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Macpherson of Strathmashy.
Found in AMHSI_abc1.abc
from the John Chambers' music books abc collection
X: 216
T: Macpherson of Strathmashy.
T: Stradh-maisidh.
R: air, strathspey
N: This is version 1, for ABC software that doesn't understand crescendo symbols.
B: Simon Fraser's "Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles" p.99 #1
Z: 2022 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
M: C
L: 1/8
Q: "Slow Strathspey Style"
K: Cm % Starts with Eb, Ab chords, then cadences on Cm.
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% (Voice 1 reformatted for _ _-bar lines, for compactness and proofreading.)
% Voice 1 not reformatted here, though the spacing isn't very even.
V: 1 staves=2
e |\
!p!B>G{EF}G>F E>CC<E | B,>G,E>G, B,3e | !f!B<G {EF}G>F E>CC<E | =B,<G,{^F}G>B, C2C<e ||\
!p!B>G{EF}G>E E>CC<E |
B,<G,E>G, B,3e | !f!B<G{EF}G>F E>CD<G | =B,<G,{^F}G>B, C2-C |]|\
G | !p!c>d{d}e>^f g>GG>=A | B<eG>_A {A}B2B(e/d/) | !f!c>d{d}e>^f g>GGz/c/ |
G<c {=Bc}d<B c2cd || !p!~e>fg>e f<db>d | B<G{G}e>G B2Ba | "_Exp"g>f{d}e>d c>de>g | G<c {=Bc}e>B c2c |]
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% Voice 2 preserves the staff layout in the book.
V: 2 clef=bass middle=d
z |\
E2e2 A2a2 | E2e2 E2e2 | E2e2 A2a2 | G2g2 [C2c2]z2 || E2e2 A2a2 |
E2e2 E2e2 | E2e2 c2=B2 | G2g2 c2-c |]| z | c2c'2 =B2bz | g2e2 d2B2 | c2c'2 =B2c2 |
e2g2 c3a || g2e2 B2b2 | E2e2 B2[B2f2] | e2g2 a2g2 | G2g2 c2c |]
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