Annotation:Silver Star Hornpipe
X:1 T:Silver Star Hornpipe M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Hornpipe S:Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G D | G/B/A/F/ G/D/B,/D/ | G/B/e/c/ de/f/ | g/f/e/d/ c/B/A/G/ | F/G/A/B/ A/D/E/F/ | G/B/A/F/ G/D/B,/D/ | G/B/e/c/ .de/f/ | g/f/g/d/ e/c/A/F/ | GGG :| |: (B/c/) | dd/B/ gg/d/ | ee/c/ aa/g/ | ff/e/ d/c/B/A/ | B/e/d/^c/ dB/=c/ | dd/B/ gg/d/ | ee/c// aa/g/ | f/g/f/e/ d/c/B/A/ | GGG :|]
SILVER STAR HORNPIPE. AKA and see “Star Hornpipe (4) (The),” "Twilight Star (The)." American, Scottish, Irish; Reel, Hornpipe. USA; Michigan, southwestern Pa., Nebraska. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The second strain is international, observes Bayard (1981), and "resounds endlessly through our present day instrumental folk music" (p. 37).