Fir Tree (The)

Tune annotations

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X:1
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T:Fir Tree (The)
M:
L:1/8
S:William Vickers' 1770 music manuscript collection (Northumberland)
K:D
A/G/|F2 DB/c/ d>AB>G|E2 CA/B/ cGEA|F2 DB/c/ dABG|FDAc d2d:|
|:f|d/d/d fd gefd|e/e/e ge gece|d>ef>g a>ba>f|geaf d/d/d df|
d/d/d fd gefd|e/e/e gege cf/g/|a>fg>e f>de>c|BAdA FDD:||

X:1
%
T:Fir Tree, The
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
B:Cumming - Collection of Strathspey or Old Highland Reels (1782, No. 2, p. 1)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:D
A|TF2 DB/c/ d>(BB>G)|TE2 CA/B/ =c>GE>A|TF2 DB/c/ d>AB>G|
TF2 DB/c/ d>Ad>G|TF2 DB/c/ d/c/B/A/ B/A/G/F/|TE2 CA/B/ =c>GE>A|
TF2 DB/c/ d>AB>G|F2 D2 d>d d||f|d/d/d f>d g>e f>e|
ee/e/ g>e g>ec>e|d>ef>g a>ba>f|g>ea>g f>ed>f|d/d/ f>d g>ef>d|
e/e/e g>e g>e =cf/g/|a>fg>e f>d e>c|B/A/B/c/ d/c/B/A/ F>E D||

X:1
%
T:Fir Tree, The
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
Q:"Slowly"
B:Davie's Caledonian Repository (Aberdeen, 1829-30, p. 5)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
A/|{G}F2 DB/c/ d>A=c>G|{=F}E2 =C>E c>GE>G|{G}^F2 DB/^c/ d>AB>G|
{G}F2 DB/c/ d/c/B/A/ d<f|{G}F2 DB/c/ d>A=c>G|{=F}E2 =C>E c>GE>G|
D>E^F>G A>dA>F|G>EA>G F<D D>||f|d/d/d f>d g>ef>d e/e/e f>d g>e=c>e|
d/d/d f>d g>ef>d|e/e/e a>g f<dd>f|d/d/d f>d (g>e)f>d|
e/e/e f>d (g>e)=c>e|d>ef>g a>ba>f|g>e a/g/f/e/ f<d d|]

X:1
%
T:Fir Tree, The
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
S:MacDonald - Skye Collection  (1887)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:D
A|F2 DB/c/ d>A=c>G|E2 =C>E =c>GE>A|F2 DB/c/ d>AG>A|
F2 DB/c/ e/d/B/A/ d>f|F2 DB/c/ d>A=c>G|E2 =C>E =c>GE>G|
D>EF>G A<d A>F|G<E A>G FDD||f|d/d/d f>d g>ef>d|
e/e/e fd>g>e=ce|d/d/d f>d g>ef>d|e/e/e ~a>g f>d d<f|
d/d/d f>d g>ef>d|e/e/e f>d g>e=ce|d>ef>g a>ba>f|g>e a/g/f/e/ fdd||

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