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 Theme code Index    5366 1335
 Also known as    
 Composer/Core Source    Biography:Dr. Charles Bannaty
 Region    Scotland
 Genre/Style    Scottish
 Meter/Rhythm    Reel (single/double)
 Key/Tonic of    A
 Accidental    3 sharps
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    4/4
 History    
 Structure    AABBCCDD
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Christine Martin
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Ceol na Fidhle vol. 1
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 46
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1991
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 Title of recording    
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BROLUM, THE. Scottish, Reel. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCCDD. Composed by Dr. Charles Bannaty who named the tune after a point of land called Rudha Brolum, which juts into the sea in southeast Lewis, Outer Hebrides.

Martin (Ceol na Fidhle), vol. 1, 1991; p. 46.

Recorded source: Tradition 2118, Jim MacLeod & His Band - "Scottish Dances: Jigs, Waltzes and Reels" (1979).


X: 4
T:Brolum, The
M:4/4
L:1/8
C:Dr. Charles Bannaty
R:Reel
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K:A
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