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Hornpipes and Pibgorns
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Reading Level

	edHelper's suggested reading level:	grades 6 to 7
	Flesch-Kincaid grade level:	6.15

Vocabulary

	challenging words:		jigs, pibgorns, countryside, pibgorn, funnel, eighteenth, maximum, fairly, demand, musical, accurate, necessary, amount, such, section, describe
	content words:		Sailors Hornpipe, Middle East, Industrial Revolution

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Hornpipes and Pibgorns By Mary Lynn Bushong

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¹     If you have ever listened to the music of Irish jigs and other folk dances, you may have heard the song "the Sailor's Hornpipe." What is a hornpipe? It's a musical instrument.
 
²     A hornpipe is made with a narrow tube called a reed pipe. At the base of the reed pipe is a section of horn, usually from a cow. Sometimes there is a small section of horn on top of the reed pipe as well. The small horn cup at the top helps to funnel and concentrate the air into the reed pipe. The larger piece of horn at the bottom amplifies the sound as it comes out. Pibgorns are in the hornpipe family.
 
³     Hornpipes were made by people all over the world, except the Aborigines of Australia. Sometimes the reed (wooden tube) had finger holes cut in the top so many notes could be played. Sometimes there were no holes so only a single note would sound.

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