Key: Dm*
Form: English Ritual Dance*
MP3: (Melody emphasis, played by Peter Macfarlane)
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MP3: (Harmony emphasis, played by Peter Macfarlane)
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MP3: (Played slowly for learning by Peter Macfarlane)
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Sheet Music: Click image to enlarge.
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 |:A2 d F2 d|A2 d D2 F|EFG FGA|GFE F2 d| A2 d F2 d|A2 d D2 F|EFG FGA|1 GFE D2 d:|2 GFE D2 f| |:d2 f def|B2 d Bcd|cBA GFE|DEF C2 f| d2 f def|B2 d Bcd|cBA GFE|1 D3 D2 f:|2 D3 D3| |:ABA B2B-|ABA d2 d-|ABA GFE|F3 F2 G-| ABA B2B-|ABA d2 d-|ABA GFE|1 D3 D3:|2 D3 D3 ||
YouTube*:
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]”