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Theme code Index
5553 51H55
Also known as
Composer/Core Source
Region
Scotland
Genre/Style
Scottish
Meter/Rhythm
Air/Lament/Listening Piece
Key/Tonic of
F
Accidental
1 flat
Mode
Ionian (Major)
Time signature
4/4
History
Structure
AABB
Editor/Compiler
Biography:James Manson
Book/Manuscript title
Book:Hamilton's Universal Tune Book vol. 1
Tune and/or Page number
p. 157
Year of publication/Date of MS
1853
Artist
Title of recording
Record label/Catalogue nr.
Year recorded
Media
Score ( )
Bess the Gawkie: Annotations
X:1
T:Bess the Gawkie
M:C
L:1/8
N:”Scottish Air—Old Set”
B:Manson – Hamilton’s Universal Tune Book vol. 1 (1853, p. 157)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:F
c3f c2 (AB)|(cd/e/) (fe/d/) {d}c3B|A2 (GF) f3e|(dc)(BA) G2 (AB)|
c2f2c2 (A>B)|c2 (f>g) a2 F2|A2c2 b2a2|{f}g4 f2z2:|
|:(fg)(ag) (fg)(ag)|(fagf) (e>fg)c|g3f (fe)(ed)|(dc) (cd/e/) f2 zf|
(fa)(gf) f3f|(fa)(gf) (f>g)(aF)|A2c2 b2a2|{a}g4 f2z2:|]
Bess the Gawkie: Annotations
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