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Theme code Index
1H55H5H 5H4H2H2H
Also known as
Composer/Core Source
Region
United States
Genre/Style
Contra
Meter/Rhythm
Country Dance
Key/Tonic of
C
Accidental
NONE
Mode
Ionian (Major)
Time signature
6/8
History
Structure
AABBAA
Editor/Compiler
Biography:Ed Harding
Book/Manuscript title
Book:Harding's All-Round Collection
Tune and/or Page number
No. 47, p. 14
Year of publication/Date of MS
1905
Artist
Title of recording
Record label/Catalogue nr.
Year recorded
Media
Score ( )
BY THE LIGHT OF THE MOON . American?, Country Dance (6/8 time). C Major ('A' part) & G Major ('B' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB.
Printed source: Hardings All Round Collection , 1905; No. 47, p. 14.
X:1
T:By the Light of the Moon
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Country Dance
B:Harding's All-Round Collection, No. 47 (1905)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:C
G|:c2c Gce|g2g g2e|gfd fec|dfe d2G|c2c Gce|
g2g g2e|d2a g2f|e2c c2::B/c/|d2G G2e|d2G G2g|
^fed def|dgb d2 B/c/|d2G G2e|d2G G2g|^fed def|gde =fAB:||
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