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The Barren Rocks of Aden

MarchesKey: DBy Mauchline/Mackellar 1869Scotland2/2

Sheet music and tabs for The Barren Rocks of Aden

Sheet Music for "The Barren Rocks of Aden"The Barren Rocks of AdenMarchMauchline/Mackellar 1869 (Scotland)= 100DA7DA7DDA7DAA7DDA7DA7DDA7DA7DTranscription: Paul Hardy's Session Tunebook 2026 (see pghardy.net). Creative Commons CC BY-NC-SA licenced.
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About this tune

The Barren Rocks of Aden is a four-part march in D major, written in 2/2 time. The tune contains about 36 bars and spans from D3 to A4. It is credited to Mauchline/Mackellar 1869. The source notes it as Scotland.

ABC notation for The Barren Rocks of Aden

d/2e/2 | "D"f>gfe | dfAd | "A7"c>eAe | "D"fAde |
f>gfe | dfAd | "A7"ceAe | "D"d2d :|
|: f/2g/2 | "D"a>fdf | "A7"efAe/2f/2 | g>ece | "D"dfAf/2g/2 |
a>fdf | "A"efAe/2f/2 | "A7"gece | "D"d2d :|
|: e | "D"f>g fe | d/e/f/d/ Ad | "A7"c/d/e/c/ Ad/e/ | "D"fAde |
f>g fe | d/e/f/d/ Ad | "A7"c/d/e/c/ Af/e/ | "D"d2 d :|
|: f/2g/2 | "D"a/2f/2d/2f/2 a/2f/2d/2f/2 | "A7"efAe/2f/2 | g/2e/2c/2e/2 g/2e/2c/2e/2 | "D"dfAf/2g/2 |
a/2f/2d/2f/2 a/2f/2d/2f/2 | "A7"efAe/2f/2 | g/f/e/d/ce | "D"d2d :|

Sheet music source:Paul Hardy's Session Tunebookbrowse the collection

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