Brakkin' Baa

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 Theme code Index    1115L 1355
 Also known as    
 Composer/Core Source    Biography:Tom Anderson
 Region    Scotland
 Genre/Style    Shetland/Orkney
 Meter/Rhythm    Air/Lament/Listening Piece, March/Marche
 Key/Tonic of    B
 Accidental    2 flats
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    4/4
 History    SCOTLAND(Shetland/Orkney)
 Structure    AAB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Tom Anderson
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Ringing Strings
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 55
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1983
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 Record label/Catalogue nr.    
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BRAKKIN' BAA. Shetland, March (?). B Flat Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by the late Shetland fiddler, teacher, composer and collector Tom Anderson (1972). The melody was inspired by the sea breaking (brakkin') over a half hidden reef (baa).

Printed source: Anderson (Ringing Strings), 1983; p. 55.


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