Black Almain (The)

X: 1 T:The Black Almain S:via BBBM, from late 17th cent. MS Q:1/4=120 L:1/4 M:6/4 Z:Bruce Olson K:Gdorian D|D3/2 E/2FG3/2 A/2G|F3/2 E/2 FG2A|B3/2 A/2 GB3/2 c/2D|\ (A3A2):|d|c3/2 B/2AB3/2 c/2d|AAAA2d|\ c3/2 B/2AB3/2 c/2d|(A3A2) ||z1|d2ef3/2 e/2d|c3/2 B/2cd2A|\ dag^f3/2 e/2d|^c3/2 B/2cd2||z1|d2ef3/2 e/2d|\ cdBA2G|BAGBAG|cA2G2||A|BAGBAG|cA2G2|]

 BLACK ALMAIN, THE. English, March or Processional (6/4). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBAB. The tune was written in the 1550's. Merryweather (1989) states the dance of the title is an English imitation of a dance style originally German, while the tune is, he believes, from Parisian publishers and printers Gervaise and/or Attaignant. His version is in 4/4 time, and insists this is the way he learned it, although 6/4 appears to be the original signature. Printed source: Merryweather (English Bagpipe), 1989; p. 25. __NORICHEDITOR__