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Key: D Form: Waltz ABC:  X: 1 T:Leaving Friday Harbour C:John McCusker R:waltz I:abc2nwc M:3/4 L:1/8 K:D A2|"D"f2f2{gf}ed|[M:2/4][L:1/16]e2f2 A4| [M:3/4][L:1/8]f3f ed|ef a2af|"G" (3ggg gf ed| "Em"ef B4|"Em7".d2dcde|"A7" (3cdc BA[da][eg] | "D"f2f2{gf}ed|[M:2/4][L:1/16]e2f2 A4| [M:3/4][L:1/8]"D"f3f ed|ef a2af|"G" (3ggg gf ed| "Em"ef B2Bd|"A7" (3cdc BA ef|"D"d4:| |:dc|"A7"c2Ac eg|"D"gf a3f|"G"g2B3g| "D"gf ef (3def|"G"g2B3g|"D"gf ef […]

Leaving Friday Harbour


Key: G Form: Reel ABC:  X: 66 T: Eddie's Reel R: reel M: C| L: 1/8 K: G "G"DGBd g2g2 | DGBd g2g2 | DGBd "G#"gfed | "Am"c2cc cdcB| "D7"AFAd f2f2 | AFAd f2fe |1 "D7"[d2A2] [dA]d "D75"[e_B]g[eB]d | "G"B3B "D7"BcBA:|2"D7"d3de2f2|"G"g4"D7"g2d2|| "G"[b3d3][bd] [b2d2][a2c2] | [g4B4] [g2B2][a2d2] | "G"[b3d3][bd] [a2c2][g2B2]| "D7"[f4A4] […]

Eddie’s Reel, aka Franco-American Reel


Key: G Form: March ABC: If you know of ABC notation for this tune, please contribute. MP3: Download this MP3  If it plays, right-click on the page and “Save as”. (Detailed instructions for different browsers). Sheet Music: Click image to enlarge. To download, right-click in enlarged image and "Save as...".  […]

Crags of Tumbledown Mountain



Key: G* Form: March? Air? Can you help? ABC:  X: 1 T:Time Will End M:4/4 C:Jeremiah McLane K:GMaj (3DEF)|"G"G2gf "C"e3d|"Em"edBd "D"A2GA|"Em"B2AG "C"EG"G"DE|"Am"GA"C"cB "C/D"A2" D"GF| "G"G2gf "C"e3d|"Em"edBd "D"A2GA|"G"B2AG "C"EG"G"DE|"C"GA"D"BA "G"G3:| F|"Em"E2ED"C"E2ED|"Dsus"EFGA "G"BA"D/F#"GF|"Em"E2ED "C"EFGA|"Dsus"(A4 A)BAG| "Em"E2ED"C"E2ED|"Dsus"EFGA "G"BG gf|"C"(3efg) "Em"dB "D"AGBA|"G"G3A BA"D/F#"GF|| "Em"E2ED"C"E2ED|"Dsus"EFGA "G"BAGF|"Em"E2ED "C"EFGA|"Dsus"(A4 A)BAG| "Em"E2ED "G"GABG|"C"edcB "D"AGFD|"Em"EFGA "C"BAGF|"Dsus"(G4 G)|| MP3*: (Thanks, […]

Time Will End


Key: G* Form: March? Air? Can you help? ABC:  X: 1 T:Time Will End M:4/4 C:Jeremiah McLane K:GMaj (3DEF)|"G"G2gf "C"e3d|"Em"edBd "D"A2GA|"Em"B2AG "C"EG"G"DE|"Am"GA"C"cB "C/D"A2" D"GF| "G"G2gf "C"e3d|"Em"edBd "D"A2GA|"G"B2AG "C"EG"G"DE|"C"GA"D"BA "G"G3:| F|"Em"E2ED"C"E2ED|"Dsus"EFGA "G"BA"D/F#"GF|"Em"E2ED "C"EFGA|"Dsus"(A4 A)BAG| "Em"E2ED"C"E2ED|"Dsus"EFGA "G"BG gf|"C"(3efg) "Em"dB "D"AGBA|"G"G3A BA"D/F#"GF|| "Em"E2ED"C"E2ED|"Dsus"EFGA "G"BAGF|"Em"E2ED "C"EFGA|"Dsus"(A4 A)BAG| "Em"E2ED "G"GABG|"C"edcB "D"AGFD|"Em"EFGA "C"BAGF|"Dsus"(G4 G)|| MP3*: (Thanks, […]

Time Will End


Key: A Form: Reel ABC: X:1 T:Joe Crapeau C:Robert Lavoie (New Brunswick), via Robin LeBlanc, via Devon Leger N:The tune is named for Acadian fiddler Joe "Crapaud" Chiasson M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel N:AEae tuning (fiddle) D:Robin LeBlanc & Nicholas Basque - "Sur l'an premier pour danser" (2016) D:Le Famille LeBlanc - […]

Joe “Crapeau” (Joe “Toad”)*



Key: D Form: March ABC:  X: 1 T: Folding Down the Sheets O:Old-time Appalachian S:http://www.ibiblio.org/fiddlers/FOCH_FORG.htm N:There are many variants of this tune, some quite incompatible. This is a very basic version. M:2/4 L:1/16 K:D |: af | edcB ABc2 | dBAF D2EF | G4 F4 | EDE2 A2 :| z2 […]

Folding Down the Sheets



Key: D Form: Air* ABC: Do you know a source of ABC notation for this tune?  Can you help? MP3: (Melody emphasis) Download this MP3  If it plays, right-click on the page and “Save as”. (Detailed instructions for different browsers). MP3: (Harmony emphasis) Download this MP3  If it plays, right-click […]

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