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The Friendly Visit hornpipe

Also known as A Friendly Visit, Callana’s Retreat, Callanan’s Retreat, Smith’s Favourite, Tom Has Gone To The Fair, Whittle Dean, Whittle Dene, Wittle Dean.

There are 63 recordings of this tune.

This tune has been recorded together with

The Friendly Visit appears in 6 other tune collections.

The Friendly Visit has been added to 19 tune sets.

The Friendly Visit has been added to 183 tunebooks.

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Seven settings

1
X: 1
T: The Friendly Visit
R: hornpipe
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
|:BA|(3GFG DG BGBd|(3cBc AB cdef|g2 dg ecAG|FGAB cBAB|
(3GFG DG BGBd|(3cBc AB cdef|gdBG FAdc|B2 G2 G2:|
|:(3GBd|g2 dB GBdg|e2 cA FGAg|f2 ed cdeg|(3fgf (3efe dcBA|
(3GFG DG BGBd|(3cBc AB cdef|gdBG FAdc|B2 G2 G2:|
2
X: 2
T: The Friendly Visit
R: hornpipe
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Amaj
cB|:(3ABA EA cAce|dcBc defg|a2ea fdBA|GABc dBGB|
(3ABA EA cAce|dcBc defg|aecA EGBd|1 c2 A2 A2 cB:|2 c2 A2 A2 (3efg||
|:a2 ec Acea|f2 dB F3 f|g2 fe ^defa|gef^d e=dcB|
(3ABA EA cAce|dcBc defg|aecA EGBd|1 c2 A2 A2 (3efg:|2 c2 A2 A4||
3
X: 3
T: The Friendly Visit
R: hornpipe
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Amaj
|:cB|(3ABA EA cAce|dcBc defg|a2 ea fdBA|GABc dBGB|
(3ABA EA cAce|dcBc defg|aecA EGBd|c2 A2 A2:|
|:(3efg|a2 ec Acea|f2 dB F3 f|g2 fe ^defa|gef^d e=dcB|
(3ABA EA cAce|dcBc defg|aecA EGBd|c2 A2 A2:|
4
X: 4
T: The Friendly Visit
R: hornpipe
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
|:B>A|(3GAG D>G B>GB>d|c>BA>B c>de>f|g2 d>g e>cA>G|F>GA>B c>AF>A|
(3GFG D>G B>GB>d|c>BA>B c>de>f|g>dB>G D>FA>c|B2 G2 G2:|
|:(3def|g2 d>B G>Bd>g|e2 c>A E2- E>e|f2 e>d ^c>de>g|f>de>^c d>=cB>A|
(3GAG D>G B>GB>d|c>BA>B c>de>f|g>dB>G D>FA>c|B2 G2 G2:|
5
X: 5
T: The Friendly Visit
R: hornpipe
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Amaj
(Ac)EG (Ac)ec|(df)Bc (de)fg|agag fedc|BAGF EdcB|
(Ac)EG (Ac)ec|(df)Bc (de)fg|agae (fd)BG|A2c2 A2:|
a2(ec) Acea|gbge Bega|gbge (f/g/a) f^d|(e^d)ef e=dcB|
(Ac)EG (Ac)ec|(df)Bc (de)fg|agae (fd)BG|A2c2 A2:|
6
X: 6
T: The Friendly Visit
R: hornpipe
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Amaj
|:(3EFG)|(Ac)EG (Ac)ec|(df)Bc (de)fg|agag fedc|BAGF EdcB|
(Ac)EG (Ac)ec|(df)Bc (de)fg|agae (fd)BG|A2 c2 A2:|
|:u((3efg)|a2(ec) Acea|gbge Bega|gbge (f/g/a) f^d|(e^d)ef e=dcB|
(Ac)EG (Ac)ec|(df)Bc (de)fg|agae (fd)BG|A2 c2 A2:|
7
X: 7
T: The Friendly Visit
R: hornpipe
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
D/E/F|:G2 DG BGBd|c2 AB cdef|gd B/c/d ecAG|E/F/G AB cAFA|
G2 DG BGBd|c2 AB cdef|gdBG FAdc|1 B2 GF G2 D/E/F:|2 B2 GF G2B/c/d||
g2 dB GBdg|e2 cA E3g|f2 ed B/c/deg|f/g/f e/f/e dcBA|
G2 DG BGBd|c2 AB cdef|gdBG FAdc|1 B2 GF G2B/c/d:|2 B2 GF G2||

Fourteen comments

True to its title, this tune has a friendly, inviting sound to it.

