Ariel Hornpipe

 ARIEL HORNPIPE. AKA and see "Ball and Pin Hornpipe." New England, Canadian; Hornpipe. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune may just possibly have been named for the clipper ship Ariel, a name that appears in American Clipper Ships 1833-1858 by Howe and Matthews. “The Ball and Pin” hornpipe also appears in Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883), and is the same tune, with different endings. Printed sources: Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 90. Messer (Anthology of Favorite Fiddle Tunes), 1980; No. 107, p. 69. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; p. 124. Recorded source: See also listings at: Alan Snyder’s Cape Breton Fiddle Recording Index

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