close transcription from Brian Conway and Andy McGann's playing on the Boston College Fiddle Festival recording, My Love is in America, from 1990. It varies slightly from Brad's posting, mostly in a few ornaments and a note here and there.

X: 1
T: Banks, The
C: Scott Skinner
D: The Boston College Fiddle Festival: My Love is in America, track #6, Andy McGann and Brian Conway
R: hornpipe
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Eb
B,/C/D | E2 G2 G3 E | D2 F2 ~F3 D | [A,2E2] c2 c2 de | =ABcB _AGFE |
| G,2 B2 B2 cd | A,2 c2 c2 de | DEFG AFDF | E{F}E G2 E2 B,/C/D|
| E2 G2 G3 E | D2 F2 ~F3 D | [A,2E2] c2 c2 de | =ABcB _AGFE |
| G,2 B2 B2 cd | A,2 c2 c2 de | DEFG AFDF | E{F}E D2 E2 ~g2 ||
| g2 e2 e3 g | f2 d2 d3 f | e2 c2 c2 fe | dcB=A B2 fB |
| DBfB DBfB | EBgB EBgB | =ABcd ecAc | B=ABc B_AGF |
| EGBG eBFE | DFBF dFED | CEAE cBAG | (3FGF (3EFE DCB,A, |
| G,EBE G,EBE | A,EcE A,EcE | DEFG AFDF | E{F}E D2 E2 {a}g^f|
| g2 e2 e3 g | f2 d2 d3 f | e2 c2 c2 fe | dcB=A B2 fB |
| DBfB DBfB | EBgB EBgB | =ABcd ecAc | B2 dc B_AGF |
| EGBG eBFE | DFBF dFED | CEAE cBAG | (3FGF (3EFE DCB,A, |
| G,EBE G,EBE | A,EcE A,EcE | DEFG AFDF | E{F}E G2 E2 B,/C/D ||

# Posted on March 5th 2005 by Will CPT

Banking to the left ~

# Posted on June 5th 2005 by ceolachan

Leahy's Banks

Leahy (actually Donnell Leahy) plays an absolutely amazing rendition of this tune on the Live album... never knew it was possible to bow like that.

# Posted on April 25th 2007 by flyboy04

There's also a great rendition by Tom Anderson and Aly Bain on 'The Slver Bow'. Not Irish, but mighty stuff.

# Posted on May 3rd 2007 by ragaman

The Banks

Joe Burke did it on his black album -surely not Eb there?! Must check it out....

# Posted on May 9th 2007 by triplet

The Banks

There's a lovely version of this tune played on fiddle by young Clare musician, Tara Breen at http://comhaltas.ie/music/detail/comhaltaslive_207_3_tara_breen/

# Posted on May 9th 2007 by Bannerman