Balquhidder

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Theme code Index	6133 6132
Also known as	Bochuidear
Composer/Core Source
Region	Scotland
Genre/Style	Scottish
Meter/Rhythm	Air/Lament/Listening Piece
Key/Tonic of	F
Accidental	1 flat
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	4/4
History
Structure	AAB
Editor/Compiler	Simon Fraser
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles (The)
Tune and/or Page number	No. 77, p. 28
Year of publication/Date of MS	1816 (reprinted 1874)
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<abc float="left"> X:1 T:Balquhidder, As performed by Major Logan T:Bochuidear M:C L:1/8 S:Fraser Collection Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:F c|d2 F>c A2 A>c|d2 F>c AGG>c|d2 F>c A2 Ac|d>ef>d cA A:| ~c|d>ef>d c<A a>g|f>c d/c/B/A/ AGG~c|d>ef>d c<A a>G| f<d f>d c>AA~c|d>ef>d c<A a>g|f>c d/c/B/A/ AGG A/G/| F>ED>E F>GA>c|d>ef>d cAA|| </abc>

BALQUHIDDER. AKA - "Bochuidear." Scottish, Slow Air (4/4 time). F Major. Standard tuning. AAB. "As performed by Major Logan." "The dancing set alone of this air has as yet been handed to the public. It was performed with peculiar tatste by Major Logan, whose set of it the editor was at pains to acquire, but scarcely differing from a song to the same air, sung by the editor's father, composed by Mrs. Fraser of Belladrum, expressing her regret at his continuing too long a bachelor, and intimating, that if he waited till she became a widow, she would by at his service" (Fraser). Balquhidder is a town in Stirling, Scotland, the site of Rob Roy's grave.

Printed source: Fraser (The Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles), 1874; No. 77, pg. 28.

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