Annotation:Sanders Brane

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X:1 T:Saunders Bane [sic] (Old Scotch) M:C L:1/8 Q:"Allegro" R:Reel B:Thomas Wilson - Companion to the Ball Room (1816, p. 55) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:Dmin A|FADA FA DE/F/|GCEG CGEG|FADA FADg|fd f/e/d/^c/ dDD:|| f/g/|adfa dafa|gceg cg ef/g/|adfa dafa|gc a/g/f/e/ fd df/g/| adfa dafa|gceg cg ef/g/|afge fdcA|G>c A/G/F/E/ FDD||

SANDERS BRANE. Scottish, Reel or Strathspey. D Minor (most versions): E Minor (Rook). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Surenne): AAB (Gow, Rook): AABB' (Athole, Kerr). "Sanders Brane" was composed by "Mr. Duncan", according to the Gows, and attributed to "S. Duncan" by Joseph Lowe. The tune was also entered into the large 1840 music manuscript collection of multi-instrumentalist John Rook, Waverton, near Wigton, Cumbria.

Additional notes

Printed sources : - Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 510. Gow (Complete Repository, Part 2), 1802; p. 32. Kerr (Merry Melodies, vol. 1), c. 1880; Set 23, No. 5, p. 14. Joseph Lowe (Lowe's Collection of Reels, Strathspeys and Jigs, book 1), 1844–1845; p. 21. Alexander Mackenzie (National Dance Music of Scotland, Book 2), n.d. (c. 1840's), reedited in 1889; p. 23. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; p. 219. Surenne (Dance Music of Scotland), 1852; pp. 78-79.

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