Ben-A' Chie

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 Theme code Index    1535 5L27L2
 Also known as    
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    Scotland
 Genre/Style    Scottish
 Meter/Rhythm    Reel (single/double)
 Key/Tonic of    E
 Accidental    3 flats
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    4/4
 History    SCOTLAND(North East)
 Structure    AAB
 Editor/Compiler    Alexander Walker
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Collection of Strathspeys Reels Marches &c. (A)
 Tune and/or Page number    No. 105, p. 36
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1866
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BEN-A' CHIE. Scottish, Reel. E Flat Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by Aberdeenshire fiddler and composer Alexander Walker (b. 1819), employed as a gardener at Castle Newe by Sir Charles Forbes until he emigrated to Massachusetts after the American Civil War.

Printed source: Walker (A Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Marches, &c.), 1866/1991; No. 105, p. 36.