The North Side of the Grampains

X: 194
T: The North Side of the Grampains
T: Taogh' Tuadh nan Garbh bheann
N: Yes, they did misspell "Grampians".
R: strathspey, air
B: Simon Fraser's "Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles" 1816 p.90 #2
Z: 2022 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
N: Added repeats to 1st bar lines to fix the rhythm.
N: The end measures are also full, so it should probably have a "D.S." symbol to skip over the initial pickup note.
M: C
L: 1/8
Q: "Strathspey Style"
K: C
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% Voice 1 reformatted for 2 6-bar lines, for compactness and proofreading.
V: 1 staves=2
F |:\
E>F{EF}G>A G<EE<c | (E/F/G) G<c c<e Td2 |\
E>F {EF}G>A G<EE>G | F>DB,<G, B,/C/D T[F2B,2] :|\
{f}e>c e/f/g e<cc>f | e<ce>f e/f/g f/g/a |
{f}e>c e/f/g e<cc>e | f>dB<G B/c/d Tf2 ||\
{f}e>c e/f/g e<cc>f | e<ce>f e/f/g f/g/a |\
(3.g.f.e (3.d.c.B (3.c.B.A (3.G.F.E | F>DB,<G, B,/C/D T[F2B,2] |]
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% Voice 2 preserves the staff layout in the book.
V: 2 clef=bass middle=d
z |:\
[c'2c2][c'2c2] [c'2c2][c'2c2] | [c'2c2][c'2c2] [c'2c2][g2G2] |\
[c'2c2][c'2c2] [c'2c2][c'2c2] | g2G2 g2[d2G2] :|
[c'2c2][c'2c2] [c'2c2][c'2c2] | [c'2c2][c'2c2] [c'2c2][c'2f2] |\
[c'2c2][c'2c2] [c'2c2][c'2c2] | [g2G2][g2G2] [g2G2][g2G2] ||
[c'2c2][c'2c2] [c'2c2][c'2c2] | [c'2c2][c'2c2] [c'2c2][c'2f2] |\
c2d2 e2c2 | g2G2 g2G2 |]
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Alternative sources for this tune:

• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/Fraser/AMHSI-abc2/0075
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/Fraser/AMHSI_abc1/0077
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/Fraser/AMHSI_abc2/0110

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