Biddlestone Hornpipe

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Theme code Index	137L5L 6L451
Also known as
Composer/Core Source	Biography:Billy Pigg
Region	England
Genre/Style	English, Northumbrian/Borders
Meter/Rhythm	Hornpipe/Clog
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	4/4
History	ENGLAND(North East)
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Northumbrian Pipers' Society
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Northumbrian Pipers Second Tune Book (The)
Tune and/or Page number	p. 16
Year of publication/Date of MS	1981
Artist	Biography:High Level Ranters (The)
Title of recording	Four in a Bar
Record label/Catalogue nr.	Topic 12TS445
Year recorded	1979
Media
Score ()

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BIDDLESTONE HORNPIPE, THE. English, Hornpipe. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by Northumbrian piper Billy Pigg (1902-1968). Biddlestone is a hamlet in Coquetdale, Northumberland, where Pigg lived for a time.

Printed sources: Miller (Fiddler's Throne), 2004; No. 275, pg. 165. Northumbrian Pipers' Second Tune Book, 1981; p. 16.

Recorded sources: Pauline Cato - "New Tyne Bridge." Topic 12TS445, The High Level Ranters - "Four in a Bar" (1979).

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