the Native Country of the Sprightly Dance.

X: 155
T: the Native Country of the Sprightly Dance.
T: Stradh Spea.   "Strathspey."
R: air, strathspey
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.73 #1
Z: 2023 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
N: Fixed several measures with an "extra 16th-note" by removing a dot.
% dim/cres..endo symbols:
U: p=!crescendo(!
U: P=!crescendo)!
U: Q=!diminuendo(!
U: q=!diminuendo)!
M: C
L: 1/8
Q: "Slow Strathspey Style."
K: Em
% = = = = = = = = = =
V: 1 staves=2
B, |\
!p!.E.E E>F TE>~D B,2 | pG,<G, B,>C {B,}D2 DP(QF/qG/) |\
"_cres".E.E E>F TE>D B, z/d/ | QB<G {FG}A>F (q[E2G,2] E)F |
!p!.E.E E>F TE>~D B,2 | pG,G, B,>C {B,}D2 DP(QF/qG/) |\
.E.E pE>F (G/A/)B/^c/ {c}PHd>=c | QB<G  {FG}A>F q[E2G,2] E :|
B |\
!p!e>Be<f (Te>^d)e<f | d<A {de}Tf>e d2 d>f |\
"_cres"(Te>^d)e>f p(g/a/)b/^c'/ {c'}PHd'>c' |!f!(b/^c'/d') {fg}a>f e2 eg/a/ |
!pp!.[bg].[bg] .[bg]a/g/ .[af].[af] .[af]("_>"f/e/) | "_cres".[fd].[fd] (g/f/a/f/) d2 d(e/f/) |\
!p!(Qg/qe/Qf/qd/ Qe/q^c/Qd/qF/) p(G/A/).B/.^c/ {c}PHd>=c | QB<G {FG}A>F [E2G,2] q[EG,] |]
% = = = = = = = = = =
% Voice 2 preserves the staff layout in the book.
V: 2 clef=bass middle=d
z | E2e2 e2e2 | G2g2 f2d2 | e2e2 e2g2 | b2G2 e2z2 |
E2e2 e2e2 | G2g2 f2d2 | E2e2 g2Hf>f | g2 bB e2 e :| z |
e2e2 g2f2 | d2d2 d2d2 | gfg^d ea Hf>g | g2ab e2z2 |
g2Gz d2d'z | d2a2 d2zf | gfef ef/g/ Hfa | b2B2 e2-e |]
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