Blue Breiks

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Theme code Index	1533 2722
Also known as	Blue Britches
Composer/Core Source
Region	Scotland
Genre/Style	Scottish
Meter/Rhythm	Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of	A
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Mixolydian
Time signature	4/4
History
Structure	AAB
Editor/Compiler	Robert Bremner
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Scots Reels
Tune and/or Page number	p. 67
Year of publication/Date of MS	1757
Artist	Biography:Robin Williamson
Title of recording	Legacy of the Scottish Harpers vol. 2
Record label/Catalogue nr.	Flying Fish
Year recorded
Media
Score ()

BLUE BREIKS/BRITCHES. Scottish Reel. A Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Robin Williamson speculates the title derived from some unknown social connotation, and points out licensed beggars in Scotland wore blue. The piece appears in the c. 1610 Skene Manuscript, though the earliest collection Glen could find containing the tune was Bremner's 1757 publication. See also note for "Link Him Dod(d)ie [1]," a later version of the melody.

Printed source: Bremner (Scots Reels), 1757; p. 67.

Recorded source: Flying Fish, Robin Williamson - "Legacy of the Scottish Harpers, vol. 2."

X:1
T:Blue Britches
M:C
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Bremner - Scots Reels (1757)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:Amix
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(a/g/f/e/) fd ce Tc2 | B(gg)d BGBd | (a/g/f/e/) ca eaca | Aaca eAce | 
(a/g/f/e/) ae fdec | B(gg)d BGBd | (A/B/c/d/) eA cA Tc2 | A(aa)e TcAce ||