Fingalian Air

X: 129
T: Fingalian Air
T: Dan Feinne
R: air, waltz
N: This is version 2, for ABC software that understands cresc/diminuendo symbols.
U: p=!crescendo(!
U: P=!crescendo)!
U: Q=!diminuendo(!
U: q=!diminuendo)!
B: Simon Fraser's "Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles" 1816 p.61 #2
Z: 2024 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
N: The 2nd strain has initial repeat but no final repeat symbol; not fixed.
M: 3/4
L: 1/8
Q: "Very Slow."
K: C	% Ending on Am
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% Voice 1 reformatted (slightly) for 2 10-bar lines, for compactness and proofreading.
V: 1 staves=2
G2 |\
!p! c4 G2 | c4 (c/d/c/B/) | A2 d2 B2 | c4 d>e | "_cres" {e}a4 g2 |\
g>a g2 (Tfe/f/) | {f}e4 pd>Pe | p{e}Pa4 c>d | Qe4 Td2 | qc4 ::
e>d |\
!p! {d}c4 B>A | G4 c>B | A2 d2 TB2 | c4 pd>Pe |"_cres" {e}a4 g2 |\
g>a g2 (Tfe/f/) | {f}e4 pd>Pe | p{e}HPa4 Qe>qd | Qc4 (B1A/B/) | qA4 |]
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% Voice 2 preserves the staff layout in the book.
V: 2 clef=bass middle=d
z2 |!p!\
c4 z2 | c'4 e2 | f4 g2 | c4 z2 |"_cres"f2 a2 c'2 |\
e4 d2 | c4 z2 | f2 a2 ef | g2 g4 | c4 ::
z2 |!p!\
c2 c'2 z2 | c2 c'2 z2 | f4 g2 | c2 c'2 z2 |"_cres"\
f2 a2 c'2 | e4 d2 | c4 Bc | A2 HB2 cd | e2 E4 | A4 |]
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Alternative sources for this tune:

• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/Fraser/AMHSI-abc2/0007
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/Fraser/AMHSI_abc2/0010

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