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Theme code Index
1H1H7b5 643b5
Also known as
Composer/Core Source
Region
Scotland
Genre/Style
Scottish
Meter/Rhythm
Air/Lament/Listening Piece
Key/Tonic of
E
Accidental
1 sharp
Mode
Aeolian (minor)
Time signature
4/4
History
Structure
AABB
Editor/Compiler
Biography:James Aird
Book/Manuscript title
Book:Selection of Scotch English Irish and Foreign Airs vol. 5
Tune and/or Page number
p. 59
Year of publication/Date of MS
1797
Artist
Title of recording
Record label/Catalogue nr.
Year recorded
Media
Score ( )
Western Isle Air (A): Annotations
X: 1
T:Western Isle Air, A
M:C
L:1/8
B:Aird - Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 5 (1801, No. 157, p. 59)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:Emin
"Lively"e2e2 dB B2|cA A2 GA B2|ee e2 dB B2|cA A2 GE E2:|
|:cAAA dB B2|cAAA dB G2|cAAA dB B2|cA A2 GE E2:|
X: 1
T:Western Isles Air,A. RH.474
R:air
S:Rev.R.Harrison's MS,c1815,Cumbria
O:England
A:Temple Sowerby,Cumbria
Z:vmp.Simon Wilson. Review PJH, 2008.
M:C
L:1/8
Q:2/4=75
K:G
e2e2 dBB2|cAA2 GAB2|eee2 dBB2|cAA2 GEE2:|!
|:cAAA dBB2|cAAA dBG2|cAAA dBB2|cAA2 GEE2:|
Western Isle Air (A): Annotations