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Theme code Index
31H42H 3H72H5
Also known as
Composer/Core Source
Region
England
Genre/Style
English
Meter/Rhythm
Country Dance, Jig/Quadrille
Key/Tonic of
D
Accidental
2 sharps
Mode
Ionian (Major)
Time signature
6/8
History
Structure
AABB
Editor/Compiler
Biography:James Aird
Book/Manuscript title
Book:Selection of Scotch English Irish and Foreign Airs vol. 2
Tune and/or Page number
No. 142, p. 52
Year of publication/Date of MS
1785
Artist
Title of recording
Record label/Catalogue nr.
Year recorded
Media
Score
Little Skirmish: Annotations
X:1
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T:Little Skirmish
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:Aird, vol. II (1785)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:D
G | F2A d2A | G2B e2g | fed c2d | ecA A2G |
F2A d2A | G2B e2g | fed edc | d3 d2 :|
|: f/g/ | a2a a2g | f2f f2e | d2d dcd | ecA A2 f/g/ |
a2a a2g | f2f f2e | d2d edc | d3 d2 :|
X:1
%
T:Little Skirmish
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:John Rook music manuscript collection (Waverton, Cumbria, 1840, p. 157)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G|F2A d2A|G2B e2g|fed c2d|ecA A2G|
F2A d2A|G2B e2g|fed edc|d3 d2:|
|:f/g/|a2a a2g|f2f f2e|d2d dcd|ecA A2f/g/|
a2a a2g|f2f f2e|d2d edc|d3 d2:|]
Little Skirmish: Annotations
