Belladrum's Strathspey

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Theme code Index	113b5 7bL424
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Composer/Core Source
Region	Scotland
Genre/Style	Scottish
Meter/Rhythm	Strathspey
Key/Tonic of	E
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Aeolian (minor)
Time signature	4/4
History
Structure	AAB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:John Glen
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Glen Collection of Scottish Dance Music vol. 2 (The)
Tune and/or Page number	p. 48
Year of publication/Date of MS	1895
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BELLADRUM'S STRATHSPEY. Scottish, Strathspey. E Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (Glen): AABB (Williamson). Belladrum, Gaelic for 'ford-mouth-ridge', is a small town in the region called the Aird near Loch Ness in the Scottish Highlands. Captain Simon Frazer of Knockie composed the tune and included it in his book Thirty Highland Airs and Strathspeys, published in 1816. Williamson (1976) notes: "Nearly all the pieces in the book are his. He published several books and researched and collected a large number of Highland song airs." Similar in many ways to "Mrs. Ramsay of Barnton (2)."

Printed sources: Glen (The Glen Collection of Scottish Dance Music), vol. II, 1895; p. 48. Williamson (English, Welsh, Scottish and Irish Fiddle Tunes), 1976; p. 65.

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T:Belladrum
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L:1/8
R:Strathspey
S:Glen Collection (1895)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:Emin
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