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    The fiddlers’ contest, hornpipe

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    Source Paddy O'Brien Tune Collection
    Key Signature G Major
    Time Signature 4/4
    Number of Parts 2
    Tonic g

    During the early days when the B/C box was introduced by the musicianship of Tipperary’s Paddy O’Brien, very few box players could read from music books, except for Paddy himself! This hornpipe is one he plucked from O’Neill’s 1850 collection. It was an immediate choice among 1950s box players and also played regularly at Fleadh Cheoil competitions. Its title suggests a fiddling showdown that may have brought out the best in talent or exhibition.

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    The fiddlers’ contest, hornpipe

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     B2 c | d^cde dBGB | cdef gfge | (3ded (3^cde dBGB |
 AGAB A2 Bc | d^cde dBGB | cdef gfge | dgfe dcBA |
 (3GAG FA G3 B || d^cde dGAB | cdef gfge | (3ded de dBGB |
 AGAB A/B/A Bc | d^cde dBGB | cdef gfge | dgfe dcBA |
 (3GAG FA G3 d || DGGA (3BAG dG | EAAB cAeA | cdef gfge |
 (3ded BA GBEA | DGGA (3BAG dG | EAAB cdef | gfge dcBA |
 G/B/G FA G3 d || DGGA (3BAG dG | EAAB cAeA | cdef gfge |
 (3ded BA GBEA | DGGA (3BAG dG | EAAB cdef | gfge dcBA |
 G/B/G FA G3 B || d^cde dGAB | cdef gece | d^cde dBGB |
 (3ABG AB A2 Bc | d^cde dBGB | cdef gfge | dgfe dcBA |
 (3GAG FA G2 Bc || d^cde dBGB | cdef gfge | (3ded (3^cde dBGB |
 AGAB ABce | d^cde dGAB | cdef gfge | dgfe dcBA |
 (3GAG FA G3 d || DGGA (3BAG dG | EAAB cAeA | cdef gfge |
 (3ded BA GBEA | DGGA (3BAG dG | EAAB cdef | (3gfe fe dcBA |
 G/B/G FA G3 d || DGGA (3BAG dG | EAAB cAeA | cdef gfge |
 (3ded BA GBEA | DGGA (3BAG dG | EAAB cAef | gfge dcBA |
 G/B/G FA G4 |

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