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The Beauty of the North
Found in AMHSI_abc1.abc
from the John Chambers' music books abc collection
X: 181
T: The Beauty of the North
T: Mais' an toabh Tuadh
R: air, strathspey
B: Simon Fraser's "Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles" 1816 p.84 #2
Z: 2022 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
M: C
L: 1/16
Q: "Strathspey Style."
K: Eb
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% Voice 1 reformatted for 2 6-bar lines, for compactness and proofreading.
V: 1 staves=2
E2 |\
G,E3TE3F G3ABc3 | CC3 TF3E DB,3 B,4 |\
G,E3TE3F G3ABg3 | f3d (ed).c.B {d}e4-e2 :|\
g2 |\
{d}e3gBg3 eg3b3g | {g}a3g{g}f3e dB3Bg3 |
eg3Bg3 efga bg3 | {g}a3f (ef).c.B {d}e4 e2f2 ||\
ge3BG3 eB3GE3 | {G}A3GF3E DB,3B,4 |\
G,E3EA3 Ge3 Bg3 | f3d (ed).c.B {d}e4-e2 |]
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% Voice 2 preserves the staff layout in the book.
V: 2 clef=bass middle=d
z2 | E4e4 E4e4 | A4=A4 B4B,4 | E4e4 E4e4 | a4b4 e4-e2 :| z2 |
E4e4 E4e4 | a4=a4 b4B4 | E4e4 E4e4 | a4b4 e4A4 || E4e4 E4e4 |
A4=A4 B4B,4 | E4e4 E4e4 | a4b4 e4-e2 |]
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