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Weavers Triumph
Found in AMHSI_abc1.abc
from the John Chambers' music books abc collection
X: 203
T: Weavers Triumph
T: Tha bhuaidh aig on fhioghdair
R: jig
B: Simon Fraser's "Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles" 1816 p.94 #2
Z: 2022 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
N: The book has the first note of every beat in the bass part doubled an octave higher; not transcribed here.
N: The 2nd strain has a final repeat but no initial repeat; not fixed.
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
Q: "Dance & Song."
K: Bb
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% Voice 1 reformatted for 3 8-bar lines, for compactness and proofreading.
V: 1 staves=2
d !segno!|:\
TB2F- FDF | FDF FDF | ~F2G B2c | d2f edc || TB2G- G^FG G^FG G^FG | ~G2A B2c | d2f edc :|
{fga}b2B Tf2e | d2B fdB | {fga}b2B Tf2e | d2B fdB || {ga}b2c Tg2c | {d}e2c gec | {ga}b2c Tg2c | {d}e2c gec ||
{fa}b2B Tf2e | Td2B fdB | {ga}b2B Tf2e | d2B fdB || bag fed | edc dcB | BAG FED | d2f edc !segno!:|
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% Voice 2 preserves the staff layout in the book.
V: 2 clef=bass middle=d
z !segno!|:\
Bdf Bdf | Bdf Bdf | Bdf Bdf | Bdf Acf || Beg Beg | Beg Beg | Bdf Bdf | Bdf Acf :|
Bfb Bfb | Bfb Bfb | Bfb Bfb | Bfb Bfb || ceg ceg | ceg ceg | ceg ceg | ceg ceg || Bfb Bfb |
Bfb Bfb | Bfb Bfb | Bfb Bfb || Beg Bdf | Acf Bdf | Beg Bdf | B3 fga :|
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