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| + | Tune Analysis: This is a full heptatonic or 7 note scale. The key would be C major (C Ionian) except for the comment in the MS that the Fs were sometimes sharpened. If all of the Fs were sharpened the key would be C Lydian (an extremely rare mode in English folk song). As it stands, however, the tune presents as an Ionian/Lydian hybrid. | ||
Revision as of 22:39, 16 January 2018
Link to the Home Page of the Full English Transcription Programme (formerly known as the Take 6 Transcription Programme)
For playback of these transcriptions linked to their original MSS enter the filenames [LEB/2/1/1 or whatever] in the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library's Full English search box here. [[1]]
LEB/2/65/4 Polly's Love or The Cruel Ship's Carpenter
Tune Analysis: This is a full heptatonic or 7 note scale. The key would be C major (C Ionian) except for the comment in the MS that the Fs were sometimes sharpened. If all of the Fs were sharpened the key would be C Lydian (an extremely rare mode in English folk song). As it stands, however, the tune presents as an Ionian/Lydian hybrid.