Fisher's Hornpipe - 18th Century fiddle tune (anon)
edition: Companion for the Guitar - Robert Kelley (1855)
see Notes and Legend below - tab by weed@wussu.com - 14 March 2024
MIDI: http://www.classtab.org/anon_fishers_hornpipe.mid
video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V51NyJ-6oUE - Norbert Neunzling

standard tuning: E A D G B E          key: A major           time: 4/4

1  |  .  |  .  |  .  |  .    |  .  |  .  |  .  |  .    |  .  |  .  |  .  |  .
e|-5-p0-----0-----2--0-----|----0-----0-----2--0-----|-------------------------|
B|-2-----2-----3--------3--|-2-----2-----3--------3--|-2-----2-----3-----3-----|
G|*------------4-----------|-2-----------4-----------|----2-----2-----4-----4--|
D|*------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A|-0===========------------|-0===========------------|-0===========------------|
E|-------------0===========|-------------0===========|-------------0===========|

4  |  .  |  .  |  .  |  .    |  .  |  .  |  .  |  .    |  .  |  .  |  .  |  .
e|-------------------------|-5-p0-----0-----2--0-----|----0-----0-----2--0-----|
B|-2-----2-----0-----------|-2-----2-----3--------3--|-2-----2-----3--------3--|
G|----2-----2-----1--------|-------------4-----------|-2-----------4-----------|
D|-------------------2-----|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A|-0===========------------|-0===========------------|-0===========------------|
E|-------------0===========|-------------0===========|-------------0===========|

7  |  .  |  .  |  .  |  .    |  .  |  .  |  .  |  .
e|----0-----9--10----------|--------------------------|
B|-2-----10-------12-10-9--|-10----10----10====-------|
G|-------------------------|-------------------------*|
D|-------------------------|-11----11----11====------*|
A|-0===========------------|-0-----0-----0=====-------|
E|-------------0===========|--------------------------|

9  |  .  |  .  |  .  |  .    |  .  |  .  |  .  |  .    |  .  |  .  |  .  |  .
e|-7-----------7--9--10-7--|-9-----------9--10-12-9--|-7-----------7--9--10-9--|
B|----9-----9--------------|----10----10-------------|----9-----9--------------|
G|*------9-----------------|-------9-----------------|-------9-----------------|
D|*------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|-0===========0===========|-------------------------|
E|-0===========0===========|-------------------------|-0===========0===========|

12 |  .  |  .  |  .  |  .    |  .  |  .  |  .  |  .    |  .  |  .  |  .  |  .
e|-7-----------------0-----|-2-----------2-----2-----|-0-----------0-----0-----|
B|----10-9--7--------------|----3-----3-----3-----3--|----2-----2-----2-----2--|
G|-------------9-----------|-------2-----------------|-------2-----------------|
D|-------------------------|-0===========0===========|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|-------------------------|-0===========0===========|
E|-0===========0===========|-------------------------|-------------------------|

15 |  .  |  .  |  .  |  .    |  .  |  .  |  .  |  .
e|-2--5--4--2--0-----------|--------------------------||
B|----------------3--2--0--|--------------------------||
G|-------------------------|-2-----2-----2=====------*||
D|-0===========------------|-------------------------*||
A|-------------------------|-0-----0-----0=====-------||
E|-------------0===========|--------------------------||


Notes and Legend
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"Fisher's Hornpipe has been attributed by some sources to an 18th century
composer named John Christian Fisher (1733-1800); another candidate is one
James A Fishar, a musical director and ballet master at London's Covent
Garden during the 1770's. In any event, the earliest cited publication date
(for a tune referred to merely as Hornpipe #1 by J Fishar) is 1778."
- https://bowingdownhome.ca/islandora/object/bdh%3A960

"... it was almost certainly born on the London stage at the hands of a
professional musician and dance master. Though accounts vary, Fisher's likely
was composed by James A Fishar, a professional violinist and ballet master
at Covent Garden, London, who had it published in 1778."
- https://celticjunction.org/cjac/arts-review/issue-18-imbolc-2022/fishers-hornpipe-from-london-to-fort-yukon/

The tempo of the Norbert Neunzling vid and the MIDI is 112 bpm (quarter notes).

===    - note held, length of note, duration
bpm    - beats per minute (quarter notes)

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