Annotation:Grand Hornpipe (1)

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 GRAND HORNPIPE [1]. Old-Time, Hornpipe. USA; Indiana, Ky. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCC. A member of a large tune family that includes "Cricket on the Hearth," "Damon's Winder," "Devil in Georgia (2) (The)," "Drunken Billy Goat," "Marmaduke's Hornpipe," "Mud Fence," "Ride the Goat Over the Mountains," "Rocky Mountain Goat," "Swiss Chalet." The name "Grand Hornpipe" is particular to northeastern Kentucky, although the tune is most commonly known in that region and other parts of the South as "Rocky Mountain Goat" (Titon, 2001).  Source for notated version: John Summers (Indiana) [Phillips, Silberberg]; James W. Day "Jilson Setters" [Titon].  Printed sources: Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 2, 1995; p. 196. Silberberg (93 Fiddle Tunes I Didn't Learn at Tractor Tavern), 2004; p. 17. Titon (Old-Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes), 2001; No. 52, p. 83.  Recorded sources: Field Recorders' Collective FRC 310, "John Summers: Master Indiana Fiddler." Rounder 0194, John W. Summers - "Indiana Fiddler" (1984). Rounder C-11565, John Summers - "Rounder Fiddle" (1990). Victor 40127 (78 RPM), Blind Bill Day (AKA Jilson Setters, b. 1860, Rowan County, Ky.), 1928.  See also listing at: Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources

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