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Revision as of 22:57, 25 December 2016
BRIDGE OF PERTH, THE. Scottish, Reel. A Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Surenne): AAB (Gow, McGlashan, Skye): AABB (Athole). Composed by Daniel Dow, probably to commemorate the opening of the Tay bridge at Perth, completed in 1772. The tune was first published the following year. John Glen (1891) finds the tune first printed in Dow's c. 1775 collection (p. 9).
Printed source: Gow (Complete Repository), Part 4, 1817; p. 28. MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; p. 15. McGlashan (A Collection of Reels), c. 1786; p. 27. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; p. 23. Surenne (Dance Music of Scotland), 1852; p. 51.
X:1 T:Bridge of Perth M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel B:-Robertson-StewartThe Athole Collection (1884) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:A c|:A/B/c/d/ ed cAed|cAeg ae c2|A/B/c/d/ ed deA=c|B=GGB =gd ~B2:| |:Aaga eaca|eacf eA c2|eaga eaca|B=gdg d=G ~B2:||
X:2 T:Bridge of Perth, The M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel S:McGlashan - Reels (c. 1786, p. 27) K:A A/B/c/d/ eA dAfA|cAec ae c2|A/B/c/d/ ed ceAc|Bd=GB gd B2:| Aaea caea|Aaef eA c2|Aaea caea|=gaeg B=G B2| Aaea caea|Aaef eA c2|Aaga eaca|Bgdg BG B2||
X:3 T:Bridge of Perth, The M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel S:Robert Millar music manuscript collection (1820) N:"Robert Millar, Forfar Reg. and Piper to the Aberdeen Highland Society" Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:Amix a|AAeA cAfe|ceAe aec2|Aded ceAc|BdGB gd B2:| |:Aaea|caea|Aaef eA c2|Aaea caef|gage dG B2| Aaea caea|Aaef eA c2|afge fdec|BdGB gd B:||