Annotation:Brumley Brae (The): Difference between revisions
No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
| (2 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
---------- | |||
---- | {{TuneAnnotation | ||
|f_tune_annotation_title= https://tunearch.org/wiki/Annotation:Brumley_Brae_(The) > | |||
'''BRUMLEY BRAE, THE'''. AKA – "Bramley Brae." Scottish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. A popular Scottish session reel composed by William MacPherson (1919–1974). Brumley Brae is a steep hill in Elgin (north-east Scotland) that is situated north-east of the Bow Brig in the direction of Spyme and the road to Burghead and Hopeman, relates Neil (1991). "It was probably a favorite place for picking brambles as the name suggests." Macpherson was a native of Elgin. The tune has some currency among musicians from northern Ireland (Donegal), where it is known as "[[Charlie Fleming's]]," probably referring to Chuck Fleming, a onetime member of the JSD Band and Five Hand Reel. | |f_annotation='''BRUMLEY BRAE, THE'''. AKA – "Bramley Brae." AKA and see "[[John Brain's]]." Scottish, Reel (cut time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. A popular Scottish session reel composed by William MacPherson (1919–1974). Brumley Brae is a steep hill in Elgin (north-east Scotland) that is situated north-east of the Bow Brig in the direction of Spyme and the road to Burghead and Hopeman, relates Neil (1991). "It was probably a favorite place for picking brambles as the name suggests." Macpherson was a native of Elgin. The tune has some currency among musicians from northern Ireland (Donegal), where it is known as "[[Charlie Fleming's]]," probably referring to Chuck Fleming, a onetime member of the JSD Band and Five Hand Reel. | ||
|f_source_for_notated_version= | |||
|f_printed_sources=Bennett ('''Willie Macpherson: The Elgin Fiddler'''), 2006; no. 1, p. 47. | |||
Neil ('''The Scots Fiddle'''), 1991; No. 74, p. 98. | Neil ('''The Scots Fiddle'''), 1991; No. 74, p. 98. | ||
Songer and Curley ('''Portland Collection, vol. 3'''), 2015; p. 43. | |||
|f_recorded_sources= | |||
|f_see_also_listing=Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index [http://www.cbfiddle.com/rx/tune/t1447.html]<br> | |||
}} | |||
'' | |||
Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index [http://www.cbfiddle.com/rx/tune/t1447.html]<br> | |||
Latest revision as of 21:25, 13 April 2023
X:1 T:Bramley Brae T:Charlie Fleming's M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel N:A version of the Scots tune "Brumley Brae" K:D d2 cd AFDd| cdAF DFAF| E3 F GFED| C2 AE BEcE| ! d2 cd AFDd|cdAF DFAF|1 Gfgf efed| ecAc d3 c:||2 Gfgf edcB| Acec d3 a||! ^gafd Aa^ga| fdAa ^gafd| eB ~B2 bagf| edcB Aa^ga| ! ^gafd Aa^ga| fdAa ^gafd| eB ~B2 cBAG| FDECD3 a|! ^gafd Aa^ga| fdAa ^gafd| eB ~B2 bagf|edcB AGFE|! D2 cd AFDd|cdAF DFAF|Gfgf efed|cAGE D3 c||!
BRUMLEY BRAE, THE. AKA – "Bramley Brae." AKA and see "John Brain's." Scottish, Reel (cut time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. A popular Scottish session reel composed by William MacPherson (1919–1974). Brumley Brae is a steep hill in Elgin (north-east Scotland) that is situated north-east of the Bow Brig in the direction of Spyme and the road to Burghead and Hopeman, relates Neil (1991). "It was probably a favorite place for picking brambles as the name suggests." Macpherson was a native of Elgin. The tune has some currency among musicians from northern Ireland (Donegal), where it is known as "Charlie Fleming's," probably referring to Chuck Fleming, a onetime member of the JSD Band and Five Hand Reel.
