Old Bachelor

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 Theme code Index    1H7b65 3b622
 Also known as    Old Batchelor
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    England
 Genre/Style    English
 Meter/Rhythm    Country Dance, Jig/Quadrille
 Key/Tonic of    G
 Accidental    2 flats
 Mode    Aeolian (minor)
 Time signature    6/4
 History    
 Structure    AAB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Henry Playford
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Dancing Master 9th edition
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 165
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1695
 Artist    
 Title of recording    
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    
 Year recorded    
 Media    
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Old Bachelor: Annotations


X:1
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T:Old Batchelor
M:6/4
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:Henry Playford - Dancing Master, 9th edition (1695)
K:Gmin
d2|g3a g2 f3e d2|e6 d2e2f2|B3c d2 e3d c2|(A6 A4) A2|
d3e d2 c3BA2|B3c d2 G4e2|e2d4 d3ec2|(d6 d4):||
a2|^f3=ed2 a4d2|(g6 g4)a2|b3a g2f4e2|(d6 d3)e f2|
f3g f2 d2B2G2|c3dc2 A2F2c2|f3gf2 d3cB2|B4f2 b4d2|
e4g2 a3ba2|^f3=e d2 g4d2|e3d c2 B3AG2|(G6 G4)||
X:1
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T:Old Batchelor
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. 85)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Gmin
d2|g3ag2 f3ed2|e6d2e2f2|B3cd2 e3dc2|(A6A4)A2|
d3ed2 c3BA2|B3c d2 G4e2|e2d4d3ec2|(d6d4)||a2|
^f3^ed2a4d2|(g6g4) a2|b3ag2 f4e2|(d6d3)de2|
f3gf2 (d2B2)G2|c3d c2 (A2F2)c2|f3gf2d3cB2|B4f2b4d2|
e4g2a3ba2|^f3^ed2g4d2|e3dc2B3AG2|(G6G4)||

Old Bachelor: Annotations