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Cape Breton Dream

jig

Key signature: Amajor

Submitted on April 28th 2010 by DonaldK.

This tune has been added to 8 tunebooks.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

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X: 1
T: Cape Breton Dream
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Amaj
|:F|ECA, EAc|BAB cea|f3 fec|ecA BAF|
ECA, EAc|BAB cea|faf fec|ecA A2:|
f/g/|aec aec|fdB fdB|c^Bc aec|BAF FAF|
[1 ECA, EAc|BAB cea|faf fec|ecA A2:|
[2 E^D=D CE=G|F^EF DFA|EGB dcB|cAA A2||

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Cape Breton Dream sheetmusic
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This jig was written by Pierre Schryer. He woke up one morning in 1992 with the jig in his head and it sounded to him like a Cape Breton tune, hence the name.
The posted version is from the playing of Troy MacGillivray on his Live at The Music Room CD.

# Posted on April 28th 2010 by DonaldK

Pierre Schryer plays it thus (or did on 1996's New Canadian Waltz):

X: 1
T: Cape Breton Dream
C: Pierre Schryer
S: Pierre Schryer/The New Canadian Waltz/Track 10
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
Q: 3/8=126
K: A
F|ECA, EAc|BAB cAa|f3 fec|ecA BAF|
ECA, EAc|BAB cAa|f3 fec|ecA A2:|
g|aec aec|fdB fdB|c^Bc aec|BAF FAF|
[1 ECA, EAc|BAB cAa|f3 fec|ecA A2:|
[2 E^D=D CE=G|F^EF DFA|EGB dcB|cAG A2|]

# Posted on April 28th 2010 by DonaldK

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