Portmore

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Theme code Index	553 137bL
Also known as
Composer/Core Source
Region	Scotland
Genre/Style	Shetland/Orkney
Meter/Rhythm	Air/Lament/Listening Piece
Key/Tonic of	E
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Aeolian (minor)
Time signature	3/4
History
Structure	One part
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Anne Gilchrist & E.A. White
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Journal of the English Folk Dance and Song Society, Book:vol. 3, Book:No. 4
Tune and/or Page number	p. 245
Year of publication/Date of MS	Dec., 1939
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Score (1)

Portmore: Annotations

X:1 T:Portmore T:My Heart's in the Highlands O:Aberdeenshire M:3/4 L:1/8 R:Air Q:"Briskly" B:William Christie Jr. - Traditional Ballad Airs, vol. 2 (1881, pp. 180-181) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:Emin (G>A)|B2 (B>A) (G>F)|E2G2 (D>B,)|(A,>B,) D2 (F>E)|E3 z (G>A)|{G}B2 (B>A) (G>F)| E2G2 (D>B,)|(A,>B,) (F>E)|E2 z2 (G>A)|B2B2 (B>A)|A4 {A}(G>F)|G2d2 (G>B)| {B}d3z (B>d)|e3-dBA|G2E2 D>B,|(A,>B,) D2 (F>E)|E3 z|| P:Chorus: (E>D)|D2E2 (G>A)|B2B2 {B}(A>G)|G2d2 (G>B)|{B}d3 z B>d|e2 (d>c)(BA)| G2E2 (D>B,)|(A,>B,) D2 (F>E)|E3z (G>E)|D2E2 (G>A)|B4 {B}(A>G)| G2d2 (GB)|d3z B>d|e2 {fe}(dc)(BA)|G2E2 (D>B,)|(A,>B,) (D>E) (F>E)| E3 z||

X:1 T:Portmore T:Fairy King T:My Heart's in the Highlands O:Orkney, M:3/4 L:1/8 R:Air S:Colonel David Balfour B:Anne Gilchrist & E.A. White, "Ancient Orkney Melodies" (JEFDSS, vol. 3, No. 4, Dec. 1939) K:Amin AB|c2c2 c>A|B2B2 B^G|A3=G ED|E4 cd| e2e2e2|d2c3d|e2e2e2|d4 cd| e2e2 e>c|d2c2B2|e>c B2 AG|E4 E2| c2c2 c>A|B2B2 B^G|A3-=G E>D|{D}E4||

Portmore: Annotations