Begin the Dance

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 Theme code Index    311H5 4H3H72H
 Also known as    
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    England
 Genre/Style    English
 Meter/Rhythm    Country Dance, Jig/Quadrille
 Key/Tonic of    D
 Accidental    2 sharps
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    6/8
 History    
 Structure    AABB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Thomas Skillern
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Skillern's Twenty-Four Country Dances for the Year 1782
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 10
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1782
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X:1 T:Begin the Dance M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Country Dance B:T. Skillern - Twenty-Four Country Dances for the Year 1782 (p. 10) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D A|F2D DED|dcB A3|g2e f2d|c2d ecA| F2D DFD|dcB A3|g2e f2d|faA d2:| |:d|aba afd|c2d ecA|aba afd|agf e2d| aba afd|c2d ecA|F2D DED|gfe d3:|]


X:2 T:Begin the Dance M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Country Dance B:Thompson's 24 Country Dances for 1781 B:Samuel, Ann & Peter Thompson -- Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 5 (1788, No. 179, p. 89) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D A|F2D DED|dcB A3|g2e f2d|c2d ecA| F2D DFD|dcB A3|g2e f2d|faA d2:| |:d|aba afd|c2d ecA|aba afd|agf e2d| aba afd|c2d ecA|F2D DED|gfe d3:|]


X:34 T:Begin the Dance. Roose.0680 B:J.Roose MS, Manchester 1850 N:Roose entered the same tune again as No. 177 [AK] Z:Village Music Project 2019 Mike Hicken M:6/8 L:1/8 Q:3/8=120 K:D A|F2D DED|dcB A3|g2e f2d|c2d ecA| F2D DED|dcB A3|g2e f2d|faA d2:| |:d|aba afd|c2d ecA|aba afd|agf e2d| aba afd|c2d ecA|F2D DED|gfe d2:|