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Theme code Index
1535 5L27L2
Also known as
Composer/Core Source
Region
Scotland
Genre/Style
Scottish
Meter/Rhythm
Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of
E
Accidental
3 flats
Mode
Ionian (Major)
Time signature
4/4
History
Scotland/North East"Scotland/North East" is not in the list (IRELAND(Munster), IRELAND(Connaught), IRELAND(Leinster), IRELAND(Ulster), SCOTLAND(Argyll and Bute), SCOTLAND(Perth and Kinross), SCOTLAND(Dumfries and Galloway), SCOTLAND(South Ayrshire), SCOTLAND(North East), SCOTLAND(Highland), ...) of allowed values for the "Has historical geographical allegiances" property.
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T: Ben-A' Chie
C:Alexander Walker
R:Reel
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M:4/4
L:1/8
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BEN-A' CHIE. Scottish, Reel. E Flat Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by Aberdeenshire fiddler and composer Alexander Walker (b. 1819), employed as a gardener at Castle Newe by Sir Charles Forbes until he emigrated to Massachusetts after the American Civil War.
Printed source: Walker (A Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Marches, &c.), 1866/1991; No. 105, p. 36.
