Black Almain (The)

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Theme code Index	5L6L2 7bL6L7bL
Also known as
Composer/Core Source
Region	England
Genre/Style	English
Meter/Rhythm	March/Marche
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	NONE
Mode	Dorian
Time signature	4/4, 6/4
History
Structure	AABBAB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Merryweather
Book/Manuscript title	Book:English Bagpipe
Tune and/or Page number	p. 25
Year of publication/Date of MS	1989
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BLACK ALMAIN, THE. English, March or Processional (6/4). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBAB. The tune was written in the 1550's. Merryweather (1989) states the dance of the title is an English imitation of a dance style originally German, while the tune is, he believes, from Parisian publishers and printers Gervaise and/or Attaignant. His version is in 4/4 time, and insists this is the way he learned it, although 6/4 appears to be the original signature.

Printed source: Merryweather (English Bagpipe), 1989; p. 25.

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