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Theme code Index
1H3bH1H 777
Also known as
Composer/Core Source
Region
England
Genre/Style
English
Meter/Rhythm
Country Dance
Key/Tonic of
D
Accidental
1 flat
Mode
Aeolian (minor)
Time signature
3/4
History
ENGLAND(London and South East)
Structure
AABB
Editor/Compiler
Biography:Henry Playford
Book/Manuscript title
Book:Dancing Master 12th edition
Tune and/or Page number
No. 505, p. 344
Year of publication/Date of MS
1703
Artist
Title of recording
Record label/Catalogue nr.
Year recorded
Media
Score
Christmas Cheer: Annotations
X: 1
T:Christmas Cheer. (p)1703.PLFD1.505
M:3/4
L:1/4
Q:3/4=60
B:Playford, Dancing Master,12th Ed.,1703.
O:England;London
Z:Chris Partington <www.cpartington.plus>
K:F
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faf|gba|g/a/ba|g2a|bag|acf|gae|f2:|
|:c|AcA|GcG|AcA|G2c|Acf|def|efd|^c2a|
fad|^cAa|fad|^c2a|fad|^cAd|d>e^c|d2:|]
X:1
T:Christmas Cheer
M:3/4
L:1/8
N:”Longways for as many as will.”
B:John Walsh – Complete Country Dancing-Master, Volume the Fourth
B: (London, c. 1735, No. 202)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:F
|:A2|(d2f2)d2|(^c2A2)^c2|(d2f2)d2|^c4A2|(d2f2)d2|
(e2g2)e2|(f2a2)^c2|d4 e2|(f2a2)f2|(g2b2)g2|
(a2b2)a2|e4f2|(b2a2)g2|(a2c2)f2|(g2a2)e2|f4:|
|:c2|(Ac2)A2|(G2d2)G2|(A2c2)A2|G4 c2|
A2c2f2|d2e2f2|e2f2d2|^c4a2|f2a2d2|^c2A2a2|
f2a2d2|^c4a2|f2a2d2|^c2A2d2|d3e^c2|d4:|]
Christmas Cheer: Annotations
