In my mind, that begs us to be selective about the tunes we post-they ought to be playable, session-ready settings. While there’s nothing stopping me from posting what I think is a “better” version, the fact is that the first setting posted is the one that shows up as sheet music and a sound file, so it becomes the de facto official setting. Given that Jeremy started this site to concentrate on the dance music of Ireland, I for one would prefer to see settings from more credible source materials-preferably trad players themselves. And it’s not just a matter of simplifying the life out of it, because to my ear the Irish trad structure has been stripped out of this version as well. If someone were to learn it from the setting you give here, they’d be hard pressed to pass it off at most sessions I’ve been too-it would mark them as unfamiliar with the Irish tradition. Staten Island Hornpipe is a widely known session tune, but this setting doesn’t do it justice, at least not in the context of Irish dance music. Trevor, I don’t mean to be rude or ungrateful (though I will be blunt), but I’m starting to seriously question the value of posting tunes from this New England sourcebook you cite.
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