This directory contains ABC  transcriptions  of  the  dance  tune  collection
"Twelve  Elegant New Dances for the Year 1810" published by Button & Whitaker
in London.  This transcription was done in May, 2014 by John Chambers.  A PDF
image of the original booklet may be found at

	http://imslp.org/wiki/Button_and_Whitaker%27s_Elegant_New_Dances_for_1810_%28Various%29

Each page of the booklet contains a single tune and a description of a dance.
The  dance  is included in the transcriptions using ABC'x "%%begintext align"
and "%%endtext" pseudo-comments.

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All the tunes in this booklet have a simple bass line, which is  transcribed.
I've  kept  the  original staff layout in the bass part, which you may use if
you like. The top (melody) voice generally has staff breaks to produce fewer,
longer  staff  lines suitable for a fairly small scale on letter or A8 pages.
The staff layout has little  musical  meaning,  of  course,  and  you  should
rearrange  it to fit your needs.  Note that most ABC formatting software will
use voice 1 to determine staff layout.

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This collection uses the common repeat markings of the 18th and 19th centuries
     ... :||: ... :||:

Modern music software generally gets confused by this, so I've translated it to
	|: ... :||: ... :|
or sometimes the more concise form using "::" for ":||:".  The initial "|:" is
only omitted when there is a short pickup (anacrucis).

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The titles are in all caps.  I've followed the common practice of putting any
initial  articles in lower case, with the rest of the title in all caps.  For
the file names, initial articles and punctuation are omitted, and "_" is used
to  separate  the  words.  The file names also have an initial 2-digit number
that is the number in the upper corner of the page.  There are no actual page
numbers in the booklet.

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