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BRA LADS OF GALLOWATER. Scottish, Air (4/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning. One part. O’Farrell (Pocket Companion, vol. III), c. 1808; pg. 30.
X:1
T:Bra Lads of Gallowater
M:C
L:1/8
R:Air
S:O’Farrell – Pocket Companion, vol. III (c. 1808)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
G/A/ | B2 (A>G) G3B | d3e (dBAG) | B2A2 g3f | ed g>f e2 dd | d2 (ef) g3a |
(b>a)ge g3B | B2A2A2 B>d | e>d (g>f) e3d ||[COMMENT5][COMMENT6]
BRABHADH CEARBHALLAIN (Carolan's Devotion). AKA and see "Miss Fetherston."
BRACHANLOAM.
Scottish, Air (4/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AB. Johnson (Kitchen Musician No. 10: Airs and Melodies
of Scotland’s Past), 1992 (revised 2001); pg. 1.
BRACKEN LANE,
THE. Irish, Air (4/4 time). D Major. Standard
tuning. One part. Source for notated version:
piper Phillip Goodman (
BRACKEN’S. Irish, Jig. E Minor. Standard
tuning. AABB. Source for notated version: transcribed by
Bernie Stocks from the playing of Ciaran Kelly at a session in
BRAD WALTERS. Old‑Time.
BRADLEY’S POLKA. See “Pete Bradley’s [2].”
BRADLEY’S REEL. Canadian, Reel.
BRADY’S (REEL). Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning.
AABB. The title probably refers to
X:1
T:Brady's
R:reel
D:Fisherstreet
Z:id:hn-reel-627
Z:transcribed by henrik.norbeck@mailbox.swipnet.se
M:C|
K:D
fded B2FB|AF~F2 DFAd|fded BAFA|Beed e2de|
fded B2FB|AF~F2 DFAd|fa~a2 bfaf|dBAG FDD2:|
|:fa~a2 bfaf|dB~B2 AF~F2|~A3B defd|e2df edBd|
fa~a2 bfaf|dB~B2 AF~F2|~A3B defe|dBAG FDD2:|
"variation of 1st part"
|:fded B2FB|AF~F2 DFAd|fded BAFA|Beed e2de|
fded B2FB|AF~F2 DFAd|fdad bdaf|dBAG FDD2:|
BRADY’S (SLIDE). Irish. A tune recorded by Arty
McGlynn and Nollaig Casey on their album “Lead the Knave,” crediting Paul Brady
as the source. The tune is actually an untitled composition of the late
London-based fiddler Lucy Farr, originally from
BRAES ABOON BONAW. Scottish, Strathspey. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 1; Set 13, No. 3,
pg. 9.
X:1
T:Braes Aboon Bonaw
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
S:Kerr – Merry Melodies, vol. 1, pg.
9 (c. 1880’s)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
D>FA>B A<F
A<d|D>FA>F {F}E2 (E<F)|D>FA>B d>ef>e|d>B d<F E2
(E<F):|
|:d>ef>e d<A
F<A|d>ef>A B2 (B<e)|d>ef>d e<f d>A|1 B<d A>F E2
(E<F):|2 B<d A>F E2 E<d||
BRAE REEL, THE. AKA and see “Reel
du Brae.”
BRAEMAR GATHERING, THE. Scottish, Pipe March (6/8 time). A Major.
Standard tuning. AABBCCDD. Composed by George S. MacLennan. Martin (Ceol na Fidhle), vol. 4, 1991; pg. 15. Topic TSCD 669, Willy Taylor (et al) – “Ranting and Reeling:
Dance Music of the north of
BRAES OF ABERARDER. AKA and see "Lady
Madelina Sinclair." Scottish. Composition claimed by Charles Duff and published 1790, but also appears,
retitled, in Gow's Third Collection
(1792).
BRAES OF ANGUS. AKA and see "Bridge of
Anas." Scottish, Reel. The melody appears in the Gillespie Manuscript (1768), but Glen (1891) finds it earliest in
print in James Aird's 1782 collection
(No. 154).
BRAES OF ARGYLL, THE. AKA and see “The Marine (Jig).” Scottish.
BRAES
OF ATHOLE, THE. AKA and see "Athol(e) Brae."
