Braes of Glenorchy (2)
X:1 T:Braes of Glenorchy [2] M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig B:Alexander Mackay – A Collection of Reels, Strathspeys and Slow Tunes… B:Chiefly composed by Alexander Mackay, Musician Islay (c. 1822, p. 3) B: https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/104487947 N:Dedicated to the Right Hon. Lady Elinor Campbell of Islay and Shawfield. N:Mackay was born c. 1775 and was a fiddler-composer from Islay. Many of his N:tune titles are reflect Islay settings. N:Printed in Glasgow by J. MacFadyen, 30 Wilson St. Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion N:The tune is written with one flat, but since there are no B flat notes in the N:composiiton, it effectively is in G mixolydian. K:Gdor c|d2G GAc|d3>cd (f2c)|A2F FAF|BAB (c2f)| d2G GAc|dcd (f2g)|fdf cAF|(G3 G2):| f|gag gfd|(g2g) g2a|fgf fcA|(f2f) f2a| gag gfd|(g2g) g2a|fdf cAF|G2-G G2f| gag gfd|(g2g) g2a|fgf fcA|(f2f) f2a| gag gfd|cde f2g|fdf cAF|G2G G2||
X:1
T:Bruachun Ghleann Urachidh
T:Braes of Glenorchy [2]
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:March
B:William Gunn - The Caledonian Repository of Music
B:Adapted for the Bagpipes (Glasgow, 1848, p. 76)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Amix
a|e2A AAA|eAe g2e|dBd GGG|BGB d2a|
e2A AAA|eAe g2a|geg dBG|ABA A<A:|
|:e|ada agf|efg a2e|gag gfe|def g2d|
efg agf|eAe aga|geg dBG|ABA A<A:|]
