My Bonny Brunette.

X: 138
T: My Bonny Brunette.
T: Ho ro mo nighean donn bhoidheach.
R: strathspey
N: This is version 2, for ABC software that understands cres/diminuendo symbols.
B: Simon Fraser's "Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles" 1816 p.66 #1
Z: 2024 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
% dim/cres..endo symbols:
U: p=!crescendo(!
U: P=!crescendo)!
U: Q=!diminuendo(!
U: q=!diminuendo)!
N: The book has repeats only in V:1 (melody), and none at the end. Repeat however you like.
M: C
L: 1/8
Q: "Moderate."
K: Em
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% Voice 1 reformatted for _ _-bar lines, for compactness and proofreading.
V: 1 staves=2
c |!p!\
T.B>ATG>F ([E2G,2]E)>F | pG>AB>^c dBPBQ(g/qf/) | eB-B^G A2- A(B/c/) | QB>qAQG>qF H[E3G,3] c ||!p!\
TB>ATG>F ([E2G,2]E)>F | pG>AB>^c dBPBQ(g/qf/) | eB-B^G A2-A(B/c/) | QB>qAQG>qF H[E3G,3] ::
!p!B | "_cres."e>f {ef}g>f eBTB>~^d | e(f/g/) f>^d e2(=dc) | pB>GA>B g>fe(f/Pg/) | "_Exp."eB-B^G A2-A(B/c/) ||!p!\
TB>ATG>F [E3G,3]F | pG>AB>^c dBPBQ(g/qf/) | eB-B^G A2-AB/c/ | QB>qAQG>qF H[E3G,3] :|
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% Voice 2 preserves the staff layout in the book.
V: 2 clef=bass middle=d
z |!p!\
e2B2 e2c'2 | b>ag2 f2g2 | e2g2 a=gf2 | g>ab>B He3 e ||!p!e2B2 e2c'2 |
b>ag2 f2g2 | e2b2 agf2 | g>abB He3 :: !p!z | "_cres."e2b2 g2f2 | e2a2 g2f2 | g2f2 e2g2 |
"_Exp"G2e2 agf2 ||!p! g>abB e3c' | b>ag2 f2g2- | g2b2 c'2a2 | g>abB H[e3E3] :|
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Alternative sources for this tune:

• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/Fraser/AMHSI-abc2/0016
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/Fraser/AMHSI_abc2/0023

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