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The Braes of Mar (sheet music)

This is the pipe strathspey of the song. John the 17th earl of Mar was not a nice person. He was known to burn roofs off houses of folk who refused to join his regiment. In the 1715 uprising he switched allegiance back and forth from the Jacobites to the English crown and was known as Bobbing John.

Details

Instruments:
Fiddle
Key:
D major
Composers:
Traditional
Origin:
Scottish and Cape Breton
Articulations:
Bowing, Chords
Tempo:
Crotchet = 126
Occasions:
Ceilidh
Level:
Beginners
Arrangers:
Taigh na Teud
Time signature:
4/4
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