The Isle of Aigas.

X: 214
T: The Isle of Aigas.
T: Eillan Aigaish.
R: air, jig
N: This is version 1, for ABC software that doesn't understand cres/diminuendo symbols or trailing grace notes.
B: Simon Fraser's "Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles" p.98 #1
Z: 2022 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
M: 6/8
L: 1/16
Q: "Slowly & Pointedly"
K: Cm
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% Voice 1 reformatted for 3 8-bar lines, for compactness and proofreading.
V: 1 staves=2
c>d |\
!p!{c2d2}e2c2G2 G4{F2G2}G>F | E2C2(C=B,2/) C4_B,2 |\
"_cres"C2F2=E2 F3(EFG/A/) | G2c2=B2 c4c>d ||\
!p!{c2d2}e2c2G2 (G4TF=E/F/) | _E3FGe {e}d4g2 |\
(ed)c=Bcd c2G2(FD) | E3FTD2 {CD}C4 :|
F2 |\
!f![c6E6] [d6G6] | !p!e3f(ed) c2.G2.G2 |\
!pp!(e2d2)c2 G4{EF}GF | E2C2(C=B,) C4zG ||\
!f![c6E6] [d6G6] | !p!g2e2f2 {e}d4f2 |\
"_dim"(ed)c=Bcd c2(G2FD) | E3FTD2 {CD}C4 ||
G2 |\
!f![c6E6] [d6G6] | !p!e3f(ed) c2.G2.G2 |\
!f!g2f2e2 d2c2=B2 | a2f2e2 {e}d4zG ||\
!p!c4{d}e2 d2=B2G2 | !f![c3E3]d(ef) g4Hc'2 |\
!p!(ag)fed=B c2(G2FD) | E4TD2 {CD} C4 |]
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% Voice 2 preserves the staff layout in the book.
V: 2 clef=bass middle=d
z2 | !p!c'2g2e2 c4=B2 | c2e2g2 c4z2 | "_cres"a4g2 a2g2f2 | g4G2 c4z2 || !p!c'2g2e2 c4=B2 | c2d2e2 f4z2 |
"_dim"g4f2 e4f2 | g4G2 c4 :| z2 | !f!c2e2g2 =B2d2g2 | !p!c4d2 e6 | !pp! c4d2 e4f2 | g4G2 c4z2 ||
!f!c2e2g2 =B2d2g2 | !p!=B2c2d2 g4z2 | "_dim"g4f2 e4f2 | g4G2 c4 || z2 | !f!c2e2g2 =B2d2g2 | !p!c4d2 e6 | !f!c2d2e2 f6 |
f4^f2 g4z2 || !p!c2e2g2 =B2d2g2 | !f!e2d2c2 =B4Hz2 | !p!f6 e4f2 | g4G2 c4 |]
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Alternative sources for this tune:

• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/Fraser/AMHSI_abc1/0097
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/Fraser/AMHSI_abc2/0143

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