My Wife She's Ta'en the Gee (1)

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 Theme code Index    151H5 7bL246
 Also known as    My Wife has Taken the Gee
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    Scotland
 Genre/Style    Scottish
 Meter/Rhythm    Air/Lament/Listening Piece
 Key/Tonic of    C
 Accidental    1 flat
 Mode    Mixolydian
 Time signature    4/4
 History    
 Structure    AB
 Editor/Compiler    Nathaniel Gow
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Fifth Collection of Strathspey Reels
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 32
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1809
 Artist    
 Title of recording    
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    
 Year recorded    
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Tune annotations


X:1
T:My wife she's ta'en the Gee
M:C
L:1/8
R:Air
N:"Slowly and Disctinctly"
B:Gow - Fifth Collection of Strathspey Reels (1809)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companoin
K:C
G|CGGE cGG(A|_B)DDE F3 A/=B/|cGG(B c)GGF|TE>D C/D/E/F/ G3 A|
T_B>cdc ~B>cBG|F<D_B>D F3 A/=B/|c>Ad>B ~c>_BAF|G<c TE>F [B3G3]||
G|G<c TE>F ~G>A A/(G/F/)_E/|(D<_B) D>=E ~F3 E/F/|G<c TE>F TG>A GA/F/|E<c TE>F G3 A|
T_B>cdc ~B>cBG|(F<D) (_B>D) F3 A/=B/|c>A d>B ~c>_B AF|(G<A) TE>F G3||
X:1
T:My Wife She's Ta'en the Gee
M:C|
L:1/8
N:"Old"
R:Strathspey
B: Köhler's Violin Repository, Book 2, 1881-1885; p. 135
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:C
A|c<(GG>E) c<G(G>A)|(_B>DD>E F3 A/=B/|c<(GG>B) c<G(G>F)|(E>D) .C/.D/.E/.F/ G3A|
._B>.c(dc) B>c(BG)|F<D(_B>D) F3 A/=B/|(c>A)(d>B) (c>_B) (c>_B)(AF)|(G<c) (E>F) G3||
G|(G<c) (E>F) (G>A) A/G/F/_E/|D<_B (D>=E) F3 E/F/|(G<c) (E>F) (G>A) (GA/F/)|(E<c) (E>F) G3A|
._B>.c(d.>c) B>c(B>G)|F<D (_B>D) F3 A/=B/|(c>A)(d>B) (c>_B)(A>G)|(G<A) (E>F G2||!D.C.!


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