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Theme code Index	1L5L15L 2L4L2L7F
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Composer/Core Source	Alexander Walker
Region	Scotland
Genre/Style	Scottish
Meter/Rhythm	Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of	A
Accidental	NONE
Mode	Aeolian (minor)
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. 37, p. 14
Year of publication/Date of MS	1866
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Bridge of Banff (The): Annotations

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Bridge of Banff (The): Annotations

BRIDGE OF BANFF, THE. Scottish, Reel. A Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by Alexander Walker, born in Rhynie, Strathbogie, Aberdeenshire in 1819, who died around the end of the century in Northampton, Massachusetts, where he had emigrated at the age of 50 and established a prosperous farm. He was the gardener of Sir Charles Forbes of Castle Newe, who also became his patron.

Printed source: Walker (A Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Marches, &c.), 1866; No. 37, p. 14.