Silvery Voe (The)

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 Theme code Index    3315L 6L15L5L
 Also known as    
 Composer/Core Source    Biography:Tom Anderson
 Region    Scotland
 Genre/Style    Shetland/Orkney
 Meter/Rhythm    Air/Lament/Listening Piece
 Key/Tonic of    F
 Accidental    1 flat
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    4/4
 History    SCOTLAND(Shetland/Orkney)
 Structure    AAB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Tom Anderson
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Ringing Strings
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 37
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1983
 Artist    Biography:Tom Anderson
 Title of recording    Shetland Folk Fiddling vol. 2
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    Topic 12TS379
 Year recorded    1978
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 Score   (1)   



X: 1 T: Silvery Voe, The C: Tom Anderson 1966 R: air B: Tom Anderson "Ringing Strings" 1983 N: Learned in 1985 from Ed Pearlman N: Tom Anderson's notes: N: "When the full moon shines down on a Shetland voe in winter the sea appears N: to be shining silver. Composed in the winter of 1966 when driving along N: Weisdale Voe. In the key of F major, as that key to me is always a silver N: colour." From a tape recording of Tom by a student. M: C L: 1/8 F:http://www.john-chambers.us/~jc/music/abc/Shetland/SilveryVoe.abc 2019-08-24 015812 UT K: F C2 \ | "F"A3G F2C2 | "Bb"D2F2 "F"C4 | "Bb"D2 B2 "F"C2 A2 | "Gm"BA GF "C7"G2 C2| "F"A3G F2C2 | "Bb"D2F2 "C7"C3B | "F"A C3 "C7"B,2G2 | "F"F4 F2 :| AB | "F"c3A f3 A | "Bb"B3c/d/ "F"c3A | "Bb"B2 dB "F"A2 cA | "Gm"BA GF "C7"G2 AB | "F"c3A f3 A | "Bb"B2cd "C7"c3B | "F"A C3 "C7"A3 G | "Bb"F3 E "F"FG "(C7)"AB| "F"c3A f3 A | "Bb"B3c/d/ "F"c3A | "Bb"Bd cB "F"Ac BA | "Gm"BA GF "C7"G2 C2 | "F"A3G F2C2 | "Bb"D2F2 "C7"C2B2 | "F"AC3 "C7"B,2G2 | "Bb"F4- "F"F2 |]