X:1
T:Lightning Hornpipe [3]
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
B:Elias Howe – Second Part of the Musician’s Companion (1843, p. 70)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Eb
E/E/|E2G G2B|B2e e2g|f=ef dfa|c'b=a b2 E/E/|
E2G G2B|B2e e2g|f=ef aBd|fee e2:|
|:f|f2 f f=ef|b2f d2d|f2e c2=A|B2d f2f|
f2f f=ef|b2f d2d|fec =AGA|cBB B2!D.C.!:|
LIGHTNING HORNPIPE [3]. American, Jig (6/8 time). E Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Lightening Hornpipe [3]" is obviously a 6/8 time jig, but the title is probably not a mistake. Scottish fiddlers sometimes called 6/8 time pieces 'reels', and, similarly, the term 'hornpipe' for the 6/8 tune probably refers to its use as a dance tune (rather than descriptive of the musical metre).
Additional notes
Printed sources : - Elias Howe (Second Part of the Musician’s Companion), 1843; p. 70.
