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1135 1135
Also known as
Composer/Core Source
Region
Scotland
Genre/Style
Scottish
Meter/Rhythm
Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of
A
Accidental
3 sharps
Mode
Ionian (Major)
Time signature
2/2
History
Structure
AA'B
Editor/Compiler
Simon Fraser
Book/Manuscript title
Book:The Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles
Tune and/or Page number
No. 100, p. 38
Year of publication/Date of MS
1816
Artist
Title of recording
Record label/Catalogue nr.
Year recorded
Media
Score ( )
X:1
T:Merry May the Pair Be
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:Stewart-Robertson - The Athole Collection (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:A
A2Aa cAec|A2Aa cAea|1 A2Aa cAec|
dBBc defa:||2 A2Aa cABG|AB,B,C DEFG||
AAGA FAED|CA,EA, FA,EG|AAGA FAEC|DB,B,C DEFG|
AAGA FAED|CA,EA, FA,Ed|cAeA aAec|dBfB bBfa||