The hornpipe is an Irish, Scottish and English folk dance and tune. It is done in hard shoes, which are used to help keep track of how the dancer keeps in time. There are two variations of the hornpipe dance: fast and slow.

The hornpipe can refer to a specific instrument or a class of woodwind instruments consisting of a single reed, a large diameter melody pipe with finger holes and a bell traditionally made from animal horn.

The Sailor's Hornpipe (also known as The College Hornpipe and Jack's the Lad [1]) is a traditional hornpipe melody and linked dance with origins in the Royal Navy. [2]

hornpipe, name of a wind instrument and of several dances supposedly performed to it. The instrument is a single-reed pipe with a cowhorn bell (sometimes two parallel pipes with a common bell) and is often converted into a bagpipe.

The Hornpipe from Handel's Water Music (HWV 349), performed by the FestspielOrchester Göttingen, Laurence Cummings, director. CD now available! https://goo.g...

I've been asked to explain the various rhythms of fiddle tunes relative to Ceilidh and Irish Dancing. Rather than make one lengthy video, I felt it would be ...

The Sailor's Hornpipe (also known as The College Hornpipe and Jack's the Lad) is a traditional hornpipe melody and linked dance with origins in the Royal Nav...

In hornpipe. Hornpipe refers also to several dances that Renaissance courtiers believed were once performed to the rustic instrument. At times it meant a jig, a reel, or a country dance. As an Irish, Scottish, or English solo dance, the hornpipe is in 4 / 4 time and is… Read More

The meaning of HORNPIPE is a single-reed wind instrument consisting of a wooden or bone pipe with finger holes, a bell, and mouthpiece usually of horn.

May 23, 2018 · hornpipe. The word has 2 meanings: (1) An obsolete instr., consisting of a wooden pipe with a reed mouthpiece (a single ‘beating’ reed), and, at the other end, a hn. as ‘bell’.