Banks o' Forth (The)

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Theme code Index	1351H 3H3H53
Also known as
Composer/Core Source	Biography:James Oswald
Region	Scotland
Genre/Style	Scottish
Meter/Rhythm	Air/Lament/Listening Piece
Key/Tonic of	D
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	4/4
History
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	William McGibbon
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Scots Tunes Book 2
Tune and/or Page number	p. 45
Year of publication/Date of MS	c. 1746
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<abc float="left"> X:1 T:The Banks of Forth M:C L:1/8 R:Air N:"Slow" S:McGibbon - Scots Tunes, book II, pg. 45 (c. 1746) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D (F>E) | D2 (F>G) A2 (d>e) | f>g (f/e/)(d/c/) B3d | A2 (B>c/2d/4) (B/A/)(G/F/) "tr"ED | G>A (B/A/)(G/F/) E2 (F>E) | D2 (F>G) A2 (d>e) | f>g (f/e/)(d/c/) B3c | de f(^g/a/) ({f}e3) d/c/ | (Bc/d/) "tr"B>A A2 :: A2 | (dc)(de) (f/g/)(f/g/) ac | "tr"BABc d3F | (GF)(GA) B(gf) ed | c(d/e/) (d/c/)"tr"(B/A/) A3A | (BGB)d (AF)(DF) | GB e(f/g/) ({d}c3)A | B/(d/c/B/) (A/G/)(F/E/) D2 ({f/g/}a)(g/f/) | e(f/g/) (f/e/)(d/c/) d2 :||

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BANKS O' FORTH, THE. Scottish, Air (4/4 time). D Major. Standard. AABB. The air, referring to the Firth of Forth, was composed by Edinburgh dancing master, singer, and composer James Oswald (b. 1711) and published in his Curious Collection of Scots Tunes. Oswald left for London in 1741 where he continued to compose and publish.

Printed sources: McGibbon (Scots Tunes, book II), c. 1746; pg. 45. Neil (The Scots Fiddle), 1991; No. 9, pg. 11.

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