Scottish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AABBCCDD (Alburger, Bremner, Gow):
AABBCCDDEEFF (McGlashan). Northumbrian musician William Vickers' version of
"Athole Brae" differs in detail but not in outline, notes publisher
Matt Seattle. The melody was first printed by an anonymous publisher in 1734 in
the Duke of Perth MS., written by David Young. Glen (1891), however, could only
find the earliest appearance of the tune in print in Robert Bremner's collection. Alburger (Scottish Fiddlers and
Their Music), 1983; Ex. 17, pg. 38. Bremner
(Scots Reels), 1757; pgs.
78-79 (appears as “Braes of Athol”). Carlin (The
Gow Collection), 1986; No. 463. Gow (Complete Repository), Part 2, 1802; pg. 18. McGlashan (Collection of Strathspey
Reels), c. 1780/81; pg. 15. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; pg. 301.
X:1
T:Braes of Athole, The
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:Stewart-Robertson – The
Athole Collection (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
d|B2 AG B/c/d e/f/g|BAGB A/A/A Ad|B2 AG B/c/d e/f/g|D3B G/G/G G:|
|:f|gdBg dgdB|gdBg f2 Ae/f/|gdBg dgdB|c/B/A/G/ FA G/G/G G:|
|:c|BGBG BG B/c/d|BG B/c/d e/f/g Ac|BG B/c/d e/f/g f/g/a|D3B G/G/G G:|
|:f|gdBg
dgdB|g/f/e/d/ Bg f2 Ae/f/|gdBg dgdB|c/B/A/G/ FA G/G/G G:|
BRAES OF AUCHTERTYRE [1].
AKA and see "Braes of Auchentyre,"
"Belles of Tipperary [1],"
"Beaus of Albany [1],” “The Music Club,” “The New Policeman." See "Billy/Billie in the Low
Ground [1]."
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See also listings at: Alan Snyder’s Cape Breton Fiddle Recording
Index Jane Keefer’s Folk Music Index: An
Index to Recorded Sources |
X:1
T:Braes of Auchtertyre
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:Stewart-Robertson – The
Athole Collection (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:C
G,|C2CF EGGA|cded cAGc|A/A/A AG A2a2|gcfe d2c2|C2CF EGGA|
cded cAGc|AcGc FcEc|dBcE D2C||f|efga gecg|afeg edcG|A/A/A ag a2 c’2|
ecfe d2 cf|efga gecg|afdg edcA|AcGc FcEc|dBcE D2C||
X:2
T:Braes of Aughtertyre (sic)
L:1/8
M:C|
R:Reel
B:Aird, Vol. II (1782)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
D3E FAAB | defe dBAd | B/B/B BA B2b2 | fdaf e2d2 |
D3E FAAB | defe dBAd | BdAd GdFd | (f/e/)(d/c/) dF “tr”F2D2 :|
|: fgab afda | bgeg fedA | B/B/B ba b2 {b/c’/}d’2 | fdaf “tr”e2d2 |
fgab afda | bgeb fedA | BdAd GdFd | f/e/d/c/ dF “tr”E2 D2 :|
X:3
T:The
Braes of Auchtertyre
S:Petrie's
Second Collection of Strathspey Reels and Country Dances &c.
Z:Steve
Wyrick <sjwyrick'at'astound'dot'net>,
N:Petrie's
Second Collection, page 24
%
Gore's Index gives earliest publication as Joshua Campbell's
%
"Coll. Of Newest & Best Reels & Minuets..."
