Annotation:Sheffield Hornpipe (2)

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X: 1 T:Sheffield Hornpipe [2]. JBu.05 O:England,South Yorkshire S:Joshua Burnett’s MS,c1835,S.Yorkshire M:C L:1/8 Q:1/2=90 R:.hornpipe Z:vmp.R.Greig.2010 K:G G2|EGDG EGDG|GFGAB2GB|cBAG GFGA|B2A2A3G| EGDG EGDG|GFGAB2GB|cBAG GFGA|B2G2G2:| |:df|gdBd GdBd|gdBd GdBd|cBAG GFGA|B2A2A3G| EGDG EGDG|GFGAB2GB|cBAG GFGA|B2G2G2:|



SHEFFIELD HORNPIPE [2]. English, Hornpipe (cut time). England, Yorkshire. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. A different tune than "Sheffield Hornpipe (1)"—Barry Callaghan (2007) calls it “the other” “Sheffield Hornpipe.” In addition to its appearance in the Leadley manuscripts, the “Sheffield Hornpipe [2]” also can be found in the early 19th century music manuscripts of Joshua Burnett (Worsborough, south Yorkshire) and John Hall (Northumberland).

Additional notes

Source for notated version: - an MS collection by fiddler Lawrence Leadley, 1827-1897 (Helperby, Yorkshire) [Merryweather & Seattle].

Printed sources : - Merryweather & Seattle (The Fiddler of Helperby), 1994; No. 45, p. 40.

Recorded sources: -



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