Lady's Plaything

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 Theme code Index    3322 1133
 Also known as    Lady's Play Thing, Ladies Play Thing (The), General Howe's March
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    England
 Genre/Style    English
 Meter/Rhythm    Country Dance, Jig/Quadrille, March/Marche
 Key/Tonic of    G
 Accidental    1 sharp
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    6/8
 History    
 Structure    AABB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Charles and Samuel Thompson
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances vol. 3
 Tune and/or Page number    No. 73
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1773
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 Score   (1)   




X:2 T:Ladies Play Thing, The M:6/8 L:1/8 B:Thompson's Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 3 (London, 1773) Z:Transcribed and edited by Fynn Titford-Mock, 2007 Z:abc's:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G d/c/|B2B Bcd|A2A A2d|G2G GAB|A3 D2d| dgd BdB|GBG D2c|BcB AGA|G2G G2:| |:d|dBd dBd|e2e e2c|cAc cAc|d2d d2d| BGB BGB|c2c c2c|Bc(d d)cB|(B3 A2)d| dgd BdB|GBG D2c|BcB AGA|G2G G2:||


X:1 T:Lady's Plaything T:General Howe's March M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig S:James Aird - Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 1 (1782, p. 2). K:G d/c/|B2B Bcd|A2A A2d|G2G GAB|B3 A2e| dgd BdB|GBG Ddc|BcB AGA|G2G G2:| |:d|dBd dBd|e2e e2c|cAc cAc|d2d d2c| BGB BGB|c2c cBA|Bcd dcB|B3 A2e| dgd BdB|GBG Ddc|BcB AGA|G2G G3:||


X:1 T:Ladys play thing, The M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig B:James Goodman music manuscript collection, Book 2, p. 4 (mid-19th century) B:http://goodman.itma.ie/volume-two#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=7&z=931.4444%2C1180.7018%2C6748.648%2C2584.8765 N:Copied from James Aird's 1782 volume. Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G d/c/|B2B Bcd|A2A A2d|G2G GAB|B3 A2e| dgd BdB|GBG Ddc|BcB AGA|G2G G2:| |:d|dBd dBd|e2e e2c|cAc cAc|d2d d2c| BGB BGB|c2c cBA|Bcd dcB|B3 A2e| dgd BdB|GBG Ddc|BcB AGA|G2 G G2:|