The Major with Variations

X: 461
T: The Major with Variations
O: Irish
R: jig
B: John Macpherson Mulhollan "A Selection of Irish and Scots Tunes" 1816 p.46 #1
Z: 2023 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
N: There's a rhythm problem caused by the initial d pickup note; not fixed.
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: A
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V: 1 staves=2
d | cBA AcA | AcA Bcd | cBA ecA | dBG Bcd :: c2e eca | fcf ece | c2e ece | fga Bcd :|
% = = = = = = = = = =
V: 2 clef=bass middle=d
g | a3 a3 | a3 g3 | a3 a3 | g3 g3 :: a3 a3 | d3 a3 | a3 A3 | d3 g3 :|
% = = = = = = = = = =
P: Variations:
V: 1
"^1"|: cBA a3 | cAc Bcd | cBA a>gf/e/ | dBG Bcd :: cBA A2A | A2A Bcd | cBA a>gf/e/ | dBG Bcd :|
"^2"|: c2e eag | fgf efe | ded B=gf | g2B Bcd :: a2e f2d | e2c Bcd | ae=g fdf | =gfg Bcd :|
"^3"|: cBA AaA | AaA Bcd | cBA a>gf/e/ dBG Bcd :: c2e efg | aga aga | aga aga | =g2B Bcd :|
"^4"|: cde ef=g | fga gfe | cde ef=g | f2B Bcd :: ecA ecA | ecA Bcd | ecA ecA | dBG GBd :|
"^5"|: c2A AcA cAc Bcd | c2A AcA | dBG Bcd :: c2e eca | eca eca | c2e ece | =gfg Bcd :|
"^6"|: c2e ec=g | f/^g/af gea | c2e ec=g | fef Bcd :: cBA a2a | cBA a2a | cBA =g2g | gfg Bcd :|
"^7"|: acA ecA | AcA Bcd | acA =ge/f/g | dB^G Bcd :: cBA ABA | ABA Bcd | cBA ABA | dBG Bcd :|
"^8"|: cBA e3 | cBA a3 | cBA =g3 | dBG Bcd :: cAe cAd | cAe cAd | cAe cA=g | dBG Bcd :|
"^9"|: cBA ecA | acA ecA | cBA ecA | =gBG Bcd :: e3 e3 | e3 Bcd | e3 f3 | g3 Bcd :|
"^10"|: e2e a2a | =g3 f3 | e3 d3 | =g2G Bcd :: e2e a2a | =g2g f2f | e2e d2d | =g2^G Bcd :|

Alternative sources for this tune:

• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/JohnMacphersonMulhollan/IaST-abc2/0011

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