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Pibddawns Mr Pring / Ymdaith Corwen / Dyn y Geg

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Here's a set of 3 Welsh hornpipes (in the key of G). Translations of the titles are: Mr Pring's Hornpipe; the Corwen March; The Man with the Mouth. Apparently Mr Pring was an organist at Bangor Cathedral (in my home town) in the 19th Century, so it's presumably quite a local tune. Corwen is a small town fairly near to the English border in Mid/North Wales. The final tune comes from the Welsh gypsy tradition.



5 comments on “Pibddawns Mr Pring / Ymdaith Corwen / Dyn y Geg”

mojo_monk Says:
Saturday, June 7, 2008 @1:52:07 PM

YES!!! I especially enjoyed the last tune. Those Welsh gypsies are alright!

OTJunky Says:
Saturday, June 7, 2008 @7:32:24 PM

I agree with mojo monk - the 3rd one's especially nice...

So, what is it about a Welsh hornpipe that distinguishes it from a Welsh reel - if there are Welsh reels?

--OTJ

Fiddlechickaroo Says:
Sunday, June 8, 2008 @7:36:34 AM

Nice playing. I wondered what Welsh tunes sounded like, these are quite jolly. Thanks for sharing some with us.

magnuscanis Says:
Sunday, June 8, 2008 @1:27:14 PM

Thanks for all the nice comments. [:)]

In Welsh music, as in Irish but unlike OT,  hornpipes tend to be played slightly slower than reels (although, as here, not always very slowly) and with a bouncier rhythm, while reels are played straight.  Compared to Irish music, I'd say that Welsh has more hornpipes and fewer reels.

There are quite a lot of less jolly sounding Welsh tunes out there.  I'll try to get some other types of stuff recorded soon.

- Magnus

Fiddlechickaroo Says:
Sunday, June 8, 2008 @2:51:08 PM

I LOVE hornpipes more than reels. (Maybe because I don't do reels justice when I play them.) I'd love to hear more Welsh tunes, jolly, or otherwise. I actually like the darker sounding tunes too.

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