Annotation:Tallewan
X: 1 T:Tallewan S:American Veteran Fifer, #2 C:Donated by John Benjamin, Fifer - Co. G, 80th Mich. Val. Inf. M:6/8 L:1/8 Q:1/8=300 F:http://www.john-chambers.us/~jc/music/abc/mirror/ChrisMyers/AVF.abc K:G %%MIDI program 72 %%MIDI transpose 8 %%MIDI ratio 3 1 B | d2B BAB | G2d def | gfg edB | gfg A2B | d2B BAB | G2d def | gfg edB| dAB G2 :| |: z | d3 g3 | efg d3 | B2B BAB | dBG A3 | d3 g3 | efg d2B | ded dBG | ABA G2 :|
TALLEWAN. American, March or Jig (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. According to Donald E. Mattson and Louis D. Walz in Old Fort Snelling Instruction Book for Fife, "Tallewan" predates the Civil War. However, this assertion is not easily verified and needs substantiation.
