America with the Minuet

X: 73
T: America with the Minuet
T: Longways for as many as will.
%R: march, reel
B: Daniel Wright "Wright's Compleat Collection of Celebrated Country Dances" 1740 p.37
S: http://library.efdss.org/cgi-bin/dancebooks.cgi
Z: 2014 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
N: Repeats modified to match the "First Strain twice" instruction under the first strain.
M: C|
L: 1/8
K: Dm
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A2 |\
"_First Strain twice"\
d2D2 F2A2 | B2(AG) A2c2 |\
(fe)(dc) (BA)(GF) | F6 :|\
"_2d Strain once"c2 |\
G2B2 A2d2 | A2(A/B/c) =B2AG |
c3d e2dc | c6 e2 |\
f2d2 e2^c2 | d2=B2 ^c2A2 |\
d3e f2ed | d6 |]
M:3/4	% The book has just "3"
[|"_Minuet"\
fed2f2 | e2a2A2 |\
d2e2f2 | edefe2 |\
fed2f2 | e2a2A2 |\
d2e2^c2 | d6 |]
agf2a2 | g2c'2c2 |\
f2g2a2 | gfgag2 |\
agf2a2 | g2c'2c2 |\
f2g2e2 | "^D C"e4 |]
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Alternative sources for this tune:

• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/Vintage/minuet/America_with_the_Minuet_DW_1740-Dm-60-4/0000
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/minuet/America_with_the_Minuet_DW_1740-Dm-60-4/0000
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/DanielWright/CCCCD/073_America_with_the_Minuet/0000
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/DanielWright/CCCCD/CCCCD/0147

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