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Macdonald Lord of the Isles.
Found in AMHSI-abc2.abc
from the John Chambers' music books abc collection
X: 217
T: Macdonald Lord of the Isles.
T: Mad Dhonaill Mor nan Eillan.
R: air, minuet, waltz
N: This is version 2, for ABC software that understands cres/diminuendo symbols.
B: Simon Fraser's "Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles" p.99 #2
Z: 2022 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
% dim/cres..endo symbols:
U: p=!crescendo(!
U: P=!crescendo)!
U: Q=!diminuendo(!
U: q=!diminuendo)!
M: 3/4
L: 1/8
Q: "Slow pathetic & Expressive"
K: Cm
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% Voice 1 reformatted for 2 12-bar lines, for compactness and proofreading.
V: 1 staves=2
G |\
!p!c>e d2 zG | c<e d2 zg | e3"_dim"d (c/e/d/c/) | B2 G2 zc ||\
B>A G2 c2 | B>A G2 B2 | pG>^F G2 Pe2 | Q{e}d2 qc2 z :| !p!d |\
"_cres"~e>f g2 bg | Tf>e d3 g | "_dim"e3 d (c/e/d/c/) | B2 G2 zc ||
"_cres"B>A G2 c2 | BA G2 B2 | pG>^F G2 Pe2 | Q{e}d2 qc2 zd ||\
!p!~e>f "_cres"g2 bg | Tf>e d2 gf | e3 d (c/e/d/c/) | B2G2 zD ||\
"_Exp"E>F G2 =A2 | B>A HG2 B2 | pG>^F G2 Pe2 | Q{e}d2 qc2 z |]
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% Voice 2 preserves the staff layout in the book.
V: 2 clef=bass middle=d
z |\
c2 =B2 G2 | c2 =b2 g2 | c'2 b2 a2 | g2 e2 a2 ||\
g2 e2 a2 | g2 e2 d2 | e2 d2 c2 | g2 c2 z :| z | E2 e2 g2 | A2 a2 g2 |
c'2 b2 a2 | g4 a2 || e4 a2 | e4 d2 | e2 d2 c2 | g2 c2 z2 ||\
E2 e2 g2 | a2 b2 =b2 | a2 b2 a2 | g2 e2 =B2 ||\
C4 c2 | B2 He2 d2 | e2 d2 c2 | g2 c2 z |]
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