Arran Air

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 Theme code Index    151H2H 552H2H
 Also known as    Fonn n-Arainn
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    Ireland
 Genre/Style    Irish
 Meter/Rhythm    Air/Lament/Listening Piece
 Key/Tonic of    D
 Accidental    2 sharps
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    2/4
 History    
 Structure    AB
 Editor/Compiler    Francis O'Neill
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies
 Tune and/or Page number    No. 541, p. 94
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1903
 Artist    
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ARRAN AIR (Fonn n-Arainn). Irish, Air (2/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. A tune by this generic title appears in Hoffman’s 1877 arrangement of melodies from the George Petrie collection--it is in actuallity “Cill Chais.”

Printed source: O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 541, p. 94.


X:1
T:Arran Air
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Air
S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 541
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
A/F/ | DF/G/ AB/c/ | d/e/f/d/ ed/B/ | AA/B/ A/F/ d/e/ | fe e A/F/ | DF/G/ AB/c/ | 
d/e/f/d/ ed/B/ | AA/B/ A/F/D/F/ | ED D2 || A/F/ | A/B/d/e/ fe/f/ | g/e/f/d/ ed/e/ | 
fe d/B/A/F/ | FE EA/F/ | DF/G/ AB/c/ | d/e/f/d/ ed/B/ | AA/B/ A/F/D/F/ | ED D2 ||


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