X:3
T: the Mercury
C: Michael Dabney
%R: reel
B: Michael Dabney "Twelve Minuets and Twelve Dances" p.8 #1
S: http://imslp.org/wiki/12_Minuets_and_12_Dances_(Dabney,_Michael)
Z: 2015 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
M: C|
L: 1/8
F:http://roaringjelly.org/~jc/music/book/MichaelDabney/12Minuets12Dances/081_the_Mercury.abc	 2024-11-27 203529 UT
K: Bb
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% Voice 1 produces mostly 4- or 8-bar staffs.
V: 1
|:\
B2F2 B3d | cecA TB4 |\
dfdB egec | dfdB Tc4 |\
BABc TB3d | cecA B4 |\
Bbag {b}a2(gf) | Bgf=e f4 :|
|:\
f=efg f4 | G_AGF G2E2 |\
gfga Tg4 | G=ABG A2F2 |\
B,2(Bd) C2(ce) | D2(df) E2(eg) |\
fdcB gedc | dcBA B4 :|
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% Voice 2 preserves the staff breaks in the book.
V: 2 clef=bass middle=d
|:\
B4 d2B2 | f2F2 B4 |\
b4 c'4 | b2B2 f4 |\
B4 d2B2 | f2F2 d2B2 |\
b4 (a2b2) | c'2c2 f4 :|\
|:\
B4 B4 | e2B2 G2E2 |
c4 c4 | f2c2 A2F2 |\
d2B2 e2c2 | f2d2 g2a2 |\
b2d2 e2c2 | f2F2 B4 :|
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%%begintext align
%% Right & left half round _ the
%% same back again  Right hands
%% a Cross back again _ lead
%% down the middle 2 Cu: _ up
%% again _ Cast off hands four
%% round Right & left at top
%%endtext