*Apologies for the spelling mistake! This will be rectified shortly – it’s Mynydd, not Mynnyd*
A lovely Dorian mode (the modal minor that has a raised sixth, in this case a C#) jig from Wales.
Mynydd Yr Heliwr
Month: October 2025
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Mr Moore’s Hornpipe
Here’s our tune from Monday 29th, Mr Moore’s Hornpipe. It’s widely used as a Border Morris tune, first (it seems) by the team Boggart’s Breakfast – the tune appears to come from the Thomas Watts manuscript of the late 18th century, from the Peak Forest in Derbyshire (researched by Brian Peters of Glossop). The tune as I know it is a little different from the manuscript, I think this is most likely the ‘session effect’ where tunes get tweaked and rounded out over time.
Here’s the tune in action, in the dance Lorenz’s Shiny New Butterfly by Sheffield border Morris team Boggart’s Breakfast:
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