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Theme code Index
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51H65 671H3H
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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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Air/Lament/Listening Piece, Country Dance
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Key/Tonic of
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G
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Accidental
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1 sharp
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Mode
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Ionian (Major)
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Time signature
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2/4
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History
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Structure
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AABBCCDD
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Editor/Compiler
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James Aird
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Book/Manuscript title
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Selection of Scotch English Irish and Foreign Airs vol. 3
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Tune and/or Page number
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No. 514, p. 197
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Year of publication/Date of MS
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1788
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Artist
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Title of recording
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Score ()
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X:1
T:Foreign Air, A
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Air or Country Dance
B:James Aird – Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 3 (Glasgow, 1788, No. 514, p. 197)
N:”Humbly dedicated to the Volunteers and Defensive Bands of Great Britain and Ireland”
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
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d2 gf/e/|e2 de|dcBA|G2 G2:|
|:Bc dc/B/|AB cB/A/|Bd dc/B/|A2D2|
dd dc/B/|eg g2|dBcA|G2G2:|
|:gd Td>c/2d/4|ge e2|egfa|g2 b2|
Gd Td>c/2d/4|ge Te2|dB cB/A/|G2G2:|
|:dgfa|gbac’|bd’ d’c’/b/|a2d2|
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