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 Theme code Index    3542H 3H71H1H
 Also known as    
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    England
 Genre/Style    English
 Meter/Rhythm    Jig/Quadrille
 Key/Tonic of    F
 Accidental    1 flat
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    6/4
 History    
 Structure    AB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Henry Playford
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Dancing Master Part II (supplement to the 9th edition)
 Tune and/or Page number    
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1696
 Artist    
 Title of recording    
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    
 Year recorded    
 Media    
 Score   ()   


Tune annotations



X:1
T:Black Bess
M:6/4
L:1/8
N:”Longways for as many as will.”
B:John Walsh – Complete Country Dancing-Master, Volume the Fourth
B: (London, 1740, No. 134)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:F
c2|(A2F2)A2 c4f2|(B2G2)d2 g4a2|(b2d2) g2 (e2c2)f2|f4e2 f4||
c'|(a2f2d2) b4a2|(g2e2c2) g4a2|(f2d2)g2 (e2c2)d2|(^BG2)^B2 c4_B2|
A2F2A2 (c2f2)A2|(B2G2)B2 (d2g2)a2|(b2d2)g2 (e2c2)a2|f4e2 f4||

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