Breeches Maker (The)

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Theme code Index	3b2 3b1 3b7b 27bL
Also known as	Britches Maker (The)
Composer/Core Source
Region	Scotland
Genre/Style	Scottish
Meter/Rhythm	Air/Lament/Listening Piece, Jig/Quadrille
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	2 flats
Mode	Aeolian (minor)
Time signature	6/8
History
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Nathaniel Gow
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Fourth Collection of Niel Gow's Reels
Tune and/or Page number	pp. 30-31
Year of publication/Date of MS	1800
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BREECHES MAKER, THE. AKA - "The Britches Maker." Scottish, Air (6/8 time) or Jig. G Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. A more ornate setting of Irish bard Turlough O'Carolan's "All Alive (1)."

Printed Sources: Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 323. Gow (Fourth Collection of Niel Gow's Reels), 2nd ed., originally 1800; pp. 30-31.

X:1
T:Breeches Maker, The
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Air
N:"Slow"
N:"Original Set"
B:Gow - Fourth Collection of Niel Gow's Reels (1800)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:Gmin
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