Pretty Betsy

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 Theme code Index    51H47L 511H5
 Also known as    Pretty Bettsey
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    England
 Genre/Style    English
 Meter/Rhythm    Country Dance, Jig/Quadrille
 Key/Tonic of    F
 Accidental    1 flat
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    6/8
 History    
 Structure    AABB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Charles and Samuel Thompson
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Twenty Four Country Dances for the year 1767
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 35
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1767
 Artist    
 Title of recording    
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    
 Year recorded    
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Pretty Betsy: Annotations



X:79
T:Pretty Bettsey [sic]
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:F
cAc (f/g/a)c|BGF (E/F/G)C|cAE Fag|fed c3:|
|:cga bgc|afc Tg3|Bdg gfe|dcB {B}A3|
cA_E (D/E/F)B,|dBF (=E/F/G)C|FCA, B,dc|BAG [A,3F3]:||

Pretty Betsy: Annotations