the Braes of Bushbie

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This famous Scottish strathspey first appeared in John Bowie's Collection (1789). In that book it is unclear if Bowie composed the tune or not ... I suspect he did. Over the years it has been rearranged into a famous reel, Dowd's Favourite which was first recorded by Michael Coleman in the twenties. Jerry plays both settings. He learned the Cape Breton strathspey setting from Bill Lamey.

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Strathspey One title Only 1 transcription Has some stepwise movement major F 4/4 Has notes text No chords explore more...

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X:1
T: the Braes of Bushbie
C:John Bowie, 1789
R:strathspey
Z:Juergen Gier <Juergen.Gier@post.rwth-aachen.de>
N:This famous Scottish strathspey first appeared in John Bowie's  Collection
N:(1789). In that book it is unclear if Bowie composed the tune or not ... I
N:suspect he did.  Over the years it has been rearranged into a famous reel,
N:Dowd's  Favourite  which  was  first  recorded  by  Michael Coleman in the
N:twenties. Jerry plays both settings. He learned the Cape Breton strathspey
N:setting from Bill Lamey.
M:C
L:1/8
K:GDor
F/ \
| D<GG>A ~B>AG>F | C>DF>G A<c B/A/G/F/ \
| G>AB>c ~d>cB>d | c/B/A/G/ F>A B<GG3/:|
|: A/ \
| B>cd>B f>Bd>B | A<cf>d c/B/A/G/ F>A \
| B>cdBd>B | ~c>AF>A B<GG3/:|
|: B/ \
| ~g2d>g (3dga (3bag | f2c>f (3cfg (3agf \
| ~g>fd>g ~d>cB>d | c/B/A/G/ ~F>A B<GG3/ :|
| A/ \
| B<dG>d (3GBc (3dcB | A>cF>c (3FAB c>A \
| B<dG>d (3GBc d>B | ~c>AF>A B<GG>A \
| (3Bcd G>d (3GBc (3dcB | A>cF>A (3FAB (3cBA \
| B>dfdB>d | c/B/A/G/ F>A B<GG3/ |]

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