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Theme code Index
1H2H1H1H 3H5H2H5
Also known as
Composer/Core Source
Region
England
Genre/Style
English
Meter/Rhythm
Jig/Quadrille
Key/Tonic of
D
Accidental
2 sharps
Mode
Ionian (Major)
Time signature
6/8
History
Structure
AABB
Editor/Compiler
Biography:John Hinton
Book/Manuscript title
Book:The Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure
Tune and/or Page number
p. 150
Year of publication/Date of MS
1759
Artist
Title of recording
Record label/Catalogue nr.
Year recorded
Media
Score ( )
X:1
T:Seymour’s Whim
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Country Dance Tune
B:Hinton – Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure (1759, p. 150)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
B/c/|dAd edc|d2d d2e|fga agf|ecA A2 B/c/|
Dcd ed |d2d d2e|fga ba^g|(a3 a2):|
|:a|aAa agf|g2g g2g|gGg gfe|f2f f2e|
dAd eAe|fAf gab|agf edc|d3 D2:|]
X:1
T:Seymour's Whim
M:6/8
L:1/8
B:Thompson’s Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 2 (London, 1765)
Z:Transcribed and edited by Fynn Titford-Mock, 2007
Z:abc’s:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
B/c/|dAd edc|d2d d2e|fga agf|ecA A2 B/c/|
dcd edc|d2d d2e|fga ba^g|(a3 a2):|
|:a|aAa agf|g2g g2g|gGg gfe|f2f f2e|
dAd eAe|fAf gab|agf edc|d3 D2:||