THE SCOTCH MEASURE

X: 18
T: THE SCOTCH MEASURE
C: from Amphitryon by Henry Purcell
%R: reel, Scotch measure
M: C|
L: 1/8
Z: 2011 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
B: Thomas Bray's Country Dances 1699 p.42
N: Duple minor longways
P: AA BB ad lib.
Q: 1/2=76 "with poise"
K: F
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% V:1 arranged to give fewer, longer staff lines.
V: 1
"A"|:\
F3 A (FA) (cA) | F2 f2 d3 ", "e |\
(fd) (fd) (cA) (cA) | G2 g2 e3 ", "e |\
f3 g (ga) (gf) |
(ab) (ag) c3 ", "f |\
(df) (ba) (ge) (ce) | f2 a2 f4 :|\
"B"|:\
c'2 a2 (fa) (ba) | g2 e2 (ce) (fe) |
(fd) (cB) (Ac) (dc) | d2 g2 e3 ", "e |\
(eg) ag ab ag | (df) (gf) (ga) (gf) |\
(cd) (_ed) (cA) (cG) | A2 F2 F4 :|
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V: 2
|: A,2 C2 F2 C2 | F2 A2 B2 FE | D2 F2 A2 F2 | E2 D2 E2 G2 |
F2 C2 C2 FE | E2 FE F2 c2 | B2 GF EG EG | A2 c2 A4 :|
|: A2 c2 A2 F2 | E2 G2 E2 G2 | F2 G2 A2 BA | G2 B2 G2 E2 |
E2 FE FG FE | D2 ED C2 A,2 | F2 F2 =E2 E2 | F2 C2 A,4 :|
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V: 3 clef=bass middle=d
|: "F"f4 F4 | "F"A2F2 "Bb"B4 | "Bb"b4 "F"f4 | "C"c'2"G"=b2 "C"c'd'c'_b |
"F"abag f2F2 | "Gm"G4 "F"A4 | "Bb"B4 "C"c4 | "F"F8 :|
|: "F"f4 F4 | "C"c6 c2 | "Dm"d2e2 "F"f2F2 | "Gm"B2G2 "C"c4 |
"C"c'4 "Gm"g2G2 | "Bb"B2b2 "F"f2F2 | "F"A2"Bb"B2 "C"c2C2 | "F"F4- F4 :|
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Alternative sources for this tune:

• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/ThomasBraysCountryDances1699/tunes/0036

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