Annotation:Braes o' Forbes (The)
X:1 T:Braes o’ Forbes, The R:Strathspey C:George S. McLennan M:C L:1/16 B:McLennan - Highland Bagpipe Music (1929, p. 35) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Amix A|A4 c3B B2A2 A3c|e3f e3d dc3 c3a|A4 c3B B2A2 A3c|e3d dc3 cB3 B4| A4 c3B B2A2 A3c|e3f e3d dc3 c3d|e3f e3c A3c|e3c|f3d e3c cB3 B3c|| A3a e3d c2A2 e3d|ce3 f3e e3c c3B|A3a e3d c2A2 e3f|e3d dc3 cB3 B3c| A3a e3d c2A2 e3d|ce3 f3e e3c c3d|e3f e3c A3c e3c|f3d e3c cB3 B3||
BRAES O' FORBES, THE. AKA - "Fiddler's Braes o' Forbes (The)." Scottish, Pipe Strathspey (whole time). A Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. "Braes o' Forbes" was composed by George S. McLennan (1884-1929), Pipe Major with the Gordon Highlanders. Paul Stewart Cranford (2015) published a version that circulated for some time among Cape Breton fiddlers as an untitled traditional tune. The fiddle version differs
