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"England/North East" is not in the list (IRELAND(Munster), IRELAND(Connaught), IRELAND(Leinster), IRELAND(Ulster), SCOTLAND(Argyll and Bute), SCOTLAND(Perth and Kinross), SCOTLAND(Dumfries and Galloway), SCOTLAND(South Ayrshire), SCOTLAND(North East), SCOTLAND(Highland), ...) of allowed values for the "Has historical geographical allegiances" property.
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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