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Picking of Sticks

Found in ABC.txt from the Colin Hume abc collection
Picking of Sticks - staff notation
X:1065
T:Picking of Sticks
T:Lavena
C:John Playford, 1651
M:6/8
R:Jig
L:1/8
Q:3/8=120
K:Dm
%%MIDI program 66       % Tenor Sax
%%MIDI chordprog 67     % Baritone Sax
%%MIDI control 10 10    % Leftish
V:1
[| d | [I: MIDI=gchord zzczzc] "Dm"d2d "A7"^c>=Bc | "Dm"d2d A2A | "Bb"d2d "A7"^c>=Bc | "Dm"d3 A2_B |
"Gm"B>dc "C7"B>cB | "F"A>BA "A7"G>FE | "Dm"F>GA "Gm"G>AF | "A7"E3 "Dm"D2 |]
V:2 treble
%%MIDI program 68       % Oboe
%%MIDI control 10 110   % Rightish
[| z | FGA GAG | FEF FEF | FGF GAG | FGA F3 |
D3 E3 | F3 ^C3 | D3 D3 | ^C3 D2 |]
V:3 bass octave=-2
%%MIDI program 58       % Tuba
V:3
[| z | d3 A3 | d3 c3 | B3 A3 | d3 D3 |
G3 c3 | F3 E3 | D3 G3 | A3 D2 |]
N:Replace by blank line and X field
T:Picking of Sticks: Original tune
C:John Playford, 1686
M:6/8
R:Jig
L:1/8
S:Colin Hume's website,  colinhume.com  - chords can also be printed below the stave.
N:Sharp uses the tune Lavena.  This version of the original tune is from the
N:7th Edition of 1686 and is more interesting than that in the first Edition.
Q:3/8=120
K:Gmix
V:1
K:Gmix
G | "G"B>cd d>cd | "Am"c2A A2A | "Dm"A>Bc c>dc | "G"B2G G2G |\
"Em"B>cd d>ed | "Dm"f2A A2A | "G"B>cd "Dm"d>ef | "G"g2G G2 |]
V:2 treble
K:Gmix
z | D3 F3 | E6 | F3 A3 | D6 |\
G3 E3 | A3 D3 | D3 F3 | B3 D2 |]
V:3 bass octave=-2
V:3
z | G3 B3 | A3 c3 | D3 F3 | G3 B3 |\
E3 G3 | D3 F3 | G3 D3 | G3 G2 |]

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