Chieftain's Lament (The)

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 Theme code Index    13b21 427L0
 Also known as    Do chinneadh bhi gun cheann
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    Scotland
 Genre/Style    Scottish
 Meter/Rhythm    Air/Lament/Listening Piece
 Key/Tonic of    G
 Accidental    2 flats
 Mode    Aeolian (minor)
 Time signature    4/4
 History    
 Structure    AAB
 Editor/Compiler    Simon Fraser
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles (The)
 Tune and/or Page number    No. 18, p. 7
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1816 (reprinted 1874)
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X:1
T:Chieftain's Lament, The
T:Do chinneadh bhi gun cheann
M:C
L:1/8
R:Air
N:"Solemnly Slow"
S:Fraser Collection  (1874)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:Gmin
D|G>AB>c A>GG=B|c>BA>G ^F2 zD|G>AB>c A>G GB/2A/2B/2c/2|d>cB>A G3:|
A|B>cd>e d>cB>d|c>BA>G ^F2 zB/2A/2B/2c/2|d>cB>A G>^FD>F|G>^FG>A G2 zA|
B>cd>g d>cB>d|c>BA>G ^F2 zB/2A/2B/2c/2|d>cB>A G>^FD>F|G>^FG>A G3||


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