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There are two variations of the hornpipe dance: fast and slow. en.wikipedia.org

Current practise with the music is to use hornpipe time, which lends a lilt to the dance that some people find attractive. en.wikipedia.org

They had all competed to their best in their hornpipe dances. www.irishcentral.com

Conversely, he brings the proud captain down a notch by making him dance a hornpipe on the cabin table. en.wikipedia.org

Especially during a slow hornpipe. www.irishcentral.com

He describes their dancing as dynamic and energetic, a mixture of polkas and hornpipes. news.bbc.co.uk

The hornpipe was one of dances performed as an egg dance. en.wikipedia.org

It is followed by a long spiritoso based on a hornpipe. en.wikipedia.org

They include most of the dance types a dancing master would need, though hornpipes are predominant. en.wikipedia.org

When he sent her a bouquet of rare orchids, she is said to have thrown them on the carpet and danced a hornpipe over them. www.dailymail.co.uk

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