X:1
T:Water Music Hornpipe
C:George Frideric Handel
M:3/2
L:1/8
S:Ellis Knowles
K:Dmin
a4g2 fe f2d2|c2 BA B2 AG AB c2|f4 e2 dc d2f2|b4 a2 gf g2c2|
b4 g2 fe f2d2|c2 BA B2 AG AB c2|F2d4 ef =B2G2|c2E2D2=B2 c4:|
|:g4e2 dc f2g2|a2 A4 d2^c2A2|ba g2 ag f2 gf e2|f2d2A2G2F2D2|
c4 ^FG A2D2 d2|Bc d2G2 g2e2c2|g4B4 A2 GF|G2f2c2e2f4:|]
WATER MUSIC HORNPIPE. English, (Old) Hornpipe (3/2 time). D Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The hornpipe is part of composer George Frideric Handel’s (1685-1759) suite Water Music, written for a celebration in 1717 on the Thames River given by King George I of England. George Frideric Handel
Additional notes
Printed sources : - Doyle (Plain Brown Tune Book), 1997; p. 10.
