Annotation:Atholl Braes

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ATHOLL BRAE(S). Scottish, Country Dance Tune and Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCCDD.
Not a version of "Athole Brose." The melody was printed in the Drummond Castle Manuscript (sometimes called Duke of Perth MS because it is inscribed "A Collection of Country Dances written for the use of his Grace the Duke of Perth by Dav. Young, 1734." In the early 1970's the MS was in the possession of the Earl of Ancaster at Drummond Castle.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Alburger (Scottish Fiddlers and Their Music), 1983; Ex. 17, p. 388. Seattle (Great Northern/William Vickers), 1987, Part 2; No. 376. Walsh (Complete Country Dancing-Master, Volume the Fourth), London, 1740; No. 3. Walsh (Caledonian Country Dances), c. 1745; p. 34.

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