L:1/8
M:C
R:Reel
K:C
C3D
(EGGA)|cded cAGc|A/A/A (AG) A2a2 | gcfe Td2c2 |
C2
(CD) (EGGA)|cded cAGc|AcGc FcEc | d/c/B/A/ cE D2C2 ||
efga
gecg |afdg edcG|A/A/A ag a2({ab}c'2)| ecfe Td2c2 |
efga
gecg |(a/g/f/e/ d)g edcG|AcGc FcEc |(d/c/B/A/) cE TD2 C2|]
BRAES O' AUCHTERTYRE [2], THE. Scottish, "Pastoral Air" (Skinner) or Slow Strathspey (Honeyman). A Major. Standard tuning. One Part (Hunter, Skinner): AB (Honeyman, Skinner/Harp). J. Scott Skinner, who fashioned a popular arrangement of the tune for his Harp and Claymore collection, said it was an "admired old air by Crocket." Honeyman (1898) agrees that "this grand melody was composed or adapted about the year 1723 by James Crocket (see note for version #1), but was first transposed from the key of C to that of A, and played as a slow strathspey by James Scott Skinner." Source for notated version: Winston Fitzgerald (1914-1987, Cape Breton), “inspired by J. Scott Skinner’s setting and by his friend Angus Chisholm” [Cranford]. Cranford (Winston Fitzgerald), 1997; No. 64, pg. 30. Honeyman (Strathspey, Reel and Hornpipe Tutor), 1898; pg. 36. Hunter (Fiddle Music of Scotland), 1988; No. 26. Skinner (Harp and Claymore Collection), 1904; pg. 6 (arranged for violin and piano). Skinner (The Scottish Violinist), pg. 37.
X:1
T:Braes o’ Auchtertyre, The [2]
M:C
L:1/8
R:Slow Strathspey
S:Honeyman
– Strathspey, Reel and Hornpipe Tutor (1898)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
A,2 A,D C<E E>F|A>Bc>B A>F E<A|F<F F>E F2 Ff|eAdc B2 Az|
A,2 A,D C<E E>F|A>Bc>B c/B/A/G/ AE|F>AE>A D>AC>A c/B/A/G/ AC B,2 A,z/||
d/|c>de>f ecAe|f/e/d/c/ Bd c>BAE|Fffe (f2 f)g/a/|eAdc B2 A z/d/|c>de>f ecAe|
f/e/d/c/
Bd c>B AE|F>AE>A D>AC>A|c/B/A/G/ AC B,2 A,z||
BRAES OF AUCHENTYRE. See "Braes of Auchtertyre [1]."
BRAES OF BALANDINE. AKA and see "Braes of Ballenden."
BRAES
OF BALLENDEN [1], THE. AKA ‑ "Braes of
Balandine." Scottish, Air (3/4 time). B Flat Major. Standard tuning. AABB.
The melody also appears in the
X:3
T:Braes of
Balanden [1]
M:3/4
L:1/8
R:Air
N:”Slow”
S:McGibbon
– Scots Tunes, Book 1 (c. 1762)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:B_
B>c |
{B/c/}d2f2 f>g | “tr”f4 (g/a/b) | (gf)(edcB) | “tr”{d}c4 B>c | d2f2
(f/g/a) |
{a}b3ag2 |
f>g {g}f(e/d/) “tr”c>B | B4 :: (D>E) | F3 GBF | G2 (B>c)
“tr”(cB/4c/4) |
d2c2
(d/c/B) | G4 (f/g/a) | b2 B2 (B/c/d) | c2d2 f>b | g2 (fe)(de) | {d}c4 Bc |
d2f2 (f/g/a) |
{a}b3ag2 |
f>g (f<d)”tr”(cB) | G4 Bc | d2f2F2 | G2B2 g>b | (f>g)(f>d)”tr”(c>B)
| B4 :|
BRAES OF BALLENDEN [2], THE. Scottish, Air (3/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Ballenden is another name for Ballantyne, spelled variously Balandine, Ballandyne, Ballendine etc. Composed by dancing master James Oswald (d. 1769). Alexander Campbell opined that "...had he (Oswald) composed nothing else but 'The Braes of Ballenden' and the air to 'Lovely Nymph', introduced in the burletta of 'Midas', his fame would live as long as a relish exists for genuine Scottish melody." The melody also appears in Johnson’s Scots Musical Museum (I, 1787, pg. 93). O’Farrell (Pocket Companion, vol. II), c. 1806; pg. 93.
