ABC - Lakes of Pontchartrain

Uilleann Pipes
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All,

For Xeluis, who did a great job after five months of Lakes of Pontchartrain. Find the ABC below:

Meter: 3/4
Note Length: 1/4
Rhythm 30 (noting he used diminuendos a lot)
Key: G


d | "G walk gently down t o"d2 B | d2 e/2f/2 | “Em”{f}g6/2 | {a} g "D"f2 | d “G”(B2{A} |
B) c d | “C”(e6/2 | e6/2) | "G"d2 B | d2 e/2f/2 | "Em"g2 a/2g/2 | "D"f2 d | “G”(B6/2{A} | B2) c/2d
/2 | “C”(e6/2 | e2) D |
“G” G2 e | d2 e | “Em”{A}B6/2 | A2 G | "C"E2 F | {F}G2 F | “G”{F}(
G6/2 | G2) d |
d2 B | d2 e/2f/2 | "Em"g2 a/2g/2 | "D"f2 d | “G”(B6/2{A} | B2) c/2d
/2 | “C”(e6/2 | e2 {f}e) | "G"d2 B | d2 e/2f/2 | "Em"g2 a/2g/2 | "D"f2 d | “G”(B6/2{A} | B2) c/2d
/2 | “C”(e6/2 | e6/2) | "G"G2 e | d2 e | “Em”{A}B6/2 | A2 G | “C slide to” E2 F | “D”{F}G2 F | “G”{F}(G6/2 | G6/2) |


Enjoy. I did not get all the grace notes and ornaments, but pretty close. Two glasses of wine and it is too late to start learning it for tonight.

Cheers,

Virgil

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I am very new to both the pipes and the ABC format. Is there software available that will translate the ABC format into a traditional musical score. Thanks Stan from Oregon. That is a lovely air.

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Key ofG

http://sniff.numachi.com/~rickheit/dtrad/pages/ttPONCH3.html

Key of A

http://fingertrip.net/whistle/ponchartrain_b.html