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 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.73 #1
Z: 2023 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
N: Fixed several measures with an "extra 16th-note" by removing a dot.
M: C
L: 1/8
Q: "Slow Strathspey Style."
K: Em
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V: 1 staves=2
B, |\
!p!.E.E E>F TE>~D B,2 | "_cresc..."G,<G, B,>C {B,}D2 D("_<"F/G/) |\
"_cres".E.E E>F TE>D B, z/d/ | "_dim..."B<G {FG}A>F ([E2G,2] E)F |
!p!.E.E E>F TE>~D B,2 | "_cresc..."G,G, B,>C {B,}D2 D("_<"F/G/) |\
.E.E E>F "_cres"(G/A/)B/^c/ {c}Hd>=c | "_dim"B<G  {FG}A>F [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 "_cresc..."(g/a/)b/^c'/ {c'}Hd'>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!("_>"g/e/"_>"f/d/ "_>"e/^c/"_>"d/F/) "_cresc..."(G/A/).B/.^c/ {c}Hd>=c | "_dim...."B<G {FG}A>F [E2G,2] [EG,] |]
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% 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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Alternative sources for this tune:

• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/Fraser/AMHSI_abc1/0037
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/Fraser/AMHSI_abc2/0050

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