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Theme code Index
1H51H0 3H1H4H0
Also known as
Composer/Core Source
Region
Ireland
Genre/Style
Irish
Meter/Rhythm
Air/Lament/Listening Piece
Key/Tonic of
D
Accidental
2 sharps
Mode
Ionian (Major)
Time signature
6/8
History
Structure
One part
Editor/Compiler
Biography:James Manson
Book/Manuscript title
Book:Hamilton's Universal Tune Book vol. 2
Tune and/or Page number
p. 41
Year of publication/Date of MS
1846
Artist
Title of recording
Record label/Catalogue nr.
Year recorded
Media
Score
X:1
T:Capten Magan
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Air
B:Neal – Collection of the Most Celebrated Irish Tunes (1724, 11a)
K:Gmin
G>AG Bcd|c>AB ^F>GA|B/c/dB cA^F|GDB, G,B,D:|
|:d>ed d>cB|c>dc c2c|d^e^f gd^f|g3 g2 ^f/g/|
af/g/a gd/e/^f|cA/B/c F>GA|B/c/dB cA^F|G/G/GG G/G/GG:|]
X:1
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T:Captain Megan
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:”Irish air.”
Q:"Jig time."
B:Manson – Hamilton’s Universal Tune Book, vol. 2 (1846, p. 41)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
f/>e/|d>BA A>Bd|d3 z2 a/>g/|f>ed d>ef|!fermata!g3 z2G|G>AG g2 f/g/|
a>gf !fermata!e2 d/e/|fdB ABd|f2d {f}!fermata!e2 d/e/|fdB ABd|(d3 d2)||
