Billy Pigg's Hornpipe

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 Theme code Index    3H31H5H 4H52H2H
 Also known as    
 Composer/Core Source    Biography:Billy Pigg
 Region    England
 Genre/Style    Northumbrian/Borders
 Meter/Rhythm    Hornpipe/Clog
 Key/Tonic of    D
 Accidental    2 sharps
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    4/4
 History    ENGLAND(North East)
 Structure    AABB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Northumbrian Pipers' Society
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:orthumbrian Pipers' Second Tune Book
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 24
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1981
 Artist    Biography:Billy Pigg
 Title of recording    Border Minstrel (The)
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    Leader LEACD4006
 Year recorded    2002
 Media    
 Score   ()   




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BILLY PIGG'S HORNPIPE. English, Hornpipe. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Composed by Northumbrian piper Billy Pigg (1902-1968). Miller (Fiddler's Throne), 2004; No. 276, p. 166. Northumbrian Pipers' Second Tune Book, 1981; p. 24. BEJOCD-37, Sue Harris - "Pastorela." Fellside Recordings, Andy May -"The Yellow Haired Laddie." Leader LEACD4006, Billy Pigg - "The Border Minstrel" (2002). Saydisc Records CD-SDL 343, Kathryn Tickell - "On Kielder Side" (1984).