Annotation:Tiviot Bridge
X:2 T:Tivot [sic] Bridge M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig B:Thomas Calvert - Collection of Marches & Quick Steps, Strathspeys & Reels (1799, p. 11) Z:AK/FIddler's Companion K:A f|ecA TE2A|~F2A E2A|ABA A2c|{ABc}d2 c B2A| ABA TE2A|~FD2A E2c|{c}[d2f2]a ecA|TB2 A/B/ [C2A2]|| f|ece ece|fdf fga|ece ecA|BGE EGf| ece fdf|{fg}agf edc|[d2f2]a ecA|TB2 A/B/ [C2A2]||
TIVIOT BRIDGE.AKA and see "Pivot Brig (The)," "Teviot Brig." Scottish, Jig (6/8 time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. "Tiviot Bridge"[1] was composed by fiddler-composer Alexander Givan (1752-1803) of Kelso and issued in a small folio accompanied with several of his other compositions by the Edinburgh publishing concern of Gow & Shepherd c. 1810. It was not the first time the tune appeared in print, however, as it was included in Thomas Calvert's Collection of Marches & Quick Steps, Strathspeys & Reels (1799, p. 11, as "Tivot Bridge"). Calvert was also a musician living and working in Kelso, and presumably was well acquainted with Given.
In 1795, a bridge over the River Teviot was built by William Elliot, although the design used appears to have been drawn up by another architect or builder, Alexander Stevens. Teviot Bridge has three arches, with pedestrian 'refuges' or passing places above the pillars supporting the central and largest span. Each of the bridge's piers stands on a wedge-shaped cut water designed to break the current of the river.
