
Today, I stopped into Gib's New York Bagels, and thought, "This would be a great place to play my fiddle tune a day." So after grabbing a half-dozen chocolate chip bagels, I asked the girl at the counter if she minded if I recorded my fiddle tune a day there. Of course, she said sure, and turned down the overhead music so that I could get a good recording. Since Gib's is a "New York" Bagel shop, I thought it only fitting to play Staten Island Hornpipe. I heard this tune a few years back, and the C chord in the b part really caught my attention. I'm a big fan of songs that give you something that is a little out of place to jar your ears a bit. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do. More about Vi Wickam Website: www.vithefiddler.com Facebook www.facebook.com Twitter: www.twitter.com Staten Island Hornpipe History from the Fiddler's Companion STATEN ISLAND (HORNPIPE). AKA and see "The Arranmore Ferry," "Burns' Hornpipe," "None So Pretty [2]." Scottish, English, Irish, American; Hornpipe. USA; New England, southwestern Pa. Ireland, County Donegal. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB (most versions): AA'BB' (Harker/Rafferty). "Staten Island Hornpipe" was first printed in James Aird's Selection of Scotch, English, Irish, and Foreign Airs (vol. II, 1782), printed in Glasgow, identical to version played today. I suspect that the title may have associations with the large contingent of British troops that were stationed on Staten Island during the American Revolution, and, since period <b>...</b>
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