Annotation:Peerless Hornpipe

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PEERLESS HORNPIPE. American, Hornpipe. C Major (Cole, Phillips, Ryan): G Major (Miller). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. A simplified version of the hornpipe was played by fiddler Vernon Riddle of South Carolina.

Source for notated version: Joey McKenzie [Phillips].

Printed sources: Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 112. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 2), 1995; p. 215. Miller (Fiddler’s Throne), 2004; No. 304, p. 180. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; p. 149.

Recorded sources: Compass 7 4416 2, Mick McAuley and Winifred Horan - "Serenade" (2006). Great Meadow Music, Bob McQuillen and Old New England - "ONE IV" (2009). Éalú - "Escape" (2012). "Don Messer Presents Piano Stylings by Waldo Munro" (1975. Waldo "Thumbs" Munro, 1930-2006, was the piano player for Messer's band The Islanders).

See also listing at:
Hear Vernon Riddle's 1993 field recording at Slippery Hill [1]

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