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The Friendly Visit hornpipe

Also known as A Friendly Visit, Callanan’s Retreat, Smith’s Favourite, Whittle Dean, Whittle Dene, Wittle Dean.

There are 48 recordings of this tune.

This tune has been recorded together with The Plains Of Boyle (a few times), The Cuckoo (a few times), The Greencastle (a few times), The Lass On The Strand (a few times) and McMahon’s (a few times).

The Friendly Visit appears in 4 other tune collections.

The Friendly Visit has been added to 11 tune sets.

The Friendly Visit has been added to 148 tunebooks.

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Six 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
(3ABA EA cAce | dcBc defg | a2 ea fdBA | GABc dBGB |
(3ABA EA cAce| dcBc defg | aecA EGBd | c2 A2 A2 :|
|: a2 ec Acea | f2 dB F3 f | g2 fe ^defa | gef^d e=dcB |
(3ABA EA cAce | dcBc defg |aecA EGBd | c2 A2 A2 :|
3
X: 3
T: The Friendly Visit
R: hornpipe
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
|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: 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 :|
5
X: 5
T: The Friendly Visit
R: hornpipe
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Amaj
(3ABA EA cAce | dcBc defg | a2 ea fdBA | GABc dBGB |
(3ABA EA cAce| dcBc defg | aecA EGBd | c2 A2 A2 :|
a2 ec Acea | f2 dB F3 f | g2 fe ^defa | gef^d e=dcB |
(3ABA EA cAce | dcBc defg |aecA EGBd | c2 A2 A2 :|
6
X: 6
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||

Nine 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.

"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…

"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

"The Friendly Visit" / "Callanan’s Retreat" ~ a rescued duplication - with corrections

Submitted on June 3rd 2007 by m_gavin.
~ /tunes/7307

X: 2
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 :|