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Butter'd Pease sheet music

The piece Butter'd Pease appears here under that spelling and as 'Buttered Peas'. The listed scores include a version labelled 'Hornpipe' and one titled 'Buttered Peas Northumberland (East Acton Stick Dance)'. All three open with a one-sharp (G major) key signature, but they use different time signatures, so compare the notation before choosing a score.

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Choosing among the listed versions

The three scores listed for Butter'd Pease all open in G major, but they are not notated alike: one is in 4/4, one in 2/4 and one in 2/2. The 2/2 version also carries an opening tempo of 240 BPM. Use the time signature and tempo to decide which notation suits your purpose, and check the full score rather than assuming the versions are interchangeable.

Tune names and title clues

Searches for Butter'd Pease may also lead to 'Buttered Peas'; both spellings appear in the score titles here. One title labels the piece as a hornpipe, and another names Northumberland and an East Acton stick dance. These are title-level clues, not proof that every version shares the same form, origin or dance function.

What is not established

The available information does not identify a composer for Butter'd Pease, nor does it verify a regional origin, genre or standard instrumentation. Treat the score titles as leads and compare the notation itself before making claims about the tune's history or performance tradition.

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Common questions

Who composed Butter'd Pease?

No composer is named for Butter'd Pease in the information available here, so the piece is unattributed in these listings; the scores do not identify an author.

What key is Butter'd Pease in?

All three Butter'd Pease scores listed here open with a one-sharp key signature identified as G major. That describes the opening notation, not a guarantee that every setting remains in G throughout.

How do the listed Butter'd Pease versions differ?

The three listed Butter'd Pease scores use different time signatures: 'Hornpipe - Buttered Peas' is in 4/4, 'Buttered Peas Northumberland (East Acton Stick Dance)' is in 2/4, and 'Butter'd Pease. VWMLa.081' is in 2/2 with an opening tempo of 240 BPM. All three open in G major.

Is Butter'd Pease a hornpipe?

One listed score is titled 'Hornpipe - Buttered Peas', which labels that version as a hornpipe.

What is the Northumberland version of Butter'd Pease?

One listed score is titled 'Buttered Peas Northumberland (East Acton Stick Dance)'; the title names Northumberland and an East Acton stick dance, but no supplied source confirms the tune's regional origin or the dance's context.

Is Butter'd Pease the same as Buttered Peas?

The page title uses 'Butter'd Pease', while the listed score titles also use 'Buttered Peas'.