Annotation:Favorite (6) (Hornpipe) (The)
X:1 T:Favourite [6] (Hornpipe), The M:C| L:1/8 B:Thompson's Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 3 (London, 1773) Z:Transcribed and edited by Fynn Titford-Mock, 2007 Z:abc's:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:Bb B>FD>F B>dc>B|c>AF>A c>ed>c|d>bf>d e>ge>c|d>fA>c B>AGF| B>FD>F B>dc>B|c>AF>A c>ed>c|dbfd g2 fe|dcBA B2 B,2:| |:B>AB>c B>AB>c|Bcde f3F|G>FG>A G>FG>A|GABc d3D| E>DE>F E>DE>F|EFGA B3 [B,d]|[C3c3]g f>de>c|B2 FD [B,4B4]:||
FAVOURITE [6] (Hornpipe), THE. English, Country Dance Tune (cut time). B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody was originally published in Charles and Samuel Thompson's Compleat Collection, vol. 3 (London, 1773). As with numerous other tunes from the Thompsons' 1773 collection, it was entered into the 1788 music copybook of fiddlers John and William Pitt Turner (Norwich, Conn.).
