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Thread #26251   Message #315282
Posted By: Barry T
10-Oct-00 - 01:02 AM
Thread Name: What are your favourite Hornpipes
Subject: RE: What are your favourite Hornpipes
> Barry T. mentioned Crossing the Minch -
> didn't that also get into the Favourite
> Marches and Strathspeys thread? Or is there
> more than one?

It's definitely not the right time signature for a strathspey, but it may have been mentioned in the march thread. In the piping world it's possible to march to hornpipes. The Black Bear, mentioned earlier in the thread, is a classic example.

But Crossing the Minch is not a likely candidate as a march. It's a killer to play (well) on the pipes, and the tempo at which it's playable is much too slow for marching troops. I've heard it played only as a solo display tune... but it really rocks when played well!