Annotation:Brodie of Brodie
X:1 T:Mr. Brodie of Brodie's Strathspey M:C L:1/16 R:Strathspey B:Gow & Shepherd - Collection of entirely original strathspey, reels, B:marches, quicksteps etc. (1796, p. 1) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D A,3DD3A, A,3DD3B|TA3FD3F E4[C4E4]|A,3DD3A, A,3DD3B|TA3FE3F D4D4:| Ad3d3e defg a2d2|g3bf3a Te4e4|Ad3d2e2 defg a2f2|B2c2 F2d2 D4D4| Ad3d2e2 defg a2d2|g3bf3a Te4e4|A,D3D3A, A,D3D3B|A2F2TE2F2 D4D4||
BRODIE OF BRODIE. AKA - "Mr. Brodie's Strathspey," "Mr. Brodie of Brodie's Strathspey." Scottish, Strathspey. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The tune was published (as "Mr. Brodie of Brodie's Strathspey") by the Edinburgh publishing firm of Nathaniel Gow and William Shepherd in a volume entitled A Collection of Entirely Original Strathspey Reels, Marches, Quick Steps &c. (1797, p. 1), "by Ladies resident in a remote part of the Highlands of Scotland, as corrected by Nath. Gow." Unfortunately, the composers names are not given. The Leeds antiquarian Frank Kidson (1854–1926) penciled a note in his copy of the volume that the composers were, or included, “the Misses Whyte,” and modern researcher Charles Gore thinks “the Misses Whyte” may possibly be a Miss White and a Miss Brocky, of Morayshire, east Highlands.
See note for "annotation:Brodie House" for more on the family. The tune was entered into the 1840 music manuscript collection of multi-instrumentalist John Rook (Waverton, Cumbria) as "Mr. Brodie's Stathspey," set in the key of 'G'.
