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| Accuracy | Spot checked |
| Depth | Basic |
| Readability | Acceptable |
| Smith's Rant Click on the tune title to see or modify Smith's Rant's annotations. If the link is red you can create them using the form provided.Browse Properties <br/>Browse/:Smith's Rant
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| Theme code Index
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1353 427L5L
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| Also known as
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Cuckoo (The), Cuckow (The), May Day (7), Smith's New Rant
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| Composer/Core Source
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| Region
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England
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| Genre/Style
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English
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| Meter/Rhythm
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Country Dance
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| Key/Tonic of
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F
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| Accidental
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1 sharp
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| Mode
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Ionian (Major)
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| Time signature
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2/2
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| History
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| Structure
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AABB
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| Editor/Compiler
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John Playford
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| Book/Manuscript title
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Dancing Master 3rd edition (supplement)
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| Tune and/or Page number
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p. 119
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| Year of publication/Date of MS
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1765
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| Score (1)
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X: 1
T:Smith's Rant. (p)1657.PLFD1.131
T:Cuckoo. (p)1657.PLFD1.131, The
T:May Day. (p)1657.PLFD1.131
M:C
L:1/8
Q:1/2=70
B:Playford, Dancing Master,3rd Ed.,1657
O:England;London
H:1657.
Z:Chris Partington <www.cpartington.plus>
K:F
F2A>Bc2A2|B>cA>BG2F2|f2e>fg2e2|f>ge>fd2c2:|
|:g2a>ba3(g/f/)|e>fd>e^c2d2|e2d>e f>ga>f|b<ag>fe2f2:|
X:1
T:Smith’s Rant
M:C|
L:1/8
N:”Longways for as many as will.”
B:John Walsh – Complete Country Dancing-Master, Volume the Fourth
B: (London, 1740, No. 73)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:F
F2A>B c2A2|B>c A>BG2F2|f2e>f g2e2|f>g e>f d2c2||
g2a>b a3(g/f/)|e>f d>e ^c2de|f2 d>f g2e>g|a>f b>a g2f2||
