The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #112167   Message #2371605
Posted By: greg stephens
21-Jun-08 - 05:05 PM
Thread Name: Hornpipe, polka - what's the difference?
Subject: RE: Hornpipe, polka - what's the difference?
"Never clean the window with a soft boiled egg" is the ITMA mnemonic for the rhythm of the last two bars of a hornpipe. Except, confusingly, it is equally good for the last two bars of many polkas (eg the quintessential Jimmy Shand's Bluebell Polka).