> Oswald himself specialised in guittar (English guittar) which has a
> sound like a very quiet harp or lyre. It's also a very easy instrument
> to write music with, as it transposes and the tuning forms two major
> chords (CEGceg, GBDgbd or AC#Eac#e normally).
Here's the tune, in the vocal version from the Scots Musical Museum -
I don't have Oswald's original handy. How easy is it on the guitar?
I suspect there isn't much difference from Oswald; Johnson didn't
often simplify instrumental tunes to make them more singer-friendly.
X:38
T:Where winding Forth adorns the vale
T:Cumbernauld-house
S:SMM no. 142
M:C
L:1/8
K:G %Transposed from F
G>A|(B>A) (B>d) {c}B2 A>G|E>D EG A2 Bd| e2 (ge) (d<B) (A>G)|E2 G>A G3A|
B>A B>d {c}B2 AG |E>D E>G A2 Bd|(e>d) (e<g) (d<B) (A>G)|E2 G>A G2||
B>A|G>AB>c d3e |(d<B) AG d2 g>f| e>fg>a {g}f2 ed |B2 e>f e3f|
(gf) (eTd) B2 (e3/f//g//)|(d<B) TAG A2 Bd |(e<d) (Be) (d<B) (A>G)|E2 (G>A) G2|]
The Scots Musical Museum would have been a far more accessible source
for Bewick to use than Oswald's original, which had not been reprinted
for 90 years.
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