Annotation:Bienfacile (La)
X:1 T:Bienfacile, La M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Country Dance B:Samuel, Peter & Ann Thompson - Compleat Collecton of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 5 (1788, No. 151, p. 76) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G gddd|B>cdd|gb/g/ dc|B>cdd|cc/e/ BB/d/|AA/B/ {c}BA/G/|FG {B}AG/F/|G2G,2:|| g>abb|e>fgg|g/f/b/a/ g/f/e/d/|^c/d/e/c/ A2|g/f/g/a b/a/b/g/|f/e/f/g/ a/g/a/f/|f/e/g/e/ d^c|d>e d/c/B/A/| gddd|B>cdd|gb/g/ dc|B>cdd|cc/e/ BB/d/|AA/c/ {c}BA/G/|FG {B}A/G/F/|G2G2||
BIENFACILE, LA. English, Country Dance Tune (2/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. A country dance imported from France, or written in imitation of the French style. The melody also appears in Edward Riley's Riley's Flute Melodies, vol. 2 (New York, 1817, p. 64), and the dance instructions were entered by Seabrook, New Hampshire, musician Jeremiah Brown into his music and dance commonplace book begun in 1782.
