X:1011
T: the Highland Watch, now the 42.d Reg.t or Royal Highlanders
%R: air, strathspey
B: Niel Gow & Sons "Complete Repository" v.1 p.1 #1
Z: 2021 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
N: The chords in the bass line have stems connecting up to the melody notes.
N: What does that "Exp." annotation mean?
M: C
L: 1/8
Q: "VERY SLOW"
F:http://john-chambers.us/~jc/music/book/Gow/CR/1011_the_Highland_Watch.abc	 2024-12-23 091554 UT
K: Em
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% Voice 1 formatted for compactness and proofreading.
V: 1 staves=2
B |\
G<ETE>F GETEc | G<ETE>B, {B,}D2 D>B |\
G<E TE>F  GETE>F | TG>ABG TE3F |
TG>ABA {c}B>AGA | {GA}B>A GB, {B,}D2 DG/F/ |\
TE>F TG>A TB>AGe | {e}d<B {B}A>G E2 D :|
e/f/ |\
{ef}ge e>f Tgeeb | g>e {e}d<B {^c}d2 Tde/f/ |\
geeTf gee>f | Tg>a {ga}b>g e2 e>f |
T^g>a {a}b>a {ga}b>a Tga | {ga}b>a (a/g/)(f/e/) {e}[d2F2] T[dF]g/f/ |\
Te>f Tg>a {ga}bgab | g>e f>^d {d}Te2 e>f |
gee>f Tgeeb | {f}g>e (e/d/).c/.B/ {B}[e2F2] T[dF]e/f/ |\
{f}ge e>f Tge eB/^d/ | e>B =dF {F}E2 E>F |
TG>ABd {c}B>A GA | {GGA}B>A GB, {B,}D2 DG/F/ |\
TE>FTG>A TB>AGe | {e}d>B {B}A>G TE2 E |]
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% Voice 2 preserves the book's staff layout.
V: 2 clef=bass middle=d
z |\
[e2E2][e2E2] [e2E2][e2E2] | [e2E2][e2E2] [f2d2D2][fdD]z |\
E2eB [e3E3]B | e2B2 E2=c2 | !f!B2G2 [g2G2][g2G2] | g2G2 [f2d2][fD]z |
!p!e>B e>f g>fg=c' | b2B2 [b2g2e2][bgE] :| z |\
[e'2e2][e'2e2] [e'2e2][e'2e2] | [e'2e2][e'2e2] [d'2d2][d'd]z |\
e3B e3B | (e=c'b)B e2e=c' | b2g2 [g2G2][g2G2] | g2G2 d2Dz |\
e>Be>f g2a2 | "^Exp."b2B2 e2Ez | e2e'2 e2e'2 | e2e'2 d2d'z |
e2e'2 e2e'z | b2B2 e2E=c | !f!B2G2 [g2G2][g2G2] | g2G2 [f2d2D2][fdD]z |\
!p!e>^de>f g3=c' | b2B2 [b2g2e2E2][bgeE] |]