Sheet Music: The Sportsman's Hornpipe

TitleThe Sportsman's Hornpipe
Alternate titlesThe Oldham Sportsman
ComposerTraditional English
InstrumentationFlute solo
KeyA minor
RangeE4–A5
Time signature4/4
Tempo168 BPM
Performance time0:45
Difficulty leveleasy
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Date added2015-06-10
Last updated2015-06-10
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Hornpipes, Traditional/Folk

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Wednesday 10 June 2015

Tune of the Day: The Sportsman's Hornpipe

Traditional English tune

This tune is contained in the 19th-century manuscript of Joseph Kershaw, a fiddle player who lived in the area of Slackcote, Saddleworth, North West England. The tune is nowadays sometimes called “The Oldham Sportsman”, and unusually for a hornpipe, it is customarily played straight, without swing.