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Theme code Index
3bH1H1H1H 3bH1H3b1
Also known as
Composer/Core Source
Region
United States
Genre/Style
Minstrel
Meter/Rhythm
Air/Lament/Listening Piece
Key/Tonic of
E
Accidental
1 sharp
Mode
Aeolian (minor)
Time signature
2/4
History
Structure
One part
Editor/Compiler
John Roose
Book/Manuscript title
Book:John Roose music manuscript collection
Tune and/or Page number
No. 788
Year of publication/Date of MS
c. 1850
Artist
Title of recording
Record label/Catalogue nr.
Year recorded
Media
Score (1 )
X:3
T:De Blue Tail'd Fly. Roose.0788
M:2/4
L:1/16
Q:1/4=100
Q:"Moderato"
B:J.Roose MS, Manchester, c1850
Z:Village Music Project. John Gibbons, 9/2019
K:Em
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gef^d e=dBd | egf^d e2BA | GABG AGAB | G2E2E2 GA |
G2 E2 E2 GA | B^def gfec | (BAGE) E2 |]