X:1
T:Braes of Balandine (sic)
T:Braes of Ballenden [2]
L:1/8
R:Air
S:O’Farrell – Pocket Companion, vol. II (c. 1806)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
G3fe2 | d>ed{c}B (A>F/2G/4) | G4 :: G | D3E G>D | E2G2 (A>B/2c/4) |
“tr”B2A2 c/B/A/G/ | E4 de/f/ | g2G2 (G>A/2B/4) | A2B2 d>g | fe dc Bc |
B2A2 G>A | B2d2 (d>e/2f/4) | g3f e2 | d>e d<B AG | E4 GA | B2d2D |
“tr”E2G2
(e>f/2g/4) | d>e dB (A>G/2A/4) | G6 :|
BRAES OF BALQUIDDER, THE. AKA – “Braes of Balquhither,” “Braes of
Balqyheder,” “Braes of Balquhidder.” Scottish; Air, Strathspey and Country Dance
Tune (4/4 time). G Major (Aird, Kerr): F Major (Athole, Bremner). Standard
tuning. AAB (Aird, Bremner): AABCC (Gow, Kerr): ABCD (McGlashan): AABCCD
(Athole). No matter which spelling is used the name 'Balquhither' is pronounced
'Balwhither'. The tune appears in both air and dance versions. Glen (1891)
finds the piece first published in Bremner's
1757 collection (pg. 37), however, the tune (and dance instructions) appear in The Bodleian Manuscript (1740),
inscribed "A Collection of the Newest Country Dances Performed in Scotland
at Edinburgh by D.A. Young, W.M. 1740" (the MS is named for the Bodleian
Library, Oxford, where it is housed). Robert Tannahill (1774-1810), bard and
weaver of Paisley, wrote a song by this name which appeared twice in R.A.
Smith's Scottish Minstrel
(1821-1824), vol. 1, pg. 49 and vol. IV, pg. 89 (the latter air is a
modification of the first and is called "The Three Carles o'
Buchanan"). The song text appears in Henry W. Shoemaker's Mountain Minstrelsy of Pennsylvania
(1931), with the following note:
***
Potter County: This very ancient ballad was furnished by Mr.
child, soon after the War of Revolution, by veterans of that war,
and he sang it to me in 1876, in memory of our family soldiers
of 100 years before.- John C. French, 1919.
***
Mr. French's account predates the
Tannahill publication by some forty years, and perhaps he was a victim of the
human penchant for subscribing increased antiquity to already old items, though
it is possible that an older song text to the country dance tune predated the
Tannahill publication. Tannahill’s words begin:
***
Will ye go, lassie, go,
To the braes o' Balquhidder?
Where the blaeberries grow,
'Mang the bonnie bloomin' heather;
Where the deer and the roe,
Lightly bounding together,
Sport the lang summer day
'Mang the braes o' Balquhidder.
***
Chorus:
Will ye go, lassie, go,
To the braes o' Balquhidder?
Where the blaeberries grow,
'Mang the bonnie bloomin' heather.
***
The song “Wild Mountain Thyme” is
derived from “Braes of Balquidder,” as is “Will You Go, Lassie, Go” reworked by
Frank McPeake of Belfast. When the melody was employed in an advertisement for Irish
television the McPeakes threatened legal action for coypright
infringement. After some public
discussion in the press, followed by a bit of research, the conclusion was that
the McPeakes did not compose either the words or the music. The threat of a
suit never materialised and the matter was quickly forgotten, according to
Harry O’Prey. Gow notes the tune “may be play’d very Slow.” Aird (Selection
of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs), vol. II, 1782; No. 181, pg. 67
(appears as “Braes of Balwhedar”). Bremner (Scots
Reels), c. 1757; pg. 37. Gow (Complete
Repository), Part 1, 1799; pg. 27. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 1; Set 16, No. 1, pg. 11. McGlashan (A Collection of Reels),
c. 1786; pg. 37. Stewart-Robertson
(The Athole Collection), 1884; pg.
212. Folk Lyric FL-116, Betsy Miller (Ewan MacColl’s
mother). Green Linnett GLCD 1146, The Tannahill Weavers - "Capernaum"
(1994. Tannahill's song).
X:1
T:Braes of Balquhidder
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:Stewart-Robertson – The
Athole Collection (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:F
c|A/B/c Fc A2 AB|A/B/c Fc AGGB|A/B/c Fc A2 Ac|defd cAA:|
c|defd cAag|fdcA AGGc|defd cAfg|agfd cAAc|defd caga|~fdcA AGGA|
FCA,C FGAc|defd cAA||
|:c|dFcF A2Ac|dFcF AGGc|dFcF A2Ac|defd cAA:|
c|defd cAag|fdcA AGGc|defd cAfg|agfc A2Ac|defd caga|fdcA AGGA|
FCA,C
FGAc|defd cAA||
X:2
T:The Braes o' Balquhidder
B:G.F. Graham, The Popular Songs and
Melodies of Scotland (1900)
C:Words written by Robert Tannahill
1774-1810.
