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T: Belvedera
%R: minuet
B: "The Compleat Country Dancing-Master" printed by John Walsh, London ca. 1740
S: 6: CCDM2 http://imslp.org/wiki/The_Compleat_Country_Dancing-Master_(Various) V.2 (163)
Z: 2013 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
N: Repeat signs added to match the dance description.
N: The actual time signature is just "3".
M: 3/4
L: 1/8
F:http://john-chambers.us/~jc/music/book/JohnWalsh/Belvedera.abc 2025-04-14 050039 UT
K: A
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|:\
cd e2 c2 | d2 B2c2 | A2 B2 G2 | AGABAB |\
cd e2 c2 | c2B2 c2 | A2 B2 G2 | A6 :|
cBABcd | e2 (e3 d/e/) | f2 e2 d2 | e2 c2 a2 |\
e2 fe d2 | e2 c2 d2 | e2 fedc | B6 |
cd e2 c2 | d2 B2 c2 | A2 B2 G2 | AGABAB |\
cd (d3 c/d/) | e2 c2 a2 | c2 dcBc | A6 |]
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%%center Note The 1st strain is to be play'd twice and the last but once
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%%begintext align
%% First Man lead his Wo. by the right Hand half round and back
%% again by the left Hand .| Cast off 1st into the 2d Cu. Place then
%% into the 3d. Cu. place :| Then lead thro both Cu. and cast off
%% then all three Cu. take Hands round till the 1st Cu. meet in the
%% Middle and turn Hands .|
%%endtext
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