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Theme code Index
51H65 671H3H
Also known as
Composer/Core Source
Region
England
Genre/Style
English
Meter/Rhythm
Air/Lament/Listening Piece, Country Dance
Key/Tonic of
G
Accidental
1 sharp
Mode
Ionian (Major)
Time signature
2/4
History
Structure
AABBCCDD
Editor/Compiler
Biography:James Aird
Book/Manuscript title
Book:Selection of Scotch English Irish and Foreign Airs vol. 3
Tune and/or Page number
No. 514, p. 197
Year of publication/Date of MS
1788
Artist
Title of recording
Record label/Catalogue nr.
Year recorded
Media
Score
X:1
T:Foreign Air, A
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Air or Country Dance
B:James Aird – Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 3 (Glasgow, 1788, No. 514, p. 197)
N:”Humbly dedicated to the Volunteers and Defensive Bands of Great Britain and Ireland”
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
d2 g/f/e/d/|e2 dd|egfa|g2b2|
d2 gf/e/|e2 de|dcBA|G2 G2:|
|:Bc dc/B/|AB cB/A/|Bd dc/B/|A2D2|
dd dc/B/|eg g2|dBcA|G2G2:|
|:gd Td>c/2d/4|ge e2|egfa|g2 b2|
Gd Td>c/2d/4|ge Te2|dB cB/A/|G2G2:|
|:dgfa|gbac’|bd’ d’c’/b/|a2d2|
egfa|gbac’|bd’ d’/c’/b/a/|g2 G2:|]
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