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 Theme code Index    314 324
 Also known as    Berkes of Plunketty, Birks of Plunketty (The)
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    Scotland
 Genre/Style    Scottish
 Meter/Rhythm    Strathspey
 Key/Tonic of    C
 Accidental    NONE
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    3/4
 History    
 Structure    AAB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Henry Playford
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:A Collection of Original Scotch Tunes
 Tune and/or Page number    No. 11, p. 5
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1700
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Berks of Plunketty: Annotations


X:1
T:Berks of Plunketty, The
M:3/4
L:1/8
N:A penciled-in note (by John Glen) in the volume says: "--a strathspey.--in wrong time"
B:Henry Playford - A Collection of Original Scotch-Tunes, (Full of the
B:Highland Humours) for the violin (London, 1700, No. 11, p. 5)
N:"Most of them being in the Compass of the Flute."
Z:AK/FIddler's Companion
K:C
E>D C2F2|E/F/G D2F2|E>D C2E2|D4 A,2:||
A/B/c c2c2|B/c/d d2d2|A/B/c c2e2|c2G22||
cd|e/d/ c2 d/B/ B2|c/B/ A2 B/A/ G2|A/G/ E c3E|D4 C2||

Berks of Plunketty: Annotations