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'''CAMBRIDGE (HORNPIPE) [1], THE'''. Irish, Hornpipe. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The name Cambridge (from the original in southern England) has an interesting history. Originally it was called Grantebricge by the Anglo-Saxons, a combination of the Old English name for bridge (''bricge'') with the inherited Celtic name ''Granta'', whose meaning was associated with swamps. The Normans, when they conquoured Britain, built a castle close by but found the name difficult to pronounce and step by step changes were introduced so that the first syllable became Crante-, then Cante-, Can- and finally Cam- (Matthews, 1972). | '''CAMBRIDGE (HORNPIPE) [1], THE'''. AKA and see "[[Pacific Slope (1)]]." Irish, Hornpipe. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. A version of "[[Pacific Slope (1)]]," a hornpipe printed in '''Ryan's Mammoth Collection''' (1883). The name Cambridge (from the original in southern England) has an interesting history. Originally it was called Grantebricge by the Anglo-Saxons, a combination of the Old English name for bridge (''bricge'') with the inherited Celtic name ''Granta'', whose meaning was associated with swamps. The Normans, when they conquoured Britain, built a castle close by but found the name difficult to pronounce and step by step changes were introduced so that the first syllable became Crante-, then Cante-, Can- and finally Cam- (Matthews, 1972). | ||
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Back to Cambridge Hornpipe (The)
CAMBRIDGE (HORNPIPE) [1], THE. AKA and see "Pacific Slope (1)." Irish, Hornpipe. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. A version of "Pacific Slope (1)," a hornpipe printed in Ryan's Mammoth Collection (1883). The name Cambridge (from the original in southern England) has an interesting history. Originally it was called Grantebricge by the Anglo-Saxons, a combination of the Old English name for bridge (bricge) with the inherited Celtic name Granta, whose meaning was associated with swamps. The Normans, when they conquoured Britain, built a castle close by but found the name difficult to pronounce and step by step changes were introduced so that the first syllable became Crante-, then Cante-, Can- and finally Cam- (Matthews, 1972).
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Taylor (Where's the Crack?), 1989; p. 25.
Recorded sources: