Annotation:Cymbal (La)

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X:1 T:Cymbal, La M:6/8 L:1/8 N:Drone 'D' throughout the first two parts; N:Drone 'A' for the third part. B:Thompson's Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 3 (London, 1773) Z:Transcribed and edited by Fynn Titford-Mock, 2007 Z:abc's:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D (Ad).d dfd|{f}e2d d2A|(Ad).d dfd|ege d3:| |:Aaa a2A|Bec cdA|Aaa a2A|Bec (cd)A:| |:faf gbe|faf g2e|faf geb|agf f2e| fad' d'c'b|{b}a2a a2e|faf (ag).f|(fe).e e2e| fac' (d'c').b|(ba).a a2e|faf agf|fee e2A||

CYMBAL, LA. AKA and see "Wren (The)." English, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBC. The melody first appears in Charles and Samuel Thompson's third country dance collection (London, 1773). A version turns up in P.M. Haverty's One Hundred Irish Tunes vol. 1 (1858) under the title "Wren (The)," a two-part tune that is cognate with the first and third strains of the Thompson's melody.

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Source for notated version: -

Printed sources : - Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 3), 1773; No. 31.

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