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 Theme code Index    113b4 3b3b55
 Also known as    
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    England
 Genre/Style    English
 Meter/Rhythm    Country Dance
 Key/Tonic of    G
 Accidental    2 flats
 Mode    Aeolian (minor)
 Time signature    6/4, 6/8
 History    
 Structure    AB, AABB
 Editor/Compiler    John Playford
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:The English Dancing Master
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 81
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1651
 Artist    
 Title of recording    
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    
 Year recorded    
 Media    
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Dull Sir John: Annotations


X:1
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T:Dull Sir John
M:6/4
L:1/8
N:”Figure Dance for eight.”
B:John Walsh – Complete Country Dancing-Master, Volume the Fourth
B: (London, 1740, No. 183)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Gdor
G4D2 G4A2|B3A B2 A2c2F2|B4A2B4c2|(d6d4)d2|
d4c2d4e2|f3gf2F4B2|A4 B2c2d2A2|(d6d4)||B2|
B4c2d4e2|f3gf2F4B2|A4B2c2d2^B2|(c6c4)f2|
e2d4c4B2|b4a2b4d2|g3a g2 ^f4g2|(g6g4)||
X:1
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T:Dull Sir John
M:6/8
L:1/8
S:Sharp - Country Dance Tunes  (1909)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:Gmin
|: (G2^F G2A) | (B>AB) .c.A.F | (B2A B2c | d3) d2c | 
(d2c d2=e | f>gf F3) (B | A2B c>dc | B3) B3 :|
|: (d2c d2=e | f>gf F3) (B | A2B c>d=B | c3) c2 (f | 
d>cd c2) A | (Bb2) a2d | (d2g ga^f | g3) g3 :||

Dull Sir John: Annotations