Stormont's Ghost
X:1
T:Stormont’s Ghost
M:C
L:1/8
R:Air
Q:"Slow"
N:The transcription is in scordatura fiddle tuning, AEac#, and is written to be played as
N:it would be fingered in regular (GDae) tuning.
B:James Oswald – Caledonian Pocket Companion Book 10 (1760, p. 110)
F: https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/94600404?mode=transcription
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
eB|A2D2G,2 [Ae][DB]|[A2e2][A2e2] feBA|[D6B6] eB|A2D2G,2 [Ae][DB]|
e2e2 gfec|[G,6D6A6]::ef|[A3g3][Aa] ([Ag]a)([Ag]a)|[A3g3][Aa] geBA|
[D6B6] ef|[A3g3][Aa] ([Ag]a)([Ag]a)|[A2g2]fe (BA)(B^c)| |[G,6D6A6]:|
|:eB|ADB,D G,B,DG|[^c2e2][c2e2] feTBA|[D6B6] eB|ADB,D G,B,DA|e2fe TBAB^c|[G,6D6A6]:|
|:ef|ge AD ge AD|g2 fe feTBA|[D6B6]ef|ge AD geAD|Eagf eAB^c||[G,6D6A6]:|
M:6/8
"Brisk"g|eAD G,2A|eAe B2g|eAe B^FD|EAA A2:|
|:g|eAg eAg|eAe B2g|eAg eAe|BDD D2g|
eAg eAg|eAe B2g|eAe B^FD|EAA A2:|
|:G,|B,DD DAA|egA Bag|eBA EGD|EGG G2:|
|:a|geA BAB|egA B2a|gfe B^cA|BDD D2a|
geA DAB|egA Bag|eBA EGD |EGG G2:|
X: 1
T: Stormont's Ghost [standard tuning]
%R: air, jig
B: James Oswald "The Caledonian Pocket Companion" v.2 p.110 #1
Z: 2019 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
N: The book has A,EA^c scordatura tuning, and the tune uses two-voice notation.
N: This transcription is converted to "standard" tuning, with multiple voices for ABC version 2 software.
M: C
L: 1/8
K: A
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"_Slow"cB |\
A2E2 A,2cB & x6 AE | A2A2 dcBA | [B6E6] cB | A2E2 A,2cB & x6 AE |\
c2c2 edcB | [A6E6A,6] :: cd | e3f (ef)(ef) & A3A A2 A2 | e3f x4 & A3A ecBA |
B6 x2 & E6 cd | e3f (ef)(ef) & A3A A2A2 | e2 x6 & A2dc (BA)(Bc) | [A6E6] & A,6 :: cB |\
AECE A,CEA | c2c2 dcTBA | B6 x2 & E6 cB | AECE A,CEA |
c2dc TBABc | [A6E6] & A,6 :: cd | ec AE ec AE | e2dc dcTBA |\
B6 x2 & E6 cd | ec AE ec AE | Ffed cABc | [A6E6] & A,6 :|
|: [M:6/8] "_Brisk"e |\
cAE A,2A | cAc B2e | cAc BGE | FAA A2 :: e |\
cAe cAe | cAc B2e | cAe cAc | BEE E2e |
cAe cAe | cAc B2e | cAc BGE | FAA A2 :: A, |\
CEE EAA | ceA Bfe | cBA FAE | FAA A2 :|
|: f |\
ecA BAB | ceA B2f | edc BcA | BEE E2f |\
ecA EAB | ceA Bfe | cBA FAE | FAA A2 :|
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%% The book has A,EA^c scordatura tuning; transcribed here for standard A,DGe tuning.
%% The tunes has two voices, transcribed here with ABC 2.0 voice overlays.
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