Annotation:Portland Hornpipe
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PORTLAND HORNPIPE. Scottish, Hornpipe. F Major ('A' part): C Major ('B' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. Composed by biography:Carl Volti, born Archibald Milligan in Glasgow in 1849. Volti, a fiddler, composed many tunes found in the Kerr’s collections and also published several tutors, albums of popular songs, national overtures, etc. (Nigel Gatherer).
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Kerr (Merry Melodies, vol. 2), c. 1880’s; No. 332, p. 37.
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