The Sound of War from the Glen.

X: 218
T: The Sound of War from the Glen.
T: Tha Tairm ann sa Ghleann.
R: air
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 #3
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: 1/16
Q: "Slow & wildly expressive."
K: Cm
% = = = = = = = = = =
% Voice 1 reformatted for _ _-bar lines, for compactness and proofreading.
V: 1 staves=2
G2 |\
!p!(Tc2=Bc) {e}d4 z2G2 | {d}e3c dG3 z2G2 | "_cres"(Tc2=Bc) {e}d4 z2e2 | Q{e}d3qc Q=BqG3 z2G2 ||\
!p!(Tc2=Bc) {e}d4 z2G2 | {d}e3c dG3 z2G2 | p(Tc2=Bc) {e}d4 Pz2Hg2 | Q{e}d3qc Q=BqG3 z2 |]
_B2 |\
!p!{A}G2FE D4 z2(ED) | !f!(E2=B,C) D4 z3_B | !p!{A}G2FE D4 z2E2 | QD3qC Q=B,qG,3  z2_B2 ||\
!p!{A}G2FE D4 z2(ED) | !f!(E2=B,C) D4 z3_B | !p!{A}G2FE D4 pz2HPg2 | Q{e}d3qc Q=BqG3 z2 |]
% = = = = = = = = = =
% Voice 2 preserves the staff layout in the book.
V: 2 clef=bass middle=d
z2 |\
!p!c4 =B4 G4 | c4 g4 G4 | c4 f4 ^f4 | =f3^f g4 G4  ||\
!p!c4 =B4 G4 | c4 g4 G4 | c4 f4 H[c4e4] | f3^f g4 G2 |] z2 |
!p!e4 B4 G4 | !f!A4 [G4=B4] z4 | !p!e4 f4 ^f4 | g4 G4 z4 ||\
!p!e4 B4 G4 | !f!A4 [G4=B4] z4 | !p!e4 f4 H[c4e4] | f3^f [g4G4] z2 |]
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Alternative sources for this tune:

• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/Fraser/AMHSI_abc2/0151

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