Tune Example: Hornpipe
Tune Example: Hornpipe
An indigenous musical rhythm to England, Scotland and Wales, but strangely enough, not to Ireland, although of course, today, hornpipe figure strongly in the musical repertoire of Irish musicians. The hornpipe as a dance has been known in England since the 15th Century and is still very popular.
Hornpipes are common written in 4/4 time (like reels). However, they are often played with a ‘dotted’ or ‘swung’ feel. There are also some hornpipes written in 3/2 time which are particularly popular with English traditional musicians.
You can hear the tune shown here arranged by John Kirkpatrick as The Evercreech Hornpipe (http://www.vwml.org/record/CJS2/10/1492) by clicking on the audio tab.
The notation for the tune is available by clicking on the PDF tab.
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