| Title | The Galway Hornpipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alternate titles | Dan Lowry's Hornpipe McDermott's Hornpipe The Bald Headed Bachelor | |||
| Composer | Traditional Irish | |||
| Instrumentation | Flute solo |     | ||
| Key | G major | |||
| Range | D4–D6 | |||
| Time signature | 4/4 | |||
| Tempo | 172 BPM | |||
| Performance time | 0:45 | |||
| Difficulty level | intermediate | |||
| Download printable score | PDF Sheet Music (55 kB) (preview) | |||
| Download audio tracks | MIDI (change tempo/key) MP3 (374 kB) | |||
| Date added | 2009-03-29 | |||
| Last updated | 2009-03-29 | |||
| Download popularity index |    0.3 (not so popular) | |||
| Categories |
Celtic Music, Hornpipes, Traditional/Folk | |||
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Nothing to do with Sir James: the name of this tune refers to the Irish city of Galway. It's a hornpipe, term that identifies an English step dance which was originally accompanied by a wooden hornpipe. Hornpipes also appear in the works of famous composers such as Purcell and Handel.
Although this melody should be played somewhat fast, don't forget that it's better to start practicing slowly and carefully.
