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X:41 C:Page 20 T:Heel & Fling. MBe.41 A:England;Cumbria;Towcett B:Matthew Betham MS, Towcett Cumbria, 1815 Z:VMP - Hugh Taylor, 2012 T:Highland Fling,aka? MBe.41 M:C L:1/8 Q:1/2=100 R: N:No time signature given, Common Time assumed. N:The A part, and the first 4 bars of the B part are on page 20, with the second 4 bars of the B part on N:page 21 N:NB1-The first, second, and third bars of the B music are obviously incorrect as they only have 7 quavers N:instead of 8, but I'm leaving it to the player to interpret. N:NB2-This bar was written as 2 triplets. I have changed them to what you see here. K:Amin A2 AB G2 GB|A2 AB cdec|A2 AB G2 GB|cABG EA A2:| |:"^NB1-3 bars as written"cdeg fde|gedc BGG|cdeg fde|e2 a2 a2 g2| "^NB2"ge e2 fd d2|ec c2 BG G2|AcBd cedf|gedB cA A2:|



HEEL AND FLING. English, Reel (cut time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The title, barely legible in the ms., may be "Highland Fling."


Additional notes
Source for notated version : - Matthew Betham music manuscript collection (1815, Towcett, Cumbria) [Offord].

Printed sources : - John Offord (Bonny Cumberland), 2018; p. 10.






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