Scotch Contention

X: 1
T: Scotch Contention
P: Longways for as many as will.
C:
%R: strathspey, hornpipe
B: "Caledonian Country Dances" printed by John Walsh for John Johnson, London
S: 1: CCDTB http://imslp.org/wiki/Caledonian_Country_Dances_with_a_Thorough_Bass_(Various) p.35
Z: 2013 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
N: Rhythms corrected in the last bars of the bass voice; all were d4.
N: A few long beams broken, to match modern beaming practice and improve readability.
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
K: D
V: 1
f | d>ef>g | d>BA>d | B>de>g | E/E/E E>g | d>ef>g | d>BA>d | B.e A>F | D/D/DD |]
B | A>DA>F | A>DA>F | B>EB>G | c>EB>G | A>DA>F | (AB)(df) | (dB)(AF) | D/D/DD |]
e | a>ba>f | a>ba>f | (ge)(be) | (ge)(be) | a>ba>f | a>ba>f | g>ea>f | d/d/dd |]
V: 2 clef=bass middle=d
z | d'2 d2 | g2 f2 | g2 e2 | e4 | f2 d2 | g2 f2 | g2 f>a | d3 |]
z | d2 z2 | d2 z2 | g2 z2 | a2 g2 |f2 d2 | D4 | e2 ea | d3 |]
z | f2 a2 | d'2 d2 | e2 g2 | e2 g2 | f2 a2 | d'2 d2 | e2 fa | d3 |]
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• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/JohnWalsh/alltunes/1386

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