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Thread #65068 Message #1068912
Posted By: Bee-dubya-ell
09-Dec-03 - 09:20 PM
Thread Name: note of Statten Island ferry's horn
Subject: RE: note of Statten Island ferry's horn
Ferry Captain's either in jail or out on bail and not taking calls.
The more I think about it, that part where it goes to C in the fiddle tune "Staten Island" probably has absolutely no correlation to the actual note of the Ferry's whistle. Hornpipes are almost always done in either D, G or A. If the whistle's actual pitch was D, then the tune would have to be done in E major to make the passage work. Hah! Most fiddlers I know don't even know that there is a key called E major!