N:it's vaguely like The Duke of
Bucclugh's Tune in Playford, 1687
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Air
Q:1/4=96
K:D
% hexatonic, G missing
F>A|B2 A>D|F2
F>A|B2 A>F|F<E
F>A|B2 A>D|F2 F>A|B>c d>B |A<F||
F>A|B>c d>B|A<F f>e|d<B
A>F|F<E F>A|B>c d>B|A<F f>e|dB AF
|F<E||
F>A|B2 A>D|F2
F>A|B2 A>F|F<E
F>A|B2 A>D|F2 F>A|B>c e/d/c/B/|A<F|]
BRAES OF BALQUITHIN, THE. Scottish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AA. Hardings All-Round Collection, 1905; No.
170, pg. 54.
X:1
T:Braes of Balquithin, The
M:C
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Harding’s All Round Collection
(1905)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
cB|d2 dg e2 AB|dgeB AGAB|dedB e2
Ac|BcBA AGAB|g2 be g2 Bd|
gagf edBd|g2 be g2 Bd|e2 dB
AGAB|gagf edBd|b2 af g2 Bd|e2 dB (AG):|
BRAES OF BANFF. Scottish. Philo FI 2018, "Jean Carignan
Plays the Music of Coleman, Morrison & Skinner" (appears as second
tune of "Kimmel Straight Jigs"; Kimmel was a N.Y.C. accordion player
who recorded in the 1920's).
BRAES OF BUSBY [1], THE (Mala Bhusby).
Irish, Reel. G Major (Mitchell): G Minor (O’Neill). Standard tuning. ABC
(Mitchell): AABBCC’ (O’Neill). The tune is an adaptation of John Bowie’s Slow
March “Braes of Bushbie” (c. 1789), set in reel time (see note for “Braes of Bushbie”) and generally played in a
major key in
X:1
T:Braes of Bushbie [1]
M:C
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:O’Neill – O’Neill’s Irish Music (1915)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G Minor
F | D<G G>A B>AG>F | C<F F>G Ac B/A/G/F/ | G>AB>c {Bc}d>cB>d | c/B/A/G/ FA BGG :|
|: A | B>cdB fBdB | Acfd cAFA | B>cdB fBdB | c<A F>A BGG :: f | g2 dg dg/a/ bg | f2 cf cf/g/ af |
g2 d>g d>cB>d | c/B/A/G/ FA BGG :: A | B<dG<B GB/c/ dB | A<cF<A FA/B/ cA |1
B<dG<B GB/c/ dB | c<A F>A BGG :|2 B>df>b f<dBd | c/B/A/G/ FA BGG ||
BRAES OF BUSHBIE [2]. AKA – “Braes of Busbie.” Scottish, Slow March (4/4 time) or Strathspey.
A Dorian (O’Farrell): G Minor (Cole, Hardie): G Dorian (Cranford). Standard
tuning. ABC (Cole, Hardy): AABBCC (O’Farrell): ABABCCD (Howe): AABBCCD
(Cranford). In lowland Scots dialect, a brae
is a hillside. Busby is a district in Renfrewshire, Scotland. Hardie (1992)
says the melody was a favorite of Niel Gow's, composed perhaps by John Bowie and first appearing in the
latter’s Collection, 1789. Reworked
as “Dowd’s Favorite,” the tune is
played as a reel and was recorded by
X:1
T:The Braes of Bushbie
C:John Bowie, 1789
R:strathspey
Z:Transcirbed by Juergen Gier
M:C
L:1/8
K:GDor
F/|D<GG>A
~B>AG>F|C>DF>G A<c B/A/G/F/|G>AB>c ~d>cB>d|\
c/B/A/G/ F>A
B<GG3/::A/|B>cd>B f>Bd>B|A<cf>d c/B/A/G/ F>A|\
B>cd<B
f>Bd>B|~c>AF>A B<GG3/::B/|~g2d>g (3dga (3bag|\
f2c>f (3cfg (3agf|~g>fd>g
~d>cB>d|c/B/A/G/ ~F>A B<GG3/:|A/|\
B<dG>d (3GBc
(3dcB|A>cF>c (3FAB c>A|B<dG>d (3GBc d>B|\
~c>AF>A B<GG>A|(3Bcd
G>d (3GBc (3dcB|A>cF>A (3FAB (3cBA|\
B>df<b f>dB>d|c/B/A/G/
F>A B<GG3/|]
BRAES OF CASTLE GRANT, THE. Scottish, Pipe March (2/4 time). A Major. Standard
tuning. AABB’CCDD’. The first two parts were composed by Duncan MacDonald, and
the last two by Pipe Major G.S. MacLennan. Christine Martin (2002) says the
tune is often played as a stately pipe march in competitions, and warns it
should not be speeded up. Source for notated version: fiddler Jean-Ann
Callender (
BRAES OF DORNOCH.
