The King of the Pipers
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X:468
T:King of the Pipers, The
R:jig
H:There are 3 other tunes called "King of the Pipers": #8, #66, #307
H:This tune comes in two distinct versions. See also #240.
D:Altan: Harvest Storm
D:Declan Masterson: Tropical Trad
Z:id:hn-jig-219
M:6/8
K:Dmix
|:A2F B2F|A2G FED|A2F B2F|GFG AFD|A2F B2F|A2G FED|GAB cAF|GFG AFD:|
|:dfa afd|ded cAG|FGA cAF|GFG AFD|dfa afa|geg fdf|e^cA DFA|GFG AFD:|
|:d2e d2A|ded dcA|d2e dcA|GFG AFD|d2e d2A|ded dcA|GAB cAF|GFG AFD:|
|:def def|def e^cA|def e^cA|~G3 AFD|def def|def e^cA|GAB =cAF|GFG AFD:|
|:Ddd Dcc|DBB AFD|Ddd Dcc|GFG AFD|Ddd Dcc|DBB AFD|GAB cAF|GFG AFD:|
P:variations
|:A2D B2D|A2G FED|A2D B2D|GFG GFD|A2D B2D|A2G FED|GAB cAF|GFG AFD:|
|:dfa afd|d^cd e^cA|GAB =cAF|GFG AFD|dfa afa|geg fdA|GAB cAF|GFG AFD:|
|:d2e d2A|d2e dcA|d2e dcA|GFG AFD|d2e d2A|d2e dcA|GAB cAF|GFG AFD:|
|:def def|def e^cA|def def|~G3 AFD|def def|def e^cA|GAB =cAF|GFG AFD:|
|:Ddd Dcc|DBB DAA|Ddd Dcc|GFG AFD|Ddd Dcc|DBB ~A3|GAB cAF|GFG AFD:|
About this tune
The King of the Pipers is a ten-part jig in D Mixolydian, written in 6/8 time. The tune contains about 80 bars and spans from D3 to A4. There are 3 other tunes called "King of the Pipers": #8, #66, #307 This tune comes in two distinct versions. See also #240.
ABC notation for The King of the Pipers
|: A2F B2F | A2G FED | A2F B2F | GFG AFD | A2F B2F | A2G FED | GAB cAF | GFG AFD :| |: dfa afd | ded cAG | FGA cAF | GFG AFD | dfa afa | geg fdf | e^cA DFA | GFG AFD :| |: d2e d2A | ded dcA | d2e dcA | GFG AFD | d2e d2A | ded dcA | GAB cAF | GFG AFD :| |: def def | def e^cA | def e^cA | ~G3 AFD | def def | def e^cA | GAB =cAF | GFG AFD :| |: Ddd Dcc | DBB AFD | Ddd Dcc | GFG AFD | Ddd Dcc | DBB AFD | GAB cAF | GFG AFD :| P:variations |: A2D B2D | A2G FED | A2D B2D | GFG GFD | A2D B2D | A2G FED | GAB cAF | GFG AFD :| |: dfa afd | d^cd e^cA | GAB =cAF | GFG AFD | dfa afa | geg fdA | GAB cAF | GFG AFD :| |: d2e d2A | d2e dcA | d2e dcA | GFG AFD | d2e d2A | d2e dcA | GAB cAF | GFG AFD :| |: def def | def e^cA | def def | ~G3 AFD | def def | def e^cA | GAB =cAF | GFG AFD :| |: Ddd Dcc | DBB DAA | Ddd Dcc | GFG AFD | Ddd Dcc | DBB ~A3 | GAB cAF | GFG AFD :|