Annotation:Presbyterian Hornpipe (The)

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PRESBYTERIAN HORNPIPE, THE. English, ('Old') Hornpipe (3/2 time). G Minor (Walsh): A Minor (Johnson). Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (Johnson): AABB (Walsh). Triple time hornpipes are referred to as ‘Old’ hornpipes, denoting a generally older style than the more familiar dotted duple rhythm of modern hornpipes. They are sometimes also called ‘double’ hornpipes. The melody appears in John Walsh’s third collection of Lancashire tunes (Lancashire Jigs, Hornpipes, Joaks, etc.) published around the year 1731.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Johnson (The Kitchen Musician No.5: Mostly Irish Airs), 1985 (revised 2000); p. 16. Offord (John of the Greeny Cheshire Way), 1985.

Recorded sources: Flying Fish FF-299, The Battlefield Band - "There's a Buzz" (1982). Heroes of Edible Music, Martin Green & Eliza Carthy – “Dinner” (2001). Plant Life Records PFR064, Blowzabella – “Bobbityshooty.”

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