Blanchard's Hornpipe (2)

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Theme code Index	1H345 3345
Also known as	Fisher's Hornpipe, Fisherman's Lilt (3)
Composer/Core Source
Region	Scotland
Genre/Style	Scottish
Meter/Rhythm	Hornpipe/Clog
Key/Tonic of	D
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	4/4
History
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	John Watlen
Book/Manuscript title	Book:The Celebrated Circus Tunes
Tune and/or Page number	p. 11
Year of publication/Date of MS	1791
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BLANCHARD'S HORNPIPE [2]. AKA - "Fisher's Hornpipe," "Fisherman's Lilt (3)." Scottish, Hornpipe. D Major (MacDonald): G Major (Aird). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune is almost universally known as "Fisher's Hornpipe" nowadays. "Blanchard's Hornpipe" appears in a violin player's manuscript collection made by one William Goulding of Hammond Marsh, Co. Cork, dated 1818, set in the key of G Major.

Printed source: Aird (Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 4), 1796; No. 92, p. 37. MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; p. 172. Watlen (The Celebrated Circus Tunes), 1791; p. 11.

X:1
T:Blanchard's Hornpipe [2]
M:C
L:1/8
R:Hornpipe
N:"Danc'd by Mr. Aldrige"
B:John Watlen - The Celebrated Circus Tunes (Edinburgh, 1791, p. 11)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:D
dAFA GBAG|FAFA GBAG|FDFD GEGE|AFED DCB,A,|
dAFA GBAG|FAFA GBAG|FdBg fdec|d2d2d2:|
|:ecAc ecge|fdAd fdaf|ecAc ecaf|edcB A4|
BGDG BGdB|AFDF AFdA|AFdB AFGE|D2D2D2z2:|]

X:2
T:Blanchard’s Hornpipe [2]
M:C
L:1/8
R:Hornpipe
B:Aird – Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 4 (1796, No. 92, p. 37)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
gdBd cedc|BdBd cedc|BGBG cAcA|dBAG GFED|
gdBd cedc|BdBd cedc|Bgeb agaf|g2g2g2:|
|:afdf afc’a|bgeg bgd’b|afdf afd’b|agfe d4|
ecGc ecge|dBGB dBgd|dBge dBcA|G2G2G2z2:|]

X:3
T:Blanchard's Hornpipe [2]
T:Fisher's Hornpipe
M:C
L:1/8
R:Hornpipe
S:MacDonald - Skye Collection  (1887)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:D
A(B/c/)|d>AF>A G>BA>G|F>AF>A G>BA>G|F>DF>D G>EG>E|F>DF>D E2 AB/d/|
d>AF>A G>BA>G|F>DF>D G>BA>G F>Ad>f g>ec>e d2[F2d2][F2d2]:|
|:(cd)|e>cA>c e>cg>e|f>dA>d f>da>f|e>cA>c e>cg>f|e>dc>B A2 FG/A/|
B>GE>G A>Fd>B|A>FD>F A>Fd>A|B>dc>B A>GF>E|D2 [F2d2][F2d2]:|