I’ve shown it here with quite a few triplets. You can, of course, replace these triplets with long notes if you wish (e.g. just one long G instead of GFG). On the other hand, you could throw in even more triplets especially in that run-down in the second part.

By the way, this is definitely not a tune to race through. This is one to play at a nice, measured pace if you want to reveal its true beauty.

This is apparently a hornpipe version of a Donegal Highland of the same name.

I didn’t see this

one on here, even after a note search. Let’s not have any unpleasant dissent about this one’s origins. It’s clearly named after a place for Catholics to go for a few quiet days’ contemplation and rest, most likely written in the Blasket islands in the late 1800’s.

“The Friendly Visit” / “Callanan’s Retreat” ~ a rescued duplication

Key signature: A Major
Submitted on June 3rd 2007 by m_gavin.
~ /tunes/7307

X: 1
T: Callanan’s Retreat
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: hornpipe
K: A Major
|: cB |
(3ABA EA cAce | dcBc defg | a2 ea fdBA | GABc dBGB |
(3ABA EA cAce| dcBc defg | aecA EGBd | c2 A2 A2 :|
|: (3efg |
|: a2 ec Acea | f2 dB F3 f | g2 fe ^defa | gef^d e=dcB |
(3ABA EA cAce | dcBc defg |aecA EGBd | c2 A2 A2 :|

“Let’s not have any unpleasant dissent about this one’s origins. It’s clearly named after a place for Catholics to go for a few quiet days’ contemplation and rest, most likely written in the Blasket islands in the late 1800’s.”

# Posted on June 3rd 2007 by m_gavin

Oops! doubled the repeat for the B-part, which should be so ~

|: (3efg |
|a2 ec Acea | f2 dB F3 f | g2 fe ^defa | gef^d e=dcB |
(3ABA EA cAce | dcBc defg |aecA EGBd | c2 A2 A2 :|

I have another take I’ll add later…

Wow

Yer gettin mighty good with them there search engines. I was just testin to see if you’d find that one, under a different name in a different key and all.

I’d say the Friendly Visit is a fairly bog standard session tune. Slainte probably plays it already in G, do you Slainte?

I haven’t heard or played this tune in sessions yet. But I learnt it from the laid-back flute duet playing of Paul McGrattan and Matt Molloy, who recorded it in G.

“Whittle Dene” / “The Friendly Visit” - rescued duplication & notes

Submitted on October 18th 2012 by Weejie.
~ /tunes/12241

X: 3
T: Whittle Dene
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: hornpipe
K: Amaj
|: (3EFG) |\
(Ac)EG (Ac)ec | (df)Bc (de)fg | agag fedc | BAGF EdcB |
(Ac)EG (Ac)ec | (df)Bc (de)fg | agae (fd)BG | A2c2 A2 :|
|: u((3efg) |\
a2(ec) Acea | gbge Bega | gbge (f/g/a) f^d | (e^d)ef e=dcB |
(Ac)EG (Ac)ec | (df)Bc (de)fg | agae (fd)BG | A2c2 A2 :|

Whittle Dene - A tune no doubt from the North East of England. Whittle Dene is a place west of Newcastle where reservoirs were built in 1845 or thereabouts, under the initiation of William Armstrong. It led to the formation of the Whittle Dean Water Company, and the reservoir complex watered Newcastle and Gateshead on its own until the demand for more water led to further reservoir supply.
A good place for fishing, I’m told.

The tune has similarities to other Geordie hornpipes.

It appears in Köhler’s Violin Repository (I came across it when checking out another recent submission here) under the name of ‘Wittle Dean’. John Chambers lists it as a reel, but it has obvious hornpipe tendencies.

# Posted on October 18th 2012 by Weejie