Scottish, Country Dance Tune (2/2 time). G Major.
Standard tuning. AB. The melody is sourced to John Johnson’s
Tow Hundred Favourite Country Dances, vol. 7 (London, 1757). Barnes
(English Country Dance Tunes, vol. 2),
2005; pg. 14.
BRAES OF DUMBLANE. AKA and see “The Five Cross Roads,” “Kiss Your Partner.” Scottish, Reel. G
Major. Standard tuning. AAB (Kerr): AABB (Cole). Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 11. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 2; No. 295, pg. 32. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883.
X:1
T:Braes of Dumblane, The
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Ryan’s Mammoth Collection
(1883)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
g/e/|dB/d/ e/f/g/e/|d/B/G/B/
A/G/E|dB/d/ e/f/g/b/|a/f/d/f/ g(3g/f/e/|
dB/d/ e/f/g/e/|dB/G/B/ A/G/E|dB/d/
e/f/g/b/|a/f/d/f/ g:|
|:d|g({a}g/)f/ g/b/a/g/|f/d/a/d/
b/d/a/d/|g({a}g/)f/ g/b/a/g/|f/d/e/f/ gd|
g({a}g/)f/ g/b/a/g/|f/d/a/d/
b/d/a/d/|e/d/e/g/ f/d/f/b/|a/f/d/f/ g:|
BRAES O'/OF
ELACHIE/ELCHIES. Scottish (originally), Canadian,
Jig. Canada, Cape Breton. C Major. Standard tuning. AABB’. The tune was
recorded in the 1950's in a medley with “Miss Anderson’s” by Joe MacLean (
BRAES OF GLENCOE. AKA and see “Argyle('s) Bowling Green.” Cape Breton. Shanachie 14001, "The Early Recordings of Angus
Chisholm."
BRAES OF
GLENDOCHART/GLENDOCHERT. AKA and see “Joe Tanzy’s,” “Miss Menzies of
Culdare(s) [1],
"Mr./Miss/Mrs.
Minzies/Menzies of Culdare('s Reel),” “Paddy Murphy’s Wife [1],” “Pat Carney’s." Scottish, Reel. D
Major. Standard tuning. AAB. The tune was likely composed by Alexander McGlashan, in whose
publication it first appears (Third
Collection, 1786), however, it was retitled "Mr. Menzies of Culdare's
Reel" and attributed to Niel Gow in that composer's First Collection (2nd ed.), 1801, some years after McGlashan died.
“The Dochart, a river and glen, is in Perthshire near Crianlarich. It is the
burying ground for the Macnabs, and has been called "the Macnab
country"... "It now is included in the Breadalbane territory, the
clan having emigrated to Canada in the first two decades of the present
century” (Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland,1883).
Glen (The Glen Collection of Scottish
Music), vol. 1, 1891; pg. 6. S. Johnson (A Twenty Year Anniversary Collection),
2003; pg. 43. McGlashan
(Collection of Strathspey Reels),
vol. 3, 1786; pg. 5.
X:1
T:Braes of Glendochert, The
M:C
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:McGlashan – Strathspey Reels (1786)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D Mixolydian
A|FDAF BGAF|EcGc ECCA|DFAF BGAG|FdAd FDD:|
||g|f/g/a da fdad|e/f/g c>g ecgc|f/g/a da fdad|B/^c/d A>d Fddg|
f/g/a
da/ fdad|e/f/g cg ecge|afge fde^c|d/^/c/B/c/ dA FD D||
BRAES OF GLENORCHY [1]. AKA and see "Mason's Apron,"
"The Mason Laddie," "The Isla Reel." Scottish, Reel. G Major.
