My Love is fixed upon her

X: 167
T: My Love is fixed upon her
T: Tha mo ghoal air a nighean
R: air, strathspey
N: This is version 1, for ABC software that doesn't understand dim/crescendo symbols.
B: Simon Fraser's "Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles" 1816 p.78 #2
Z: 2022 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
N: Adjusted length of final notes, to fix the rhythm of repeats.
M: C
L: 1/8
Q: "Slow & Tender."
K: Bm
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% Voice 1 reformatted for 2 6-bar lines, for compactness and proofreading.
V: 1 staves=2
F !segno!|:!p!\
B>c d2 "_>.."(Tc>B)"_>.."(dA) | F>G A2 A<a"_>.."(Tfe) |\
"_cres"d>ef>e {Bc}d>c(B<F) | {FG}"_>.."A>G"_>.."F>^E "_<..."F>^A H[B2D2] :|\
!p!~B>cd<f c>B(dA) |"_cres"F>GA<a {fg}a>g"_>.."(Tfe) |
!p!d>eTf>e {Bc}d>c(B<F) | {FG}"_>.."A>G"_>.."(F>^E) "<..."F<^A HB2 |]\
!p!~B>cd<f c>B(dA) |"_cres"F>GA<a {fg}a>g"_>.."(fe) |\
"_<"{f}Hd'>B"^_Exp."(AG) f>B(AG) | Ff "_>.."(ed) "_>..."(cd) H[B2D2] |]
% = = = = = = = = = =
% Voice 2 preserves the staff layout in the book.
V: 2 clef=bass middle=d
z !segno!|:!p!\
B2b2 ^a2f2 | d2d'2 c'2d'c' |"_cres"b2ag fed2 | d2e2 f2HB2 :|
!p!B2b2 ^a2f2 |"_cres"d2d'2 c'2a2 |!p! b2^a2 bc'd'2 | d2e2 f2HB2 |]
!p!b2B2 ^a2f2 |"_cres"d2d'2 c'2a2 | Hf2"_Exp."d2 g2fe | d2e2 f2HB2 |]
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Alternative sources for this tune:

• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/Fraser/AMHSI-abc1/0047
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/Fraser/AMHSI_abc1/0049
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/Fraser/AMHSI_abc2/0068

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