the Flowers of Edinburgh

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Probably the best-known Scottish reel; in all the old collections. RSCDS 1-1. Hardie p.32 Skye p.170 Bain p.33 Williamson p.53 BSFC I-10 and V-9 and XI-6

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

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X: 1
T: the Flowers of Edinburgh
O: Trad
R: reel
Z: John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
N: Probably the best-known Scottish reel; in all the old collections.
N: RSCDS 1-1.
N: Hardie p.32
N: Skye p.170
N: Bain p.33
N: Williamson p.53
N: BSFC I-10 and  V-9 and  XI-6
D: Scottish  Traditional Fiddle Music tape
D: Jimmy MacLellan on "This is Sidney" tape
M: C|
L: 1/8
K: A
|: AF \
| "A"E2EF A2AB | cAce dcBA | "E7"GAGF EFGA | BGeG F2AF |
| "A"E2EF A2AB | cAce "D"fgaf | "A"edcB "E7"AGAB | "A"c2A2 A2 :|
|: e2 \
| "A"a2ae ac'ba | "E7"g2ge gbag | "F#m"~f2fg agfe | c2f2 "(D)"f2af |
| "A"ecAc e2e2 | "D"fefg a2gf | "A"edcB "E7"AGAB | "A"c2A2 A2 :|

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• http://trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/reel/FlowersOfEdinburgh1_A4.abc
• http://trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/Contra/reel/FlowersOfEdinburgh1_A4.abc