Annotation:Zig-Zag Hornpipe

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ZIG-ZAG HORNPIPE/CLOG. Irish, Scottish, Old Time; Hornpipe.USA; Arkansas, Missouri. G Major (Kerr): D Major (Sweet): F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The title appears in a list of traditional Ozarks Mountains fiddle tunes compiled by musicologist/folklorist Vance Randolph, published in 1954. “Zig-Zag Hornpipe” is one of the ‘100 essential Missouri fiddle tunes’ according toMissouri fiddler Charlie Walden. The tune shares the signal melodic theme of the opening measure of the second strain with numerous other melodies such as "Fred Wilson's Clog," "Cincinatti Hornpipe (1)," "Harvest Home (1)," "Dundee Hornpipe," "Standard Hornpipe," "Cork Hornpipe," "Kildare Fancy," "Cliff Hornpipe," "Ruby Lip," "Higgins' Hornpipe," "Kephart's Clog" (Pa.), "Snyder's Jig" (Pa.).

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: The Company of Fifers and Drummers, '76, 1974; p. 21. Kerr (Merry Melodies, vol. 3); No. 345, p. 37. Sweet (Fifer’s Delight), 1965/1981; p. 44.

Recorded sources: Missouri State Old Time Fiddlers Association 001, Pete McMahan (Mo.) "Ozark Mountain Waltz."

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