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29 September 2020.
| Accuracy | Spot checked |
| Depth | Basic |
| Readability | Acceptable |
| Excuse Me Click on the tune title to see or modify Excuse Me's annotations. If the link is red you can create them using the form provided.Browse Properties <br/>Browse/:Excuse Me
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| Theme code Index
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117b5 7b427bL
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| Also known as
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| Composer/Core Source
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| Region
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England
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| Genre/Style
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English
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| Meter/Rhythm
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Country Dance
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| Key/Tonic of
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G
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| Accidental
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2 flats
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| Mode
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Aeolian (minor)
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| Time signature
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6/4, 6/8
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| History
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| Structure
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AABBCC
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| Editor/Compiler
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John Playford
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| Book/Manuscript title
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Dancing Master 7th edition
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| Tune and/or Page number
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| Year of publication/Date of MS
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1686
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| Score (1)
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X: 1
T:Excuse Me. (p)1686.PLFD.242
M:6/4
L:1/4
Q:3/4=90
S:Playford, Dancing Master,7th Ed.,1686
O:England
H:1686.
Z:Chris Partington.
K:Bb
G2GG2g|f2ed2e|f>gfcdB|A3F3|
f>gf=e>fe|d>edc>BA|B>AGA^F2|G6:|
|:B2cdBG|B2cdBG|B2cd2g|^f3d3:|
|:ABcc>dc|f2dA2A|Bcdd>ed|g2f=e>dc|
f2ff>ed|c2BABc|B>AGA^F2|G6:||
X:1
T:Excuse Me
M:6/4
L:1/8
N:”Longways for as many as will.”
B:John Walsh – Complete Country Dancing-Master, Volume the Fourth
B: (London, 1740, No. 189)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Gmin
G4G2G4g2|f4e2d4e2|f3gf2c2d2B2|A6F6|
f3ed2e3dc2|d3ed2c3BA2|B3AG2A2^F4|(G6G6)||
B4c2d2B2G2|B4c2d2B2G2|B4c2d4g2|^f6d6||
A2B2c2c3dc2|f4c2A4A2|B2c2d2d3ed2|g4f2^e3dc2|
f4f2f3ed2|c4B2A4^f2|g3ag2g2d2c2|B6G6||
