Six and Sevens

X: 1
T: Six and Sevens
P: Longways for as many as will
%R: minuet, waltz
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.59
S: 6: CCDM2 http://imslp.org/wiki/The_Compleat_Country_Dancing-Master_(Various) V.2 (46)
Z: 2013 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
N: Repeats added to satisfy the "Each Strain twice" instruction.
N: The versions of the tune and dance in CCDTB and CCDM2 are identical, even the capitalization.
N: The 1st phrase has 13 bars.
M: 3/8
L: 1/16
K: Bb
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% Voice 1 preserves the original line breaks:
V: 1
|:\
BdfdBd | cfAcFA | BdfdBd | c2F2f2 |\
geeccA | fddBBG | eccAAF | fcgcac |\
(fg)=e4 | f4z2 |
fcgcac | (fg)=e4 | f6 :|\
|:\
cFAcfe | dfBdGB | EGcBAG | ^F4d2 |\
gddBBG | eccedc |
(Bc)A4 | G6 | BddggB | AccffA | (GB)BeeB |\
AFBFcF | dFeFfF | BdfdBe | (dc) c3B | B6 :|
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% Voice 2 preserves the original line breaks:
V: 2 clef=bass middle=d
|:\
b4z2 | a4z2 | b4z2 | a4b2 | e2f4 | d2B2z2 |\
A2f2z2 | d2B2z2 | A2f2z2 | d2B2z2 |
d2e2z2 | f2e4 | f6 :|\
|: f4z2 | B4z2 | e2cde2 | d4^f2 | g2b2g2 | ^f2d2g2 |
c2d2D2 | G4z2 |\
B4B2 | f4f2 | g2e2g2 | f2edc2 | B2A2B2 | b4z2 | B2f2F2 | B6 :|
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Alternative sources for this tune:

• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/JohnWalsh/alltunes/1422

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