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Theme code Index	5L5L7L 113b
Also known as	Banks of Locheil (The), Braighe Lochiall
Composer/Core Source
Region	Scotland
Genre/Style	Scottish
Meter/Rhythm	Air/Lament/Listening Piece, Waltz/Valse/Vals
Key/Tonic of	A
Accidental	NONE
Mode	Aeolian (minor)
Time signature	3/4
History
Structure	AABB'
Editor/Compiler	Simon Fraser
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles (The)
Tune and/or Page number	No. 44, p. 16
Year of publication/Date of MS	1816 (reprinted 1874)
Artist	Biography:Alan Stivell
Title of recording	Renaissance of the Celtic Harp
Record label/Catalogue nr.	Rounder 3067
Year recorded	1982
Media
Score ()

BRAES OF LOCHIEL, THE. AKA and see "Banks of Locheil," "Braighe Lochiall." Scottish, Slow Air or Waltz. A Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). 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). See also "Banks of the Locheil", a slow air version set in 6/8, although sometimes played as a jig by Cape Breton fiddlers.

Printed source: Fraser (The Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles), 1874; No. 44, p. 16.

Recorded sources: 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."

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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:Amin
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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||

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-'''BRAES OF LOCHIEL, THE'''. AKA and see "Banks of Locheil," "Braighe Lochiall." Scottish, Slow Air or Waltz. A Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). 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).
+'''BRAES OF LOCHIEL, THE'''. AKA and see "Banks of Locheil," "Braighe Lochiall." Scottish, Slow Air or Waltz. A Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). 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). See also "Banks of the Locheil", a slow air version set in 6/8, although sometimes played as a jig by Cape Breton fiddlers.
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