The Keel Row
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| Genre: |
Brass Band | |
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| Title: | The Keel Row | |
| Composer: |
Traditional | |
| Arranger: |
Lee Morris | |
| Category: |
Brass Band | |
| Catalogue No.: | SM0311 | |
| Duration: | Circa 2 mins | |
| About This Work: |
Although the ‘Keel Row’, or to give it its full title “Weel May The Keel Row”, has long been associated with Newcastle and Tyneside it was first printed in Edinburgh about 1770 in 'A Collection of Favourite Scots Tunes'. The word "keel" is from an Anglo-Saxon derivation meaning ship, but on the Tyne and Wear it was applied to a clumsy great oval, flat-bottomed boat used for carrying twenty tons of coal at a time. The boat was steered by two men known as "keel bullies". Who were famous for their hard lives, drinking and knocking their wives around. Arranged for Brass Band by Lee Morris this famous tune captures both its early origins and the hustle and bustle of the Tyneside dockyard with one or two references to other tunes from the area. A short, snappy score, which makes a great encore or concert livener. | |
| Difficulty: |
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| Instrument: |
Eb Soprano Cornet Solo Bb Cornets Repiano Bb Cornet 2nd Bb Cornet 3rd Bb Cornet Flugelhorn Solo Eb Horn 1st Eb Horn 2nd Eb Horn 1st Bb Baritone 2nd Bb Baritone 1st Bb Tenor Trombone 2nd Bb Tenor Trombone Bass Trombone Bb Euphonium Eb Tuba Bb Tuba Timpani Drums Suspended Cymbals Bass Drum Drum Set Tambourine Triangle Congas/Bongos Xylophone | |
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