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 Theme code Index    1553 1523
 Also known as    
 Composer/Core Source    Biography:Pipe Major John McColl
 Region    Scotland
 Genre/Style    Pipe
 Meter/Rhythm    March/Marche
 Key/Tonic of    A
 Accidental    3 sharps
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    6/8
 History    
 Structure    AABBCCD
 Editor/Compiler    
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Scots Guards vol. 1
 Tune and/or Page number    
 Year of publication/Date of MS    
 Artist    Biography:Ronan Martin
 Title of recording    Ronan Martin
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    Wildcat Records WILDCD 101
 Year recorded    2008
 Media    
 Score   ()   


BONAWE HIGHLANDERS. Scottish, Pipe March (6/8 time). A Major/Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCCD. A very popular pipe march often attributed to D. Bowman, but actually composed by Pipe Major John McColl (Nigel Gatherer).

Printed source: Martin (Ceol na Fidhle), vol. 2, 1988; pg. 23. Norris (Glendaruel Collection); p. 18. Queen's Own Standard Settings; p. 70. Scots Guards, vol. 1.

Recorded source: Wildcat Records WILDCD 101, Ronan Martin - "Ronan Martin" (2008).


X:271
T:Bonawe Highlanders, The
C:Pipe Major John McColl  [AK: almost always attributed to D. Bowman]
S:My notebooks - forgotten where I got it
Z:Nigel Gatherer
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:A
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f<af ecA|B>AB c2 A::a3 a2 e|faf e>cA|a3 a2 e|f<ag f2 e|
f>ef fec|ABc a2 e|f<af e>cA|B>AB c2 A::cBc A>AA|e>cA c>BA|
cBc A>AA|B>AB c2 A|cBc A>AA|e>cA a2 e|f<af ecA|B>AB c2 A:|
a>ea =g>fe|f<af e>cA|a>ea =g>fe|f<ag f2 e|f>ef f>ec|
A>Bc a2 e|f<af e>cA|B>AB c2 A|a>ea =g>fe|f<af e>cA|
a>ea =g>fe|f<ag f2 e|a>AA c>BA|A>Bc a2 e|f<Af e>cA|B>AB c2 A|]


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