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Niel Gow's Lament for the Death of his Brother

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Niel Gow's Lament for the Death of his Brother - staff notation
X: 2183
T: Niel Gow's Lament for the Death of his Brother
C: Niel Gow
%R: air, jig
B: Niel Gow & Sons "A Second Collection of Strathspey Reels, etc." v.2 p.18 #3
Z: 2022 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
Q: "Slow"
K: Em
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% Voice 1 reformatted for 3 8-bar lines.
V: 1 staves=2
TE/D/ |\
B,EE TEDE | TFEF {F}d2B | AFA dB/^c/d/B/ | AFD D2 TE/D/ ||\
B,EE TEDE | TFEF He2B | TB>AG TA>GF | BGE TE2 :|
(3(B/^c/^d/) |\
eBe/f/ {ef}g>fe | def Tg2f/e/ | {^cde}d>^cB AFd/B/ | AFD D2 (3(B/^c/^d/) ||\
eBe/f/ {ef}gfe | def Tg2f/e/ | {^cde}d>^cB AFA | BGE TE2 ||
(3(B/^c/^d/) |\
eBe/f/ {ef}gfe | def Tg2f/e/ | {^cde}d>^cB AFd/B/ | AFD D2TE/D/ ||\
B,EE TEDE | TFEF He2 d | TB>AG TA>GF | BGE TE2 |]
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% Voice 2 preserves the staff layout in the book.
V: 2 clef=bass middle=d
z | e3 e3 | e3 f2g | d3 f2g | f3 d2z || e3 e3 | f3 Hg2a | b3 B3 | e3 E2 :|
z | e3 e3 | bc'a b2e |f2g dfg | d'3 d2z || e3 e3 | b2a g3 | g3 a3 |
g3 e2 || z |\
e3 e3 | bc'a b2g | f2g dfg | d'3 d2z | e3 e3 | f3 Hg2a | b3 B3 | e3 e2 |]

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