Annotation:Biddlestone Hornpipe

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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.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Miller (Fiddler's Throne), 2004; No. 275, p. 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).

See also listing at:
See/hear the tune player by the Twaggart Band on Vimeo.com [1] (preceded by "Noble Squire Dacre").

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