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Theme code Index
3b21 111
Also known as
Composer/Core Source
Region
Scotland
Genre/Style
Scottish
Meter/Rhythm
Air/Lament/Listening Piece
Key/Tonic of
G
Accidental
2 flats
Mode
Aeolian (minor)
Time signature
3/4
History
Structure
AABB
Editor/Compiler
Biography:James Oswald
Book/Manuscript title
Book:Caledonian Pocket Companion Book 8
Tune and/or Page number
p. 19
Year of publication/Date of MS
1760
Artist
Title of recording
Record label/Catalogue nr.
Year recorded
Media
Score ( )
X:1
T:McDonogh’s Lamentation
M:3/4
L:1/8
R:Air
N:”Slow”
B:Oswald – Caledonian Pocket Companion, Book 8 (1760, p. 19)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Gmin
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(dc)(de)(fd)|c2 (BA)(GF)|F4 (GA)|B2 (AG) (ga)|g4 a2|
b2a2 ga|{g}f4 (d>c)|B2B2 (Bc)|{B}A2A2 (Bc)|d2G2 (GA)|G4:|
|:(GF)|D2G2 (GA)|G4 (GF)|D2B2 (Bc)|B4 T(A>G)|F2f2 (fg)|
(gf)(ed)(cB)|g2 f>d (c/d/f)|d4 (dc)|B4 b>B|{B}A4 (Bc)|(dc)(d=e)(fg)|
{g}^f4 (b/a/g/=f/)|d2d2 (de)|{B}A2A2 (B>c)|{c}d2G2 (G>A)|G4:|]