Celebrated Trumpet Tune (The)

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 Theme code Index    333 15L1
 Also known as    
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    Scotland
 Genre/Style    Scottish
 Meter/Rhythm    Air/Lament/Listening Piece
 Key/Tonic of    A
 Accidental    3 sharps
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    3/4
 History    
 Structure    AABB
 Editor/Compiler    Nathaniel Gow
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Fifth Collection of Strathspey Reels
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 18
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1809
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 Title of recording    
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    
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X:1
T:Celebrated Trumpet Tune, The
M:3/4
L:1/8
R:Air
N:"Very slow and pathetic"
N:"Very Old"
N:" Upon the Circuits in Scotland this Air is played by his
N: Majesty's Household Trumpeters attending the Lords of Justiciary,
N: when that high (Solemn) Court has occasion to Exercise its most painful Duty."
B:Gow - Fifth Collection of Strathspey Reels (1809)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:A
A>B|c>B c>B c>B|(A2E2) A>B|c2 dcBA|B4 ~A>B|c>B c>B c>B|(A2 E)z A>B|~c>d .e.c.d.B|A4 :|
|:~c>d|e2 (fedc)|d2 (edcB)|c2 (dcBA)|{c}B4 A>B|c>B c>B c>B|(A2E) A>B|~c>d .e.c.d.B.|A4:||
"2nd Trumpet part"
|:C>E|A>E A>E A>E C2 A,2 C>E|A2 BAEC|E4 C>E|A>E A>E A>E|C2 A,z C>E|~A>B .c.A.B.E|C4:|
|:A>B|c2 (dcBA)|B2 (cBAE)|A2 (BAEC)|E4 C>E|A>E A>E A>E|(C2 A,)z C>E|A>B .c.A.B.E|C4:||


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