Crossing the Minch
⚡ The Short Version
Pointed Style, Not Round Crossing the Minch is played in the pointed (dot-cut) hornpipe style throughout — there are no even 16th notes anywhere, only dotted-16th-and-32nd pairs.
Roll Into the Birl, Don't Stop In the recurring F-low A-birl figure, the short low A before the birl should be the same length as the low A's inside the birl itself — rolling straight through rather than stopping keeps the hornpipe's flow alive.
Consistency Is the Whole Tune The birl and doubling-strike combination recurs in every part; the goal throughout is the same steady, fully-pointed dot-cut feel from the first part to the rolling finale of the fourth.
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00:04A Hornpipe Introduction: Pointed-Style🔒
00:25vs. Pointed Round Hornpipe Styles🔒
00:40Classic First Rhythms Part: Hornpipe🔒
01:30Together F-Low A-Birl the Rolling🔒
02:17Stopping on First the Low A Avoid🔒
02:35High Strike G-B The Doubling🔒
03:43the Parts Across Consistency🔒
05:03Fourth Rolling Part: Finale The A🔒
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