New Year's Eve. (p)1687.PLFD1.283

X:283
T:New Year's Eve. (p)1687.PLFD1.283
A:England; London
M:6/4
L:1/4
Q:3/4=70
B:Playford, Dancing Master,7th Ed,1st Supp,1687.
O:
N:"Tune the bass string to a 4th (ie tune the G string of a violin to
N:A.This means that notes below D sound a tone higher than written.See
N:also nos.287 and 442.
H:1687.
Z:Chris Partington <www.cpartington.plus>
K:D
"Scordatura"[A,DAe]||:D|DA2A2B|(AF)DB,2A,|(B,E)EE2D|(B,E)Ed>fe/d/|
cAGAdF|Ec2d2:||:F/G/|A(G/F/E/D/)G>AB|A(G/F/E/D/)G>AB|
ef2d2c|dB2A2B/c/|d>cBA(G/F/E/D/)|EG,B,C2:|

Alternative sources for this tune:

• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/Playford/New_Years_Eve_1687_PLFD1_283_CP/0000

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