Let us be merry

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 Theme code Index    2H2H3H1H 2H2H75
 Also known as    Biodh mid subhach
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    Scotland
 Genre/Style    Scottish
 Meter/Rhythm    Air/Lament/Listening Piece
 Key/Tonic of    A
 Accidental    2 sharps
 Mode    Mixolydian
 Time signature    4/4
 History    SCOTLAND(Highland), SCOTLAND(Western Isles)
 Structure    AB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:George Farquhar Graham & Finlay Dunn
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Celtic Melodies Being a Collection of Original Slow Highland Airs Pipe-Reels and Cainntearachd vol. 1
 Tune and/or Page number    No. 1, p. 1
 Year of publication/Date of MS    c. 1830
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 Score   (1)   




X:1 T:Biodh mid subhach T:Let us be merry M:C L:1/8 N:Pipe Set B:Celtic Melodies, Being a Collection of Original Slow Highland Airs, B:Pipe-Reels, and Cainntearachd, vol. 1 (Edinburgh, c. 1830, No. 1) N:"Selected and Arranged by a Highlander." The editors have been N:identified as Finlay Dunn and George Farquhar Graham Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D d|e<e e>g f>ed>f|e>fe>d cAAc|e<e e>g f>ed>e|B<Bc>A BGGB| e<e e<g f>ed>f|e>fe>d cAA>c|d<d f<d c2 a<c|B2 c>A BGG|| f|e>fe>d .c.A.c.A|(efed) cAA>f|e>fe>d .c.A.c.A|(ded=c) .B.G.G.f| (efed) c<Ac<A|e>fe>d cAA<c|d<d f>d c>c ac|B<Bc>A BGG||


X:1 T:Biodh mid subhach (Sky Set) T:Let us be merry M:C L:1/8 R:Reel B:Finlay Dunn & George Farquhar Graham – “Celtic Melodies, Being a B:Collection of Original Slow Highland Airs, Pipe-Reels, and B:Cainntearachd, vol. 1” (Edinburgh, c. 1830, No. 17, p. 12) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:A V:1 A3A f2 [Af]a|e2 (a/f/e/d/) c<A A2|A3A f2 [Af]a|B2 d/c/B/A/ B=G G2|A3A f2 [Af]a| e2 (a/f/e/d/) c<A A2|A3A f2 [Af]a|B2 d/c/B/A/ B=G Gf||efed c2 Af|efed cAAf|efed c2A2| B2 dB B=G Gf|efed c2 Af|efed cAAc|d<d fd c2 ac|B2 d/c/B/A/ B=G G2|| .A2.a2.c2.a2|.A2.a2 c<AAc|A2 c<a cAaA|B2 gB B=GGB|A2 a<A cAaA|A2 aA cAAc| d<d fd c2 ac|B2 d/c/B/A/ B=G Gf|efed c2 Af|efed cAAf|efed c2A2| B2 d/c/B/A/ B=GGf|efed c2 Af|efed cAAc|d<d fd c2 ac|B2 d/c/B/A/ B=GG2|| V:2 clef = bass [A,,2E,2A,2][A,,2E,2A,2][D,2F,2A,2][D,2F,2A,2]|[A,,2E,2A,2][A,,2E,2A,2][A,,2E,2A,2][A,,2E,2A,2]|[A,,2E,2A,2][A,,2E,2A,2][D,2F,2A,2][D,2F,2A,2]|[=G,,2D,2=G,2][G,,2D,2G,2][G,,2D,2G,2][G,,2D,2G,2]|[A,,2C,2E,2A,2][A,,2C,2E,2A,2][D,2F,2A,2][D,2F,2A,2]| [A,,2E,2A,2][A,,2E,2A,2][A,,2E,2A,2][A,,2E,2A,2]|[A,,2E,2A,2][A,,2E,2A,2][D,2F,2A,2][D,2F,2A,2]|[=G,,2D,2=G,2][G,,2D,2G,2][G,,2D,2G,2][G,,2D,2G,2]||[A,,2E,2]A,2[A,,2E,2]A,2|[A,,2E,2]A,2[A,,2E,2]A,2|[A,,2E,2]A,2[A,,2E,2]A,2| [=G,,2D,2]=G,2[G,2D,2]G,2|[A,,2E,2]A,2[A,,2E,2]A,2|[A,,2E,2]A,2[A,,2E,2]A,2|[D,2A,2]D2[A,,2E,2]A,2|[=G,,2G,2][G,,2G,2][G,,2G,2][G,,2G,2]|| A,,2A,2A,,2A,2|A,,2A,2A,,2A,2|[A,,2E,2A,2][A,,2E,2A,2][A,,2E,2A,2][A,,2E,2A,2]|[=G,,2D,2=G,2][G,,2D,2G,2][G,,2D,2G,2][G,,2D,2G,2]|[A,,2E,2A,2][A,,2E,2A,2][A,,2E,2A,2][A,,2E,2A,2]|[A,,2E,2A,2][A,,2E,2A,2][A,,2E,2A,2][A,,2E,2A,2]| [D,2F,2A,2][D,2F,2A,2][A,,2E,2A,2][A,,2E,2A,2]|[=G,,2=G,2][G,,2G,2][G,,2G,2][G,,2G,2]||[A,,2E,2A,2][A,,2E,2A,2][A,,2E,2A,2][A,,2E,2A,2]|[A,,2E,2A,2][A,,2E,2A,2][A,,2E,2A,2][A,,2E,2A,2]|[A,,2E,2A,2][A,,2E,2A,2][A,,2E,2A,2][A,,2E,2A,2]| [=G,,2D,2=G,2][G,,2D,2G,2][G,,2D,2G,2][G,,2D,2G,2]|[A,,2E,2A,2][A,,2E,2A,2][A,,2E,2A,2][A,,2E,2A,2]|[A,,2E,2A,2][A,,2E,2A,2][A,,2E,2A,2][A,,2E,2A,2]|[D,2F,2A,2][D,2F,2A,2][A,,2E,2A,2][A,,2E,2A,2]|[=G,,2=G,2][G,,2G,2][G,,2G,2][G,,2G,2]||