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HOWSENS NEW. English, Hornpipe or Reel. A Major (Kershaw): G Major (Callaghan). Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (Kershaw): AABB (Callaghan).

Source for notated version: the music manuscript of Joseph Kershaw, a musician from Slackcote, Saddleworth, North West England who began his entries around the year 1820 [Knowles/Kershaw].

Printed sources: Callaghan (Hardcore English), 2007; p. 19. Knowles (Joseph Kershaw Manuscript), 1993; No. 69.

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