Annotation:Brig o' Feugh (The) (Reel)

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X:1 T:Brig o' Feugh M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel B:Milne – Middleton’s Selection of Strathspeys, Reels &c. for the Violin (1870, p. 11) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D A|d2 fd c2 ec|d2 fd (ge)ce|d2 fd c2 ec|BdcB AFF:| B|ADFA DAFA|BEGB|EBGB|ADFA DAFA|BdcB AFF b| adfa dafa|begb ebgb|afdf gece|[df][Aa][Be][Gg] [Ff][Dd][Dd]||

Stone bridge at the Falls of Feugh, Banchory, 1919.

BRIG O' FEUGH, THE. Scottish (originally), Cape Breton; Reel (cut time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (Milne). Composed by fiddler Peter Milne, "The Tarland Minstrel", a mentor and sometime partner of wikipedia:James_Scott_Skinner (1843-1927), printed in Charles Middleton's Selection of Strathspeys & Reels, etc., arranged Expressly . . . by Peter Milne, Violinist late of Aberdeen . . .

Skinner composed a companion strathspey (see "Brig o' Feugh (The) (Strathspey)").

The title refers to a stone bridge and accompanying viewing footbridge that span the River Feugh immediately south of its confluence with the River Dee, just outside Banchory. It is a picturesque spot, where cascades speed the stream, and a good place to watch salmon leap as they travel upriver to spawn.

Additional notes

Printed sources : - Milne (Middleton’s Selection of Strathspeys, Reels &c. for the Violin), 1870; p. 11.

Recorded sources : - Rounder 7004, Joe Cormier - "The Dances Down Home" (1977).

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