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X: 1 T:Saraband [1], The M:6/8 L:1/8 K:G afa ggg|fdf e2A|cde fga|gaf g2f| afa ggg|fdf e2A|cde fga|gaf g2f|| ccc c>BA|agf e2A|cde fga|g a/g/f/g e2 d| ccc c>BA|agf e2A|cde fga|g a/g/f/g e2d||

SARABAND, THE. English, Country Dance Tune (6/4 or 6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. The melody with directions for a county dance was first published in London by John Playford in his English Dancing Master (1651, p. 17).

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Printed sources : - Barlow (Complete Country Dance Tunes from Playford’s Dancing Master), 1985; No. 87, p.34. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; p. 38.

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