Billy Twist Hornpipe

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 Theme code Index    331H7 2H1H56
 Also known as    Liddell's Hornpipe
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 Region    England
 Genre/Style    English
 Meter/Rhythm    Hornpipe/Clog
 Key/Tonic of    G
 Accidental    1 sharp
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    4/4
 History    ENGLAND(North East)
 Structure    AABB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Merryweather & Seattle
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Fiddler of Helperby (The)
 Tune and/or Page number    No. 12, p. 30
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1995
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BILLY TWIST HORNPIPE. AKA and see "Liddell's Hornpipe." English, Hornpipe. England, Yorkshire. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. A slightly different version, from Northumberland, appears in the Charlton Memorial Tunebook under the title "Liddell's Hornpipe."

Source for notated version: a MS by fiddler Lawrence Leadley, 1827-1897 (Helperby, Yorkshire) [Merryweather & Seattle].

Printed source: Merryweather & Seattle (The Fiddler of Helperby), 1995; No. 12, p. 30.

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