Annotation:Peterswell Hornpipe

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PETERSWELL HORNPIPE. AKA - "Peterswell." Irish, Hornpipe and Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. According to Terry “Cuz” Teahan (Road to Glountane, 1980), who learned the tune from accordion great Joe Cooley, it was named after Cooley’s home town in County Galway. The tune can be played either as a hornpipe or reel.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Miller (Fiddler’s Throne), 2004; No. 305, p. 180. Teahan (The Road to Glountane), 1980; p. 79.

Recorded sources: Green Linnet GLCD 1215, John Williams – “Steam” (2001).

See also listing at:
Alan Ng's Irishtunel.info [1]

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