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X:1 T: Tôn Alarch T:Swan’s Note, The M:3/4 L:1/8 R:Air Q:"Majestic" B:Edward Jones – The Bardic Museum Part 2 (p. 90) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G D|G2 G>A (3GAB|D2 D>E DF|{GA}B2 B>c B>c|A2 FGAF| G2 G>A (3GAB|D2 D>E D/E/F|G>A G/A/B (D>F)|[B,4G4]z:| |:(B/c/)|d2 BcdB|c2 AA/B/ cA|B2 GABc|d2 DEFD| d2 BB/c/ d/c/d/B/|c2 AB c/B/c/A/|B>AGAB^c|d2 DEFD| B2 G>A (3GAB|D2 D>E (3DEF|(G>A) G/A/B (D>F)|[B,4G4]z!fermata!:|]



SWAN SONG, THE (Tôn Alarch). AKA - "The Swan's Note." Welsh, Air (3/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune is said to be an imitation of a swan’s song, sung only just before it dies.


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Printed sources : - Edward Jones (The Bardic Museum), p. 90.

Recorded sources : - Flying Fish FF70610, Robin Huw Bowen – “Telyn Berseiniol Fy Ngwlad/The Sweet Harp of My Land” (1996. From Edward Jones’ second book The Bardic Museum {1802}).




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