Bess the Gawkie

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 Theme code Index    5553 51H55
 Also known as    
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    Scotland
 Genre/Style    Scottish
 Meter/Rhythm    Air/Lament/Listening Piece
 Key/Tonic of    F
 Accidental    1 flat
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    4/4
 History    
 Structure    AABB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:James Manson
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Hamilton's Universal Tune Book vol. 1
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 157
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1853
 Artist    
 Title of recording    
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    
 Year recorded    
 Media    
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Bess the Gawkie: Annotations



X:1
T:Bess the Gawkie
M:C
L:1/8
N:”Scottish Air—Old Set”
B:Manson – Hamilton’s Universal Tune Book vol. 1 (1853, p. 157)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion 
K:F
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c2f2c2 (A>B)|c2 (f>g) a2 F2|A2c2 b2a2|{f}g4 f2z2:|
|:(fg)(ag) (fg)(ag)|(fagf) (e>fg)c|g3f (fe)(ed)|(dc) (cd/e/) f2 zf|
(fa)(gf) f3f|(fa)(gf) (f>g)(aF)|A2c2 b2a2|{a}g4 f2z2:|]

Bess the Gawkie: Annotations