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Sandy is my only Love.
Found in 133=Sandy_is_my_only_Love.abc2.abc
from the John Chambers' music books abc collection
X: 133
T: Sandy is my only Love.
T: Alastair m'ansachd.
R: air
N: This is version 2, for ABC software that understands cresc/diminuendo symbols.
B: Simon Fraser's "Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles" 1816 p.63 #3
Z: 2024 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
% dim/cres..endo symbols:
U: p=!crescendo(!
U: P=!crescendo)!
U: Q=!diminuendo(!
U: q=!diminuendo)!
M: 3/4
L: 1/8
Q: "Very Slow"
K: F
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% Voice 1 reformatted for 2 12-bar lines, for compactness and better spacing.
V: 1 staves=2
(F>G) |!p!\
{F}A4 f>A | (TG2 [F2A,2]) d>e | f2 d2 d>c | (Qc2 qA)z (A>B) ||\
"^cres"[c4A4] (e/d/)(c/B/) | {AB}Qc2 qFz pa>Pg | f2 A<fTc>B | (QA2 qD)z :|\
(f>g) |!p!\
a4 (b/a/)(g/f/) | g2 f2 c2 | {c}d3 f (Qdc) | {d}q[c6A6] ||
"_cres"c2 d2 f2 | g4 (f>g) | a3 g f>c | {c}d4 f>g ||\
!f! a2 (ba)gf | g2 (ag)fe | f2 (df)e>c | {c}A4 (f>e) ||!p!\
"_dim"d4 c>B | Q{F}A4 (GqF) | pF2 a2 Pg(f/g/) | (Q[g2B2] q[f2A2]) |]
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% Voice 2 preserves the staff layout in the book.
V: 2 clef=bass middle=d
z2 |!p!|f2 a2 f2 | c2 d2 B2 | A2 B2 b2 | a2 f2 z2 || "^cres"f2 a2 b2 | a4 z2 | f2 d2 fg | aA d z :| z2 |
!p!F2 f2 ga | b2 a2 f2 | b2 B2 b2 | a2 f2 a2 ||"_cres" [a2f2] b2 a2 | b4 ag | f2 g2 a2 | b4 ag ||!f! f2 d'c'ba | b2 c'bag |
a2 b2 c'2 | f4 z2 ||!p! "_dim"b2 B2 e2 | f2 F2 z2 | AB c2 C2 | c2 [f2F2] |]
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