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I was trying to think what gave me the inspiration to write this hornpipe “The Two Metre Hornpipe”. My mind goes back to when the Covid first started in Ireland and there were guidelines put in place about social distancing. Everywhere I went there were signs on the ground, on walls, doors, etc reading “Keep Two Metres Apart”. So to mark this unusual period of our life I composed this tune in the key of G major.
