Gorthlecks Highland Plaid

X: 231
T: Gorthlecks Highland Plaid
T: Breachdan ur Fhir Ghortaleic
P: Strathspey Style.
B: Simon Fraser's "Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles" p.104 #231
Z: 2022 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
N: Add
M: C
L: 1/8
K: E
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% Voice 1 reformatted for 4 6-bar lines.
V: 1 staves=2
B |\
E<E TB>A G>FE<c | ~=d>AA<d A<DTF2 |\
E<E TB>A G>FE>a | g>ef>d e/e/e e :|g |\
e/f/g/a/ be Tg>eg<g | a>gf>e =d>ef<a |
e/f/g/a/ b>e g>eb>a | Tg>ef<g e/e/e e2 ||\
B<bb>a Tg>ee<g | a>gf>e =d>efg/a/ |\
b>ga>f g>ef<d | B<ag>f e/e/e e2 |]
[|\
E<E TBA G>FE>c | ~=d>AA<d A<DTF2 |\
EE B>A G>FE>a | g>ef>d e/e/e e :: b |\
(a/g/)f/e/ b>e g>eb<e | f/e/=d/c/ a<d b>da>d |
a/g/f/e/ b>eg>e b>a | g>ef<g e/e/e e2 ||\
B<bb>a Tg>ee<g | a>gf>e =d>efg/a/ |\
b>ga>f g>ef>d | B<aTg>f e/e/e e |]
% = = = = = = = = = =
% Voice 2 preserves the staff layout in the book.
V: 2 clef=bass middle=d
z | [e2E2][e2E2] [e2E2][e2E2] | [=d2F2][d2F2] [d2F2][d2F2] | [e2E2][e2E2] [e2E2][e2E2] | b2B2 e2E :| z |
[e'2e2][e'2e2][e'2e2][e'2e2] | [=d'2=d2][d'2d2] [d'2d2][d'2d2] | [e'2e2][e'2e2] [e'2e2][e'2e2] |
b2B2 e2E2 || E2e2 e2e2 | =d2=d2 d2d2 | e2f2 g2a2 | b2B2 e2E2  |][|\
[e2E2][e2E2] [e2E2][e2E2] | [=d2F2][d2F2] [d2F2][d2F2] | [e2E2][e2E2] [e2E2][e2E2] | b2B2 e2E :: z |
[e'2e2][e'2e2] [e'2e2][e'2e2] | [=d'2=d2][d'2d2] [d'2d2][d'2d2] | e2e2 e2e2 | b2B2 e2E2 ||\
E2e2 e2e2 | =d2d2 d2d2 | e2f2 g2a2 | b2B2 e2E |]

Alternative sources for this tune:

• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/Fraser/AMHSI-abc1/0114
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/Fraser/AMHSI-abc2/0114
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/Fraser/AMHSI_abc1/0116
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/Fraser/AMHSI_abc2/0173

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