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Niel Gow's Style.
Found in 149_Niel_Gows_Style.abc
from the John Chambers' music books abc collection
X: 149
T: Niel Gow's Style.
T: Stoileadh Nial Gobha.
R: air, strathspey
B: Simon Fraser's "Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles" 1816 p.70 #2
Z: 2023 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
N: The 2nd strain has initial repeat but no final repeat symbol; not fixed.
M: C
L: 1/8
Q: "Strathspey Style."
K: Bm
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V: 1 staves=2
a |\
f<BTf>e f>BB<a | f>BTf>e {f^g}a>AA<a |\
f<BTf>d {cd}e>c {c}d>B | A>FE<A C>A,A,a ||\
f<BTf>e f>BB<a |
f<BTf>e {f^g}a>AA<a |\
f<BTf>d {cd}e>c {c}d>B | A>FE<A C>A,A, :: C |\
B,/F/B DB F>B,B,<D | B,/F/B DB A>A,A,<C |\
B,/F/B DB F<B{c}d>B |
A>FE<A C>A,A,<E ||\
B,/F/B DB F>B,B,<D | B,/F/B DB A>A,A,<C |\
B,/F/B DB F>Bd<f | a/^g/f/e/ a>e cAA |]
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% Voice 2 preserves the staff layout in the book.
V: 2 clef=bass middle=d
z |\
B2b2 B2b2 | B2b2 A2a2 | B2b2 a2g2 | f2c2 A2A2 || B2b2 B2b2 |
B2b2 A2a2 | B2b2 a2g2 | f2c2 A3 :: z | [B2f2][B2f2] [B2f2][B2f2] | [B2f2][B2f2] [A2c2][A2e2] | [B2f2][B2f2] [B2f2][B2f2] |
d2c2 [A2e2][A2e2] || [B2f2][B2f2] [B2f2][B2f2] | [B2f2][B2f2] [A2c2][A2e2] | [B2f2][B2f2] d2f2 | e2c2 A2a |]
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