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Theme code Index
551H5 5522
Also known as
Air by Peacock
Composer/Core Source
John Peacock
Region
England
Genre/Style
Northumbrian/Borders
Meter/Rhythm
Jig/Quadrille
Key/Tonic of
G
Accidental
1 sharp
Mode
Ionian (Major)
Time signature
6/8
History
ENGLAND(North East)
Structure
AABB
Editor/Compiler
Biography:J. Collingwood Bruce & John Stokoe
Book/Manuscript title
Book:Northumbrian Minstrelsy
Tune and/or Page number
p. 174
Year of publication/Date of MS
1882
Artist
Title of recording
Record label/Catalogue nr.
Year recorded
Media
Score ( )
X:1
T:Peacock's Tune
M:6/8
L:1/8
S:Bruce & Stokoe – Northumbrian Minstrelsy (1882)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
B/c/|d>ed d>cB|gfg d2 B/c/|d>ed dcB|AAA A2 B/c/|
d>ed d>cB|gfg d2c|Bcd BcA|GGG G2:|
|:G/A/|BAB cBc|dcd ede|fef gdB|AAA A2 d/c/|
BAB cBc|def g2 f/e/|dec BcA|GGG G2:|]
X:1
T:Peacock’s Tune
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
B:Cocks - Tutor for the Northumbrian Half-Long Bagpipes (1925, No. 23, p. 13)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:A
c/d/|e>fe {a}e>dc|aga e2 c/d/|e>fe {a}edc|BcB {e}B2 c/d/|
e>fe {a}e>dc|aga e2d|cde cdB|ABA {e}A2:|
|:A/B/|cBc dcd|ede fef|gfg aec|BcB {e}B2 e/d/|
cBc dcd|efg !fermata!a2 g/f/|efd cdc|ABA {e}A2:|]