Annotation:Morecambe Bay

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MORECAMBE BAY. English, Country Dance Tune (6/8 time). D Major/Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABC. A country dance and tune composed by Pat Shuldham-Shaw (1917-1977) in 1972. Morecambe Bay [1] is located in northwest Britain, opposite the Isle of Man, famous for its expanse of tidal flats...and quicksand.

Pat Shuldham-Shaw



Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes), 1986. Styles (Pat Shaw Collection, Book 2), 1986.

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