Brochan Lom

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Also known as	Thin Porridge, Orange and Blue (1)
Composer/Core Source
Region	Scotland
Genre/Style	Scottish
Meter/Rhythm	Strathspey
Key/Tonic of	D
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	4/4
History
Structure	AB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:James Hunter
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Fiddle Music of Scotland
Tune and/or Page number	No. 92
Year of publication/Date of MS	1988
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BROCHAN LOM (Thin Porridge). AKA and see "Orange and Blue [1]." Scottish, Strathspey. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Also and famously known as the schottische "Orange and Blue" (see note for "Orange and Blue"). The tune is often played in a set with "Calum Crubach." See also the Welsh variant "Allt-y-Caethiwed."

Printed source: Hunter (Fiddle Music of Scotland), 1988; No. 92.

X: 1
T: Brochan Lom (Thin Porridge)
T: Orange and Blue
O: Trad
Z: John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
N: called a schottische in Skinner SV p.20 (with variations),
N: Hunter  354
N: jig or strathspey in Skye p.121
N: second Kennedy tune-book
N: p.19, BSFC I-23, keep under O&B name alphabetically
M: C
L: 1/8
K: D
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