Annotation:Slingsby's Hornpipe (2)
X:1 T:Slingsby's Hornpipe [2] M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Hornpipe B:Elias Howe – Musician’s Omnibus Nos. 6 & 7 (Boston, 1880-1882, p. 648) B: http://ks4.imslp.net/files/imglnks/usimg/c/c7/IMSLP601433-PMLP562790-ONeill_Rare_Medium_M40_M8_v6.7_text.pdf Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D f/g/|(a/f/).d/.d/ {e}dc/d/|(e/d/).c/.B/ (A/G/).F/.E/|F/A/d/c/ B/a/e/d/|cA Af/g/| (a/f/).d/.d/ {e}dc/d/|e/d/c/B/ A/G/F/E/|F/A/d/c/ B/g/e/c/|d3:| |:f/g/|f/g/a/b/ =c'/a/b/c'/|b/a/g/f/ gb/a/|b/a/g/f/ e/d/c/B/|c/d/c/B/ A/G/F/E/| F/d/A/d/ G/d/B/d/|c/a/f/a/ d/a/f/a/|b/g/b/g/ f/e/d/c/|d3:|]
SLINGSBY'S HORNPIPE [2]. AKA and see "Danc'd by Aldridge (3)." English, Hornpipe (2/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. SimonSlingsby was a dancer at the King’s Theatre, London, the opera house supported by the aristocracy. He was one of the premier dancers of the 18th century in England, along with Fossan, Duprè, Lany, Vestris and Noverre.
