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SHORT AND SWEET

Found in 13_ShortAndSweet.abc from the John Chambers' music books abc collection
SHORT AND SWEET - staff notation
X: 13
T: SHORT AND SWEET
C: from The Gordian Knot Untyed by Henry Purcell
M: 6/4
L: 1/4
Z: 2011 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
B: Thomas Bray's Country Dances 1699 p.32
N: Duple minor longways
N: The header says "AA B", but the B part has repeats. The dance is 24 bars, so AA BB is correct.
N: The actual melody, Lilliburlero, is in the bass line.
P: AA BB ad lib.
Q: 3/4=88 "smoothly"
K: G
%----------------------------------------
% V:1 arranged to give fewer, longer staff lines.
V: 1
"A"|:\
gde dGg | ga/g/f e2", "a |\
a/g/fb adg | g2f g3 "B"::\
dBd BdB | AdA GdF |
GAB cBA | GAB cBA |\
B2c def | gfe d=fe |\
c2B c/B/AG | G2F G3 :|
%----------------------------------------
V: 2
|: B,2B, D2D | C2C E2", "E | D2D DEF | CB,A, B,2D :|
|: B,2A, B,2D | D2D D2D | D2G EDF | GFG EDC |
   B,2E D3 | B,2E G3 | GFG AED | CB,A, B,3 :|
%----------------------------------------
V: 3 clef=bass middle=d
|: "G"G2G B2B | "Am"A>BA c3 | "Bm"B/c/d"G"G "Am"c2"G"B | "Am"A2"D"D "G"G3 :|
|: "G"g2"D"f "G"g2d | "Dm"=f2f "Em"e2"D"d | "Em"e"D"^f"G"g g2"D"d | "Em"e"D"d"G"B "Am"A3 |
   "E"ed"C"c "G"Bcd | "Em"ed"C"c "G"Bcd | "C"e"D"d"G"G "Am"c2"G"B | "Am"A2"D"D "G"G3 :|

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