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Annotation:Durang's Hornpipe (4)
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X:1 T:Durang's Hornpipe [4] N:From the playing of fiddler Emmett Lundy (1864-1953, Galax, N:southwestern Va.), :recorded in the field in 1941 by Alan and Elizabeth N:Lomax for the Library of Congress M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel Q:"Quick" D:AFS D:https://www.slippery-hill.com/content/durangs-hornpipe-1 Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:D EE|D2FD AAFA|BAcA dAFD|[D2d2]FA AAFD|A,ECE A,A,CE| D2F[DA] AAFA|BAcA dcBA|fgaf gbec|dfec d2:|| |:ee|f-gaf gbec|dfec dcBA|B-Ac-A dAFA|GBAF GFEC| FDFA AFAd|BGBd AFAA|fgaf gbec|dfe(c d2)||
DURANG'S HORNPIPE [4]. American, Reel (cut time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. Contemporary fiddlers biography:John Sayler (1882-1962) and biography:Emmett Lundy (1864-1953) played versions of "Durang's Hornpipe" that differ in detail, but are linked by general melodic contour and underlying harmonic progression. Despite their differences they are recognizably the same tune.