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Theme code Index
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Also known as
Composer/Core Source
Region
England
Genre/Style
English
Meter/Rhythm
Hornpipe/Clog, Jig/Quadrille
Key/Tonic of
G
Accidental
1 sharp
Mode
Ionian (Major)
Time signature
6/8
History
England/North West"England/North West" 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.
BULL'S HEAD HORNPIPE. English, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Despite the word 'reel' in the title, the jig is in 6/8 time. The melody is contained in the Joseph Kershaw manuscript. Kershaw was a fiddler who lived in Slackcote, Saddleworth, North West England, in the 19th century, and his manuscript dates from around 1820 onwards.
Printed source: The Joseph Kershaw Manuscript, 1993; No. 31.
