Annotation:Christmas Hornpipe

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X:1 T:Christmas Hornpipe M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Hornpipe S:White's Unique Collection (1896), No. 99 Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:Bb (F/E/) | D/F/ [DB] (F/E/) | D/F/ [B,D] (F/D/) | C/E/ (c c/).d/.c/.B/ | A/c/ [A,F] (c/d/) | (e/d/).e/.f/ (g/e/).b/.g/ | (d/c/).d/.e/ (f/d/).b/.f/ | e/g/c/e/ A/c/F/A/ | Bd [DB] :| |: (F/E/) | (D/F/).B/.F/ (G/F/).E/.D/ | (E/C/).c/.B/ (A/G/).F/.E/ | (D/F/).B/.d/ (e/d/).c/.B/ | (A/c/)(B/G/) .F(F/G/) | A/G/A/B/ c/=B/c/d/ | e/d/e/f/ g (3f/e/d/ | .f/.b/.d/.g/ (f/e/)(c/A/) | .B/.F/.d/.c/ [DB] :||

CHRISTMAS HORNPIPE. American, Hornpipe. B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Elias Howe (c. 1867) prints contra-dance directions along with the tune.

Additional notes

Printed sources : - George H. Coes (Coes Album of Jigs and Reels), New York, 1876; p Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 116. Ford (Traditional Music in America), 1940; p. 63. Howe (1000 Jigs and Reels), c. 1867; p. 89. Ryan's Mammoth Collection, 1883; p. 153. White's Unique Collection, 1986; No. 103, p. 18.

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