On Thu, Aug 24, 2000 at 11:34:41AM +0200, Frank Nordberg wrote:
>
> I dont want to sidetrack this discussion, but how on earth do you play a
> hornpipe in 3/2 time???
> I know about hornpipes in 4/4 and 2/2 and 12/8, but this one is new for me.
>
3/2 hornpipes or "double" hornpipes were popular in the North-West
of England in the 18th century before the more common "step-hop" dotted
type hornpipe came into fashion. They are often have a strange kind of
syncopated rhythm, typically
A3 A3|A2 A2 A2|
John Offord published a book called John of the Greeny Cheshire Way
containing a load of them. Steve Bliven has transcribed the double
hornpipes from this book into abc to be found at:
http://www.mcn.net/~acflynn/Cheshire.html
Regards,
Chris Walshaw
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