Braes of Balquidder (1) (The)

Tune annotations

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X:1
T:Braes of Balquither
M:C
L:1/8
R:Air
S:John Rook music manuscript collection (1840, Wigton, Cumbria)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
D|G2 B>d (c<e)A>B|(c<e)d>B A<G zD|G2 B>d (c<e) A>B|(c<e)d>B A<G:|
|:{GABcdef}|g2 g/f/e/^d/ edd<B {GABcdef}|g2 g/f/e/^d/ e<B (Tg>a)|b<g a<f !fermata!g2 G>B|c<e d>B A<G:|]

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|]

X:1
%
T:Braes o' Balquihither
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:Daved Glen - The Edinburgh Collection, Book 2 (c. 1910; No. 467, p. 23)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:D
A/B/|:Od2 df e2 AB|d2 ed BGBc| d2 df e2 dB|AAAB AGAB|
d2 df e2 AB|d2 ed BGBc| dedB e2 dB|AAAB AGAB||
g2 ae g2 de|g2 ae fdef|g2 ae g2 dB|AAAB AGAB|
g2 ae g2 de|g2 ae fdef| aefd e2 dB|AAAB AGABO||

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