tune page
Twenty Four Country Dances for the Year 1805
Found in 000_Title.abc
from the John Chambers' music books abc collection
The abc for this tune contains background information but no music.
X: 000 T: Twenty Four Country Dances for the Year 1805 Z: 2014 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu> B: Thompson & Son, "Twenty Four Country Dances for the Year 1805", London 1805 F: http://www.vwml.org/browse/browse-collections-dance-tune-books/browse-thompsons1805# K: % %begintext align % % Transcription notes: % % The tunes aren't numbered, but the pages are, so files names are of the form PPN_Title.abc, where % % PP is the page number and N is the tune/dance number on the page (1 or 2). % % Many abbreviations use small superscript letters with a dot underneath. % % Common terms like "1st", "2d" and "3d" are transcribed without the dots. % % Uncommon abbreviations include the ".", to set off the letter(s) printed as a superscript. % % Some abbreviations are indicated by a ":", e.g. "Gent:" for Gentleman; these are transcribed as-is. % % The original staff breaks are ignored, and the music is formatted to (mostly) have 4 or 8 bars per line. % % The lines are joined into staffs to look good at a small scale, but you may want to reformat the staffs. % % The dance descriptions are mostly transcribed with the original line breaks, but this isn't significant. % %endtext