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T: New Minuet
%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 (178)
Z: 2013 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
N: Repeats added to satisfy the "Each strain twice" instruction.
N: The actual time signature is just "3".
M: 3/4
L: 1/8
F:http://john-chambers.us/~jc/music/book/JohnWalsh/New_Minuet.abc	 2025-04-13 223529 UT
K: Am
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|:\
a2 efed | c2 A2 B2 | c2AB cd | edefge |\
a2 efef | g2 dede | f2 c2 d2 | e6 :|
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B2 BcBc | d2 cBAG | c2 cdcd | e2 dcBA |\
d2 dede | f2 edcB | cd B3 A | A6 :|
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%%center Note Each strain is to be play'd twice over.
%%begintext align
%% This dance must be done with the Minuet Step.
%%   The two 1st Men take Hands and the two 1st We.
%% and lead backward the 1st Cu. cast off and the 2d
%% Cu. lead up :| The 1st and 2d Cu. take Hands and meet
%% each other the 2d Cu. cast off and the 1st Cu. lead
%% up :| The 1st Cu. cross over and turn Hands .| Then
%% lead up all abreast and the 1st Cu. cast off :|
%%endtext
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