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 Theme code Index    3H664 3H51H4H
 Also known as    Ye Ragg, Irish Ragg
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    England, Ireland
 Genre/Style    English, Irish
 Meter/Rhythm    Country Dance, Jig/Quadrille
 Key/Tonic of    D
 Accidental    2 sharps
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    6/8
 History    
 Structure    AB, AABB, AABB', AABBCCDDEEFFGGHHII
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:John & William Neal
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:A Collection of the Most Celebrated Irish Tunes
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 7
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1724
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 Title of recording    
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 Score   (1)   




X: 1 T: The Ragg, set by a gentleman B: A Collection of the most Celebrated Irish Tunes, 2, p. 7 N: The last part had an initial repeat symbol but no final repeat symbol. M: 6/8 L: 1/16 F:http://trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/CMCIT/allCMCIT.abc K: C g2 |\ e4d2 G4_B2 | (ABc2)A2 F4f2 | e4d2 (G2A2G2) | c6 f6 | e4d2 G4_B2 | A2>B2AG F4f2 | e2f2g2 (f2e2d2) | c6 f4 :| |: g2 |\ e4f2 (g2e2c2) | d4e2 (f2d2B2) | e4f2 (g2e2c2) | e6 f6 | e4f2 (g2e2c2) | (f2e2d2) (f2e2d2) | (e2f2g2) (d2e2f2) | c6 e4 :| |: f2 |\ (g2e2c2) (Bcd2B2) | (ABc2A2) F4f2 | e4c2 (d2B2G2) | c6 (e4f2) | (efg2)e2 (cde2)c2 | (Bcd2)B2 (def2)d2 | (efg2e2) (def2)d2 | c6 e4 :| |: f2 |\ g2(efg)e c2(efg)e | d4BcdB G2BcdB | g2efge (c2>d2)c2 | e6 (f2Tf3e/f/) | g2efge (a2g2f2) | Tg3fe2 d2e2f2 | ((ef)Tf2e/f/g) d2e2f2 | c6 e4 :| |: G2 |\ E4G2 TG4_B2 | (ABc2A2) F3AGF | E4G2 (AGFE)(FG) | c6 (e4g2) | E4G2 (G2A2_B2) | A2G2F2 f2e2d2 | Tg4(fe) (f2e2d2) | c6 e4 :| |: f2 |\ (g2f2e2) (g2f2e2) | (f2e2d2) (f2e2d2) | (g2f2e2) (g2f2e2) | (a2g2f2) e2f2g2 | (fga2)f2 (efg2)e2 | (d2B2G2) (f2d2B2) | (g2e2c2) (f2d2B2) | c6 e4 :| |: (G/F/E/D/) |\ (C2E2G2) (c2G2E2) | F2A2c2 f2c2A2 | G2B2d2 g2d2B2 | c2e2g2 e4dc| (C2E2G2) F2A2c2 | G2B2d2 c2e2f2 | g3fe2 f2d2B2 | c6 e4 :| |: f2 |\ ef(Tg3e/f/) g2e2c2 | Bc(Tc3B/c/) d2B2G2 | ef(Tf3e/f/) g2e2c2 | Te6 f2 g4 | (a2fgaf) (g2efge) | (d2BcdB) (G2BcdB) | (g2efge) d2B2G2 | c6 e4 :| |: (Tfe/f/) |\ g4G2 G4_B2 | (ABcBAG) F4f2 | (efg2) G2 G4(c/B/A/G/) | c6 (e4f2) | (efg2) G2 G2A2_B2 | (A2G2F2) f2e2d2 | g3f2e d2B2G2 | [c6E6G,6] z2z2 :|


X:1 T:Ragg M:6/8 L:1/8 B:John & William Neal - A Choice Collection of Country Dances (Dublin, c. 1724, p. 14) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D f2(A A)cA|(B/c/d)B G2g|f2(A A)cA|d3 g2a| f2(A A)cA (B/c/d)B G2g|fga gfe|d3 g2:| |:fga afd|efg gec|fga afd|f3 a3| fga afd|efg gec|(f/g/a)f ecA|d3 g2:|]


X:2 T:Ragg M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Country Dance, Jig B:Wright's Compleat Collection of celebrated country Dances (1740, p. 14) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D g|f2A (BcA)|(B/c/d)B G2g|f2A AcA|d3 g2g| f2A AcA|(B/c/d)B G2g|afd gec|d3 g2|| g|f2g afd|efg gec|f2a afd|f3 g3| fga afd|efg gec|(f/g/a)f (e/f/g)e|d3 g2||


X:1 T:Ragg M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Country Dance B:John Walsh - Caledonian Country Dances (London, c. 1745, p. 24) N:Published in several volumes and editions 1731-c. 1745 Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:Dmix g|f2A (BcA)|(B/c/)dB G2g|f2A AcA|d3 g2g| f2A AcA|(B/c/)dB G2g|afd ge^c|d3 g2:| |:g|f2g afd|efg ge^c|f2g afd|f3 g3| fga afd|efg ge^c|(f/g/)af (e/f/)ge|d3 g2:|]


X:1 T:Ragg, The M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Country Dance TUne and Jig B:Walter Rainstorp music manuscript collection (1747, p. 19) F: https://collections.library.yale.edu/catalog/2057949 N:The cover is inscribed “Walter Rainstorp, 1747. Bought in Cheap Side, N:London, 1747”. Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D g|f2A BcA|B/c/dB G2g|f2A AcA|d3 g2g| f2A AcA|B/c/dB G2gafd gec|d3 g3:| |:g|f2g afd|efg gec|f2g afd|f3 g3| fga- afd|efg ge^c|f/g/af e/f/ge|d3 g3:|


X:1 T:Ragg M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig S:William Vickers’ music manuscripts, p. 48 (1770) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D g|f2A AcA|B/c/dB G2g|f2A AcA|d3 g3| f2A AcA|B/c/dBG2g|faf gec|d3 g3:| |:f2g afd|e2f gec|f2g afd|f3 a3| f2g afd|e2f gec|faf gec|1 d3 g3:|2 d3 g2||