Fingal's Hornpipe

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 Theme code Index    1H154 22H2H6
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 Region    Scotland
 Genre/Style    Scottish
 Meter/Rhythm    Hornpipe/Clog
 Key/Tonic of    C
 Accidental    NONE
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    4/4
 History    
 Structure    ABCD
 Editor/Compiler    Alexander Mackay
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:A Collection of Reels Strathspeys and Slow Tunes
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 9
 Year of publication/Date of MS    c. 1822
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 Score   (1)   



X:1 T:Fingal’s Hornpipe M:C L:1/8 R:Hornpipe B:Alexander Mackay – A Collection of Reels, Strathspeys and Slow Tunes… B:Chiefly composed by Alexander Mackay, Musician Islay (c. 1822, p. 9) B: https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/104487947 N:Dedicated to the Right Hon. Lady Elinor Campbell of Islay and Shawfield. N:Mackay was born c. 1775 and was a fiddler-composer from Islay. Many of his N:tune titles are reflect Islay settings. N:Printed in Glasgow by J. MacFadyen, 30 Wilson St. Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:C ed|c2C2 G2 (FE)|D2d2d2 AB|c2C2 G2 FE|c2C2 G2 (FE)| c2C2 EFGE|D2d2d2 AB|c2G2 AcGc|E2C2C2 ed|| c2c2 C3E|D2d2d2 AB|c2c2 G3A|cBcd e2dc| c3de2g2|e2a2a2 {b}ge|gedc AcGc|E2C2C2 AB|| (cB)AB c2C2|D2d2d2 AB|(cB)AB c2C2|(cB)AB c2C2| (cB)AB c2C2|D2d2d2 AB|c2G2 AcGc|E2C2C2 ed|| cBAG ABcA|dcBA BcdB|cBcd cdec|gage cdec| fgaf efge|fedc BcdB|A2c2G2c2|E2C2C2||