Key: Dm*
Form: English Ritual Dance*
MP3: (Melody emphasis, played by Peter Macfarlane)
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MP3: (Played slowly for learning by Peter Macfarlane)
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Melody & harmonies
Bass clef & Cello
Sheet Music in PDF:
Abbots Bromley melody & harmonies
AbbotsBromley-BassClef & Cello
ABC:
X: 3 T: The Abbots Bromley Horn Dance R: jig M: 6/8 L: 1/8 K: Dmin d |"Dm"A2 d F2 d|A2 d D2 F|"C"EFG "Dm"FGA|"C"GFE "Dm"F2 d| A2 d F2 d|A2 d D2 F|"C"EFG "Dm"FGA| GFE D2 d|| |"Bb"B2 e Bcd|"Gm"G2 B GAB|"C"EFG FED|"Am"CDE A,2 f| "Dm"d2 f def|"Bb"B2 d Bcd|"C"cBA GFE|"Dm"D3 D2G|| |"Dm"ABA "Bb"B3|"Dm"ABA "Gm"d3|"C"ABA GFE|"Dm"F3-F2 G| "Dm"ABA "Bb"B3|"Dm"ABA "Gm"d3|"C"ABA GFE|"Dm" D3-D3|]
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Source: Trad.
Genre/Style: Ritual Dance*
Other Tunes in Set:
Region: England
*Notes: This tune appears in a variety of keys and time signatuers in the literature. It is described elsewhere as “the mother of all Morris [dances]”