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Cairn Gorum Mountain.
Found in AMHSI-abc1.abc
from the John Chambers' music books abc collection
X: 154
T: Cairn Gorum Mountain.
T: N' carn gorm.
R: air, jig
N: This is version 1, for ABC software that doesn't understand cresc/diminuendo symbols.
B: Simon Fraser's "Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles" 1816 p.72 #2
Z: 2023 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
N: The 2nd strain has initial repeat but no final repeat symbol; not fixed.
N: || used to mark start of 2nd B part; the book has no such markup.
M: 6/8
L: 1/16
Q: "Slowly & Pointedly."
K: Em % and G
% = = = = = = = = = =
% Voice 1 reformatted for 3 8-bar lines, for compactness and proofreading; the book has 6,6,7,5-bar lines.
V: 1 staves=2
(3(GFE) |!p!\
D2B,2D2 D2B,2D2 | D2B,2C2 {B,}D4("_<.."G>F) | (E2G2F2) TE3(DEF) | G3AB2 B4("_>"AG) |\
"_cres"A2B2d2 e3f{ef}ge | d2B2G2 G3(ABc) | B2e2d2 TB3~AB2 | "_>...."G2E2E2 [E4G,4] ::
(Bc)|!p!\
~d3ed2 d2B2d2 | e3ge2 e4("_>.."dc) | B4(AG) "_>..."g2(f2e2) | B4(TA2 {GA}G4)(ef) |\
g3fe2 (e2d2)B2 | (d2B2)A2 TB4G2 | A2B2d2 (Te3^de2) | G2E2E2 E4 ||
("_<.."Bc) |\
"_cres"~d3ed2 Td3Bd2 | Td3Bd2 {^c}d4(gf) |!f!(e2g2)f2 (Te3~de)f |\
{ef}"_>...."g4Tf2 {ef}e4g2 | ("_<........"G3A/B/c/d/e/f/ Hg4) ("_>.."fe) |\
d2B2A2 "_<...."G3A(Bc) | TB2(cB)AB G2E2D2 | [E4G,4][F2A,2] H[G4B,4] |]
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% Voice 2 preserves the staff layout in the book.
V: 2 clef=bass middle=d
z2 |
G4g2 G4g2 | G4g2 G4z2 | c4c'2 c4c'2 | b2a2g2 d4z2 | c4B2 c2d2e2 | g4a2 b4a2 |
g4a2 b4B2 | e6 E4 :: z2 |!p! G4g2 G4g2 | c4c'2 c4c'2 | G4g2 B4c2 | d2d'2c'2 b4z2 |
b4c'2 g6 | f4d2 g4b2 | c'4b2 c'4c2 | b4B2 e4 || z2 | G4g2 G4g2 | G4g2 G4g2 |!f!c4c'2 c4c'2 |
b4B2 e4z2 | g6 HG4z2 | g4d2 e4c2 | d4D2 G4B2 | c2A2d2 HG4 |]
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