The Queen Of The West

hornpipe

Key signature: Dmajor

Submitted on August 27th 2002 by Mark Cordova.

This tune has been added to 49 tunebooks.

Also known as Queen Of The West.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Clare Accordion by Seamus Walshe
• Drops Of Springwater by Karen Tweed
• Fiddler's Fancy by Tommy Peoples
• I Will If I Can by John Carty
• Instrumental by Franz Sanger And Susan Frances
• Music Of A Champion by Brendan McGlinchey
• My Roots Are Showing by Natalie MacMaster
• Northern Tradition by Mary Mulholland
• Roguery Road by Jason O'Rouke And Ruadhrai O'Kane
• Sharon Shannon by Sharon Shannon
• Sparks On The Flags by The Bridge Céilí Band
• The Call by Rebecca Lomnicky
• Traditional Irish Music Played On The Fiddle by Tommy Peoples

X: 1
T: Queen Of The West, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: hornpipe
K: Dmaj
uFE|:D>FAF DFA,F|"A"EGAG EGA,G|"D"FAdF "D#dim"GBec|"A"Adfd cAGC|
"D"DFAF DFA,F|"A"EGAG EGA,G|"D"FAdA "A"Ggec|1 "D"d2d2d2 FE:|2 "D"d2d2d2 ucd||
|:"A"ecAc EAce|"D"fdAd FAdf|"G".g2fg "D"efdf|"E"(3edc (3dcB "A" ABcd|
ecAc EAce|"D"fdAd FAdf|"G"gbag "A"fedc|1 "D"d2d2d2 ucd:|2 "D"d2d2d2 uFE||

Off the beaten path

Most people would say that this piece is unusual or rarely known. So if most people are saying that then .... Heck, heck I get confused easily. I learned it from a Tommy Peoples instructional Tape that came with a little book of perhaps 50 tunes.

I bumped into the tune a few years back again. It was played by an old time fiddler at a crisp breakdown speed. He looked me in the eye and bet me that I had never heard the tune before. Well I played it for him with some of those fine dotted eighths and sixtenths. I threw quite a few sigle bowed triplets and I played it at a great hornpipe pace. He just kind of sneered at me and played it again and I quote him "THE RIGHT WAY"

For insanities sake - I posted this tune "the right way" Listen to Natalie McMaster or Peoples if you want to learn it wrong like me. ;)

# Posted on August 27th 2002 by Mark Cordova