Annotation:Union Pipe Gavotte

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X:1 T:Union Pipe Gavotte M:C L:1/8 R:Gavotte S:O’Farrell – Pocket Companion, vol. II (c. 1806) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G d | g2 b/a/g/f/ gG Bd | gdad bb/a/ g>b | a/b/a/b/ g/a/g/a/ (f/g)(f/e/) (d/e/)(f/g/) | a/b/a/b/ g/a/g/a/ (f/g/)(f/e/) (d/e/)(f/g/) | addd bd de/f/ | g2f2 ec df/g/ | a2 ba/g/ f/e/d/c/ dg | f2 Te2 d3 :: d | gagf ec c f/g/ | abag fd d g/a/ | bc'ba ge e>{a}b | c'2b2a3d | gb ba/g/ faad | gb ba/g/ f/g/a/b/ ad | e/g/f/g/ d/g/f/g/ c/g/f/g/ Bd | g2f2ed ec' | b2a2g3B | ce ed/c/ BddG | ce ed/c/ B/A/G/F/ G>c | B2A2G3 :|]



UNION PIPE GAVOTTE. Irish (?), Gavotte. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. ‘Union pipe’ refers to what are now better-known as the uilleann pipes, although the term seems to have been common in O’Farrell’s day (late 18th century).

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Printed sources : - O’Farrell (Pocket Companion, vol. II), c. 1806; p. 116.

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