Foreign Air (A)

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 Theme code Index    51H65 671H3H
 Also known as    
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    England
 Genre/Style    English
 Meter/Rhythm    Air/Lament/Listening Piece, Country Dance
 Key/Tonic of    G
 Accidental    1 sharp
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    2/4
 History    
 Structure    AABBCCDD
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:James Aird
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Selection of Scotch English Irish and Foreign Airs vol. 3
 Tune and/or Page number    No. 514, p. 197
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1788
 Artist    
 Title of recording    
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    
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 Score   (1)   




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 d2 g/f/e/d/|e2 dd|egfa|g2b2|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|egfa|gbac'|bd' d'/c'/b/a/|g2 G2:|]