Ornamentation - regional variation?

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Re: Ornamentation - regional variation?

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I suspect that 'regional variation' of this type - before the time of recording anyway - is better thought of in terms of the concept of gharana or 'lineage' seen in Indian music. A 'regional style' might therefore simply reflect the teaching influence of particular local musicians over several decades without needing to go too much into questions of national or religious musical preferences.
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am I right in thinking that 'jockey to the fair' is an English tune adopted for the pipes by leo rowsome and referred to as a set dance in irish music? it's a lovely tune wherever it originated, and is on my list of tunes to work on
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Ultimate origin. Who knows? It's a Morris dance tune too. Leo could have just picked it up out of O'Neill's or Roche's.

Traditional Tune Archive says:

First printed source is Aird (Selections of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 2), 1785
The melody, dating at least from the mid-18th century, was a popular tune throughout England and served several functions, including dancing and marching. Morris dance versions are wide-spread and numerous and have been collected from the villages Adderbury, Ascot-Under Wychwood, Bampton, Bledington, Brackley, Ducklington, Headinton, Longborough, and Sherborne areas of England's Cotswolds. In the north, the title appeared in Henry Robson's list of popular Northumbrian song and dance tunes ("The Northern Minstrel's Budget"), which he published c. 1800. One version of the tune was used as a march in the British army during the Revolutionary War period (Winstock).
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PhilD you might look at a youtube presentation http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BPMSLeAgHI about Jonathon Swayne, a maker of Borderpipes, and a member of Blowzabella, who is actively developing a working modern set of Pastoral Pipes after a set by Hugh Robertson found in the Belgian Museum Conservatory. This along with Geoghegan's Tutor may shed some light on your interest.

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