The Flowers of Edinburgh

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Probably the best-known Scottish reel.

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Reel One title Only 1 transcription Has lots of stepwise movement Has some stepwise movement major G 2/2 Has notes text Has chords explore more...

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X: 1
P: The Flowers of Edinburgh
O: 1742
Z: John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
N: Probably the best-known Scottish reel.
B: Oswald "Curious Collection of Scots Tunes (II)" c.1742
R: reel
M: C|
L: 1/8
K: G
|: GE | "G"D2DE G2GA | BGBd cBAG | "D7"FGFE DEFG | AFdF E2GE || "G"D2DE G2GA |
| "G"BGBd "C"efge | "G"dcBA "D7"GFGA | "G"B2G2 G2 :: d2 | "G"g2gd gbag | "D7"f2fd fagf |
| "Em"e2ef gfed | B2e2 "(C)"e2ge || "G"dBGB d2d2 | "C"edef g2fe | "G"dcBA "D7"GFGA | "G"B2G2 G2 :|

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