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'''JOHNNIE STEELE'''. AKA and see "[[Auld Brig o' Ayr (The)]]," "[[Bob Steele]]," "[[New Brig o' Dee (2) (The)]]," "[[Miller o' Dervil (The)]]," "[[Benholm Castle]]." Scottish, Strathspey. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Hunter): AAB (Skinner). Composed originally by James Barnett [http://www.nigelgatherer.com/perf/fiddlers/jbarn.html] (1847-1898) of Kirkwall, Orkney, although the melody has been developed by others under a variety of titles. J Murdoch Henderson ('''Flowers of Scottish Melody''', 1935) remarks that Peter Lennie, also a fiddler from Kirkwall, "is said to have had a hand in framing Barnett's air."
'''JOHNNIE STEELE'''. AKA and see "[[Auld Brig o' Ayr (The)]]," "[[Bob Steele]]," "[[New Brig o' Dee (2) (The)]]," "[[Miller o' Dervil (The)]]," "[[Benholm Castle]]." Scottish, Strathspey. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Hunter): AAB (Skinner). Composed originally by James Barnett [http://www.nigelgatherer.com/perf/fiddlers/jbarn.html] (1847-1898) of Kirkwall, Orkney, although the melody has been developed by others under a variety of titles. J Murdoch Henderson ('''Flowers of Scottish Melody''', 1935) remarks that Peter Lennie, also a fiddler from Kirkwall, "is said to have had a hand in framing Barnett's air."
[[File:barnett.jpg|200px|thumb|left|James Barnett of Kirkwall]]
[[File:barnett.jpg|280px|thumb|left|James Barnett of Kirkwall]]
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''Printed sources'': Hunter ('''Fiddle Music of Scotland'''), 1988; No. 102. '''Köhler's Violin Repository, Book II''', 1881-1885; p. 172. Skinner ('''Harp and Claymore'''), 1904; p. 82.  
''Printed sources'': Hunter ('''Fiddle Music of Scotland'''), 1988; No. 102. Laybourn ('''Köhler's Violin Repository, Book II'''), 1881-1885; p. 172. Skinner ('''Harp and Claymore'''), 1904; p. 82.  
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JOHNNIE STEELE. AKA and see "Auld Brig o' Ayr (The)," "Bob Steele," "New Brig o' Dee (2) (The)," "Miller o' Dervil (The)," "Benholm Castle." Scottish, Strathspey. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Hunter): AAB (Skinner). Composed originally by James Barnett [1] (1847-1898) of Kirkwall, Orkney, although the melody has been developed by others under a variety of titles. J Murdoch Henderson (Flowers of Scottish Melody, 1935) remarks that Peter Lennie, also a fiddler from Kirkwall, "is said to have had a hand in framing Barnett's air."

James Barnett of Kirkwall



Source for notated version: Köhler's Violin Repository [Skinner].

Printed sources: Hunter (Fiddle Music of Scotland), 1988; No. 102. Laybourn (Köhler's Violin Repository, Book II), 1881-1885; p. 172. Skinner (Harp and Claymore), 1904; p. 82.

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