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'''GRAHAM'S HORNPIPE'''. Canadian, Hornpipe. G Major ('A' part) & D Major ('B' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Composed by champion Ottawa Valley fiddler Graham Townsend (1942-1998). His father, Fred (1900-1981), was Don Messer's square dance caller for many years. Townsend was one of the handful of Canadian fiddlers to make a living full-time from his music. | '''GRAHAM'S HORNPIPE'''. Canadian, Hornpipe. G Major ('A' part) & D Major ('B' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Composed by champion Ottawa Valley fiddler Graham Townsend [http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=U1ARTU0003456] (1942-1998). His father, Fred (1900-1981), was Don Messer's square dance caller for many years. Townsend was one of the handful of Canadian fiddlers to make a living full-time from his music. | ||
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Revision as of 03:08, 4 September 2011
Tune properties and standard notation
GRAHAM'S HORNPIPE. Canadian, Hornpipe. G Major ('A' part) & D Major ('B' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Composed by champion Ottawa Valley fiddler Graham Townsend [1] (1942-1998). His father, Fred (1900-1981), was Don Messer's square dance caller for many years. Townsend was one of the handful of Canadian fiddlers to make a living full-time from his music.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Messer, 1980 (Anthology of Favorite Fiddle Tunes); No. 124, p. 80.
Recorded sources: Apex Records APX 9-26445, Don Messer and His Islanders (45 RPM).