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| Accuracy | Spot checked |
| Depth | Basic |
| Readability | Acceptable |
| Camptown Hornpipe Click on the tune title to see or modify Camptown Hornpipe's annotations. If the link is red you can create them using the form provided.Browse Properties <br/>Browse/:Camptown Hornpipe
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| Theme code Index
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1H343 1H361H
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| Also known as
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| Composer/Core Source
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| Region
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United States
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| Genre/Style
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Old-Time
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| Meter/Rhythm
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Hornpipe/Clog
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| Key/Tonic of
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G
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| Accidental
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1 sharp
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| Mode
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Ionian (Major)
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| Time signature
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2/4
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| History
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USA(Mid Atlantic)
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| Structure
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AABB
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| Editor/Compiler
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A.S. Bowman
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| Book/Manuscript title
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J.W. Pepper Collection of 500 Reels Jigs
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| Tune and/or Page number
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No. 92, p. 21
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| Year of publication/Date of MS
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1908
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| Score (1)
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X:1
T:Camptown Hornpipe
M:2/4
L:1/8
N:The tune is a sly play play on the trad. reel "Betty Martin" or
N:"Tip Toe Fine." It is not cognate, but the cadence is similar enough to
N:suggest an association.
R:Hornpipe
B:A.S. Bowman – “J.W. Pepper Collection of Five Hundred Reels, Jigs,
B:etc.” (Phila., 1908, No. 92, p. 21)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
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