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Lyndhurst jig

By Jack Smith

Also known as The Lyndhurst.

There are 5 recordings of this tune.

Lyndhurst has been added to 8 tune sets.

Lyndhurst has been added to 57 tunebooks.

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Three settings

1
X: 1
T: Lyndhurst
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Bdor
|:f|~B3 BcA|Bce fec|AAA Ace|aga fec|
B2B BcA|Bce fec|Ace fec|~B3 B2:|
|:c/e/|f2a fea|fga fec|AAA Ace|aga fec|
[1f2a fea|fga fec|Ace fec|~B3 B2:|
[2B2B BcA|Bce fec|Ace fec|~B3 B2||
|:f|BcA cBB|fea fec|AAA Ace|aga fec|
BcA cBB|fea fec|Ace fec|~B3 B2:|
|:c/e/|fea f2e|afe fec|AAA Ace|aga fec|
[1fea f2e|afe fec|Ace fec|~B3 B2:|
[2BcA cBB|fea fec|Ace fec|~B3 B2||
2
X: 2
T: Lyndhurst
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Ador
|:e|~A3 ABG|ABd edB|GGG GBd|gfg edB|
A2A ABG|ABd edB|GBd edB|~A3 A2:|
|:B/d/|e2g edg|efg edB|GGG GBd|gfg edB|
[1e2g edg|efg edB|GBd edB|~A3 A2:|
[2A2A ABG|ABd edB|GBd edB|~A3 A2||
|:e|ABG BAA|edg edB|GGG GBd|gfg edB|
ABG BAA|edg edB|GBd edB|~A3 A2:|
|:B/d/|edg e2d|ged edB|GGG GBd|gfg edB|
[1edg e2d|ged edB|GBd edB|~A3 A2:|
[2ABG BAA|edg edB|GBd edB|~A3 A2||
3
X: 3
T: Lyndhurst
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Bdor
|:f|~B3 BcA|Bce fec|~A3 Ace|aga fec|
~B3 BcA|Bce fec|Ace fec|BcA [1B2:|2 Bc||
|:e|f2a fea|fga fec|~A3 Ace|aga fec|
[1 f2a fea|fga fec|~A3 fec|BcA Bc:|
[2 ~B3 BcA|Bce fec|Ace fec|BcA B2||
|:f|BcA cBB|fea fec|~A3 Ace|aga fec|
BcA cBB|fea fec|~A3 fec|BcA [1B2:|2 Bc||
|:e|fea f2e|afe fec|~A3 Ace|aga fec|
[1 fea f2e|afe fec|~A3 fec|BcA Bc:|
[2 BcA cBB|fea fec|Ace fec|BcA B2||

Ten comments

Lyndhurst

I got this tune from the Silly Wizard album ‘Live Wizardry’ , they play it after Scarce o’ Tatties. It’s a really great jig but I’m afraid I’ve got no idea as to it’s origins.

Abc error, maybe?

Should not the first two notes of the third line be semiquavers, rather than quavers, Bogman?

That is: c/e/

as opposed to ce

Lyndhurst

Yep, well spotted Mix, thanks for that, I’ve sorted it just in time.

This reminds me a lot of a tune in "The Northern Fiddler" transcribed from the playing of Danny O’Donnell and simply entitled "Piping Jig." It’s on p. 185 (of the edition I have). The versions are probably different enough, though, that they could be called different tunes.

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Sleeve notes…

"Silly Wizard" don’t credit any composer, but say that it was a march, which they played as a jig.

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Lyndhurst

Yes, I first learnt it as a pipe march with the usual heavy dotted rhythm but I thought the jig version would be best for this site.

Lyndhurst

This tune is in Ceol na Fidhle book 3+4 and is credited to someone called Jack Smith.
It is played around here as a 6/8 march and the Gs are sharp.

G#s

Use K: Bdor instead of K: Bmin

In a dorian

a little more whistle friendly key..

X: 1
T: Lyndhurst
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Ador
|:e|~A3 ABG|ABd edB|GGG GBd|gfg edB|
A2A ABG|ABd edB|GBd edB|~A3 A2:|
|:B/d/|e2g edg|efg edB|GGG GBd|gfg edB|
[1e2g edg|efg edB|GBd edB|~A3 A2:|
[2A2A ABG|ABd edB|GBd edB|~A3 A2||
|:e|ABG BAA|edg edB|GGG GBd|gfg edB|
ABG BAA|edg edB|GBd edB|~A3 A2:|
|:B/d/|edg e2d|ged edB|GGG GBd|gfg edB|
[1edg e2d|ged edB|GBd edB|~A3 A2:|
[2ABG BAA|edg edB|GBd edB|~A3 A2||

Lyndhurst, X:3

I learned to play this tune from the first setting here, but it never sounds quite right when try play along the Silly Wizard recording so I slowed the recording down to half speed (pitch shifted using audacity) to figure out the difference is. This is what came up with.