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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).
Additional notes
Sources for notated versions: - Bob Walters (Burt County, Nebraska) [Christeson]: Irvin Yaugher (Fayette County, Pa., 1944; learned from Michigan fiddler John O. Miller in the 1880's) [Bayard].
Printed sources : - Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 109, pp. 62 63. Christeson (Old Time Fiddlers Repertory vol. 2), 1984; p. 68. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 100. Jarman, p. 72. Kerr (Merry Melodies, vol. 2), c. 1880’s; No. 375. Lerwick (Kilted Fiddler), 1985; p. 49. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 1641. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; p. 136. Sweet (Fifer’s Delight), 1965; p. 70.
Recorded sources: -Rounder 7017, Joseph Cormier - "Informal Sessions" (1998).
See also listing at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]
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