Braes of Elchies

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Theme code Index	51H3H4H 51H3H2H
Also known as	Braes o' Elchies, Braes o' Elachie, Braes of Elachie
Composer/Core Source
Region	Scotland, Canada
Genre/Style	Cape Breton/PEI
Meter/Rhythm	Jig/Quadrille
Key/Tonic of	C
Accidental	NONE
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	6/8
History	Canada/Maritimes (English)"Canada/Maritimes (English)" is not in the list (IRELAND(Munster), IRELAND(Connaught), IRELAND(Leinster), IRELAND(Ulster), SCOTLAND(Argyll and Bute), SCOTLAND(Perth and Kinross), SCOTLAND(Dumfries and Galloway), SCOTLAND(South Ayrshire), SCOTLAND(North East), SCOTLAND(Highland), ...) of allowed values for the "Has historical geographical allegiances" property.
Structure	AABB'
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Paul Stewart Cranford
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Brenda Stubbert's Collection
Tune and/or Page number	No. 98, p. 35
Year of publication/Date of MS	1994
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BRAES O'/OF ELACHIE/ELCHIES. Scottish (originally), Canadian, Jig. Canada, Cape Breton. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB'. Composed by Charles Grant of Aberlour (1810-1892), titled after the banks of the Speyside near Easter Elchies house (built in 1700). Scottish country dancers may be familiar with it as the vehicle for the dance called “A Trip to Aberdeen”, as the tune was published with the dance in one of the modern collections. The jig has currency among Cape Breton fiddlers, having been popularized by a recording in the 1950's by Joe MacLean (in a medley with "Miss Anderson's).

Source for notated version: fiddler Brenda Stubbert (b. 1959, Point Aconi, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia) [Cranford].

Printed source: Cranford (Brenda Stubbert's), 1994; No. 98, p. 35.

Recorded source: Rounder 7004, Joe Cormier - "The Dances Down Home" (1977).

X: 1
T: Braes Of Elchies, The
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Dmaj
|: B | AFA d2 e | f2 e g3 | AFA d2 e | faf ecB |
AF/G/A d2 e | f2 e g2 A | BG/A/B AdF | E2 F G2 :|
|: f | afa a2 f | bgb b2 g | af/g/a afd | f^ef =e2 A |
[1 afa afa | bgb bgb | afd e2 A | B2 c d2 :|
[2 B2 G B/c/dB | AfA A2 d | BgB AdF | E2 F D2 |]