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BEAUTIFUL ISLAND, THE. Canadian, Pipe March (6/8 time). A Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. Composed by piper Barry W. Shears in honor of Cape Breton.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Shears (Gathering of the Clans Collection, vol. 1), 1986; p. 38.

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