Annotation:Bonny Braes of Skelmorly (The)

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X:1 T:Bonny Braes of Skelmorly, The M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel B:John Riddell of Ayr – Collection of Scots Reels, Minuets &c. B:for the Violin (1782, p. 44) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:C (F|ED)CE cGGc|GEcE D(dd)e|cGGc GEc(E|FD)GF ECC:| g|Te>dcg ecgc|BGdG eGdG|Te>dcg ecgc|A/B/c (.G.c) e(cc)g| Te>dcg ecgc|TB>AGd BGdG|ceGc AcE(G|FD)GF ECC||

BONNY BRAES OF SKELMORLY, THE. AKA - "Bonny Braes of Skelmorlie." Scottish, Reel (cut time). C Major (Riddell): D Major (Kennedy). Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Glen finds the tune first published in 1782 second collection (p. 44) of blind amateur Ayrshire fiddle-composer biography:John Riddell (1718‑95), said to have been of the family of Glencarnock (although this has been disputed). Skelmorlie/Skelmorly is a manor in Ayrshire, and was the inheritance of Lilias Montgomery, who married Alexander Montgomery of Coilsfield, with whom she had eight children, including Hugh Montgomery, 9th Earl of Eglinton.

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Printed sources : - Kennedy (Traditional Dance Music of Britain and Ireland, vol. 2: Reels and Rants), 1997; No. 9, p. 4. Riddell (Collection of Scots Reels, Minuets, &c.), 1782; p. 44.

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