Dewis Meinwen

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 Theme code Index    332 135
 Also known as    Fair one's Choice (The)
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    Wales
 Genre/Style    Welsh
 Meter/Rhythm    Minuet
 Key/Tonic of    F
 Accidental    1 flat
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    3/4
 History    North Wales, South Wales
 Structure    AABB
 Editor/Compiler    Edward Jones
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:A Choice Collection of 51 Welsh Airs
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 12
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1863
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 Score   (1)   



X:1 T:Dewis Meinwen M:3/4 L:1/8 Q:Tempo di Minuetto B:Edward Jones – Musical and Poetical Relicks of the Welsh Bards (1784, p. 62) F: https://s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/7/72/IMSLP40016-PMLP87702-Jones_Welsh_Bards_1784.pdf Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:F cB|TA4G2|FGABcA|B3- cdB|cBABcA|G3 ABG|AGFGAF| G2F2E2|F4::G2|([C3E3G3c3] B)Ac|G2F2E2|TF4 {EF}G2|FGABcA| [G2B2][E2G2][E2G2]|[C2A2][D2=B2][E2c2]|F>d [E2c2][D2=B2]|[E3G3c3]d_e2|d2-d>_ec>d| (B2 B>)cA>B|G2 G>AF>G|E3- FGE|FGAB c2|B2 dBcA|GBAFGE|F4:|]


X:1 T:Dewis Meinwen T:Fair one’s Choice, The M:3/4 L:1/8 R:Minuet O:Welsh B:Edward Jones - ”A choice collection of 51 Welsh airs” (1863, p. 12) N:Edward Jones (1752-1824) advertised himself as "harper to his late Majesty N:King George the Fourth, when Prince of Wales." Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:F cB|TA4G2|FGABcA|(B3 c)dB|cBABcA|(G3 A)BG|AGFGAF| {A}G2F2E2|F4::G2|(c3B)Ac|G2F2E2|TF4 {EF}G2|FGABcA| B2G2G2|A2=B2c2|F>d c2=B2|(c3d)_e2|(d2 d>)_ec>d|(B2 B>)cA>B| G2 G>AF>G|E2 EFGE|FGAB c2|B2 eBcA|GBAFGE|F4!fermata!:|]