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Theme code Index
1362H 5H2H1H6
Also known as
Composer/Core Source
Biography:Bill Black
Region
United States
Genre/Style
Irish
Meter/Rhythm
Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of
D
Accidental
2 sharps
Mode
Ionian (Major)
Time signature
4/4
History
Structure
AABB
Editor/Compiler
Biography:Bill Black
Book/Manuscript title
Book:Music's the Very Best Thing
Tune and/or Page number
No. 45, p. 24
Year of publication/Date of MS
1996
Artist
Title of recording
Record label/Catalogue nr.
Year recorded
Media
Score
X:1
T: The Bittersweet
C: (c) B.Black [http://www.capeirish.com/]
Q: 350
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: D
A2 | D2 FA Bdef | afef dBBA | BGBd AFAd | =cBAG E=CEG |
D2 FA Bdef | afge fdfa | bgaf eddB | AFGE D2 :|
AB | =cG (3GFG dA (3AGA | e=ceg afge | dAAB =cA G2 | Afed =c2 AB |
=cG (3GFG dA (3AGA | afge fd (3dcd | =cBAG E=CEG | AFGE D2 :||
BITTERSWEET REEL . Irish, Reel. D Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Composed by Falmouth, Massachusetts, musician and writer Bill Black.
Printed source: Black (Music's the Very Best Thing ), 1996; No. 45, p. 24.