Standard. AB. Glen (1891) finds the tune first in print in Alexander McGlashan first
collection, 1780/81. McGlashan (Collection
of Strathspey Reels), c. 1781; pg. 12.
X:1
T:Braes of Glenorchy [1]
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:McGlashan – Strathspey Reels (c. 1781)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
c|B>AGA GAGE|D>EG>A B2
A>G|cAA>B ABAG|AGAB c2 Ad|BGGA G>AGE|
DEGA B2 AG|ABcd e>deg|G/G/G
B>A G2||
c|B>GdG B>GdG|BGdG B2 Gd|^cAeA
fAeA|^cAeA c2 Ad|BGdG eGdG|
D>EG>A B2 AG|ABcd edeg|G/G/G
BG G2||
BRAES OF GLENORCHY [2] (Braigh Ghlinn Urchaidh). Scottish, Jig. The tune appears
first in print in Alexander Mackay’s 1805 collection. It is an early setting of
the jig better known as “The Jolly
Corkonian” or “Hills of
Glenorchy [1].” Gore (A Fiddler’s
Book of Scottish Jigs), 1997.
BRAES OF GLENTURROTE. Scottish, Slow Air (6/8 time). C Major. Standard
tuning. AAB. Martin (Ceol na
Fidhle), vol. 2, 1988; pg. 42.
BRAES OF KILLIEKRANKIE. Scottish. "First printed in 'Scotch Presbyterian Eloquence', 1692,
adapted for religious use. It is still well known in Scotland, both as a song
and a fiddle tune. ... Seems to have been written soon after the battle (it
commemorates) {the Battle of Killiekrankie, 27 July, 1689} [Williamson]." Flying Fish FF358, Robin Williamson ‑ "Legacy of
the Scottish Harpers, vol. 1."
BRAES OF LETTERFOURIE, THE. Scottish, Strathspey. A Major. Standard
tuning. AA'B. Composed by Alexander Walker, born 1810, Rhynie, Strathbogie,
Aberdeenshire. Emmerson (1971) calls it the best‑known of his earlier
compositions, while according to Paul Stewart Cranford (1991) it still has
currency among Cape Breton fiddlers. Once employed (as a gardener) and
patronized by Sir Charles Forbes of Castle Newe, Walker emmigrated to the
United States at age 51 to join his brother in Vermont, and later in
Williamstown, Mass., where he "was still going strong in 1898 as a farmer
and land surveyor". He published 200 of his melodies before he left
Scotland, and a further 180 in America (of which the latter appear lost).
Walker (A Collection of Strathspeys,
Reels, Marches, &c.), 1866; No. 11, pg. 4.
BRAES OF LOCHIEL, THE. AKA and see “Banks of Locheil,” "Braighe
Lochiall." Scottish, Slow Air or Waltz. A Minor. Standard tuning. AA'BB'.
This tune "reports the intention of an individual, seemingly long absent,
to return to the braes of Lochiel, where he could enjoy the pleasure of the
chase in perfection. The circumstances of the times banished so many from their
native country, that it is difficult to trace the allusion" (Fraser).
Fraser (The Airs and Melodies Peculiar to
the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles), 1874; No. 44, pg. 16. CUL 009 Alasdair Fraser – “Portrait of a Scottish Fiddler.”
Rounder 3067, Alan Stivell ‑ "Renaissance of the Celtic Harp"
(1982). Billy Ross & John Martin – “Braes of Lochiel.”
X:1
T:Braes of Lochiel, The
T:Braighe Lochiall
M:3/4
L:1/8
R:Slow Air
S:Fraser Collection
(1874)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A Minor
A|:E4 ^G2|A4 c>d|e4 c2|d2e2g2|e4 G2|A4 c2|1 d4 cB|e4 A2:|2 d4 c2|B2 e2||
|:B>A|G E3 ^G2|A4 ce|a3 e g2|1 e4 d>c|B2e2A2|G E3 ^G2|A4:|2 e4 d>B|
c2e2a2|Be3 ^G2|A4||
BRAES OF MAR [1], THE. AKA – “Braes o’ Mar,” “Braes of Marr,” “Braes of Mor.” AKA and