Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID# 116 (Banks Hornpipe)

RhythmMode
HornpipeEb Major
Transcription of first 2 bars of Banks Hornpipe
 about these two bars

These two bars are the start of my transcription of how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording MG (details in the Discography below).

Where do you get the tune titles?
Titles given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Banks Hornpipe / The Banks / The Banks Medley / Souvenir de Venice (composed by Parazotti) [This tune is not (yet?) part of the Irish tradition, but belongs rather to Scottish music.]
What do the "track#tune" codes mean?

cd Discography

Here are all recordings of this tune considering only the indexed recordings. I have discovered by careful listening that these sources are in fact musically the same tune, regardless of the tune titles they use, key changes, retuning, etc. They are listed in order of when they were recorded.

Year
Recorded
Track
#Tune
[Album code] Artist. Title. Primary musicians (instruments). Album details
and contents
~195016#1[MG] various. Milestone at the Garden. Irish Fiddle Masters from the 78 RPM Era. View album details
~19734#2[JB 1] Joe Burke with Charlie Lennon. Traditional Music of Ireland. Joe Burke (accordion), with Charlie Lennon (piano).View album details
19906#1[MLIIA] various. The Boston College Irish Fiddle Festival - My Love Is in America. View album details

Bibliography

Here are all transcriptions of this tune under any title whatsoever – considering only the indexed books – listed in chronological order. I have discovered by careful comparison that these are very similar to this tune as played on the recordings listed above.

On page 34 of [FF] David Brody. The Fiddler's Fakebook. [available]

If you are considering using the above transcriptions to help you learn this tune, I invite you to check these practical Tips for Learning Irish Traditional Music. See also: So why do you bother indexing books and abc?

Year of the oldest source for this tune, considering the recordings and transcriptions listed above (note that I concentrate on sources after 1900): 1950