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Theme code Index
1H1H11 1H1H41
Also known as
Composer/Core Source
Region
England
Genre/Style
English
Meter/Rhythm
Country Dance, Jig/Quadrille
Key/Tonic of
A
Accidental
3 sharps
Mode
Ionian (Major)
Time signature
6/8
History
Structure
AABBCCDD
Editor/Compiler
Biography:T. Straight and T. Skillern
Book/Manuscript title
Book:Two Hundred and Four Favourite Country Dances vol. 1
Tune and/or Page number
No. 85, p. 43
Year of publication/Date of MS
c. 1775
Artist
Title of recording
Record label/Catalogue nr.
Year recorded
Media
Score ( )
Merry Fifers (The): Annotations
X:1
T:Merry Fifers, The
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
B:Straight and Skillern – Two Hundred and Four Favourite Country Dances, vol. 1 (c. 1775, No. 85, p. 43)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
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|:TA2E TA2E|c2E c2E|def fed|cdB A3:|
|:.A.B.c .d.e.f|e>dc B>A=G|F=GE dcB|AB^G A3:|
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Merry Fifers (The): Annotations