Colberth's Hornpipe

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Theme code Index	5555 5652, 5753 5753
Also known as	Angus MacEachern's
Composer/Core Source	George Saunders
Region	United States
Genre/Style	Contra
Meter/Rhythm	Hornpipe/Clog
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	2/4
History
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	George Saunders
Book/Manuscript title	Book:New and Scientific Self-Instructing School for the Violin
Tune and/or Page number	No. 21, p. 55
Year of publication/Date of MS	1847
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COLBERTH'S HORNPIPE. AKA and see "Angus MacEachern's." American, Hornpipe. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody appears earliest in print in George Saunders' tutor New and Scientific Self-Instructing School for the Violin (Providence, R.I., 1847, No. 21, p. 55; republished by Oliver Ditson in the 1850's). Saunders, who claimed to be a "Professor of Music and Dancing," put his initials next to the tune, indicating he was the composer. Seattle fiddler, researcher and publisher Vivian Williams, who reviewed the volume, believes there is no reason to disbelieve Saunders' claim, as many other melodies in his volume are correctly attributed to their composers.

Source for notated version: learned in Boston, MA, by Jerry Holland from Angus MacEachern [Cranford/Holland].

Printed sources: Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 103. Cranford (Jerry Holland: The Second Collection), 2000; No. 211, p. 78. Ryan's Mammoth Collection, 1883; p. 140.

X:1 T:Colberth's Hornpipe M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Hornpipe S:Ryan's Mammoth Collection (1883) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G (B/c/) | d/g/f/e/ .d(B/c/) | d/g/f/e/ .d(B/c/) | d/B/G/B/ e/d/B/c/ | d/B/G/B/ .A(B/c/) | d/g/f/e/ .d(B/c/) | d/g/f/e/ .d(B/c/) | d/B/g/d/ e/c/A/F/ | GGG :: (d/c/) | .B/(G/D/G/) B/G/D/G/ | .B/(G/D/G/) .d(c/B/) | .c(A/F/A/) D/A/F/A/ | D/A/F/A/ .c(B/A/) | .B/(G/D/G/) B/G/D/G/ | .B/(G/D/G/) .d(c/B/) | A/B/c/e/ d/c/B/A/ | GGG :||

X:2
T:Colberth's Hornpipe
M:2/4
L:1/8
C:George Saunders
B:George Saunders - New and Scientific Self-Instructing School for the Violin (Providence, R.I., 1847, No. 21)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
(B/c/)|d/g/f/e/ {e}(d/B/c/)|d/g/f/e/ {e}(d/B/c/)|d/B/G/B/ e/d/B/c/|d/B/G/B/ {B}A(B/c/)|
d/g/f/e/ {e}(d/B/c/)|d/g/f/e/ {e}(d/B/c/)|d/B/g/d/ e/d/B/c/|d/c/A/F/ G:|
|:(d/c/)|.B/(G/D/B/) B/G/D/G/|.B/(G/D/G/) d(c/B/)|.c/(A/F/A/) D/A/F/A/|D/A/F/A (cB/A/)|
.B/(G/D/G/) B/G/D/G/|.B/(G/D/G/) d(c/B/)|A/B/c/d/ e/f/g/e/|d/c/A/B/ G:||