Key signature: Dmajor
Submitted on October 7th 2009 by geoffwright.
This tune has been added to 6 tunebooks.
X: 1
T: Bonny Braes Of Elcho, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmaj
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|:e/f/|gAgA fAfd|c/d/e/f/ gf f2 ee/f/|gAgA f/A/f/A/fd|c/d/e/f/ gc d3:|
Bonnie Braes of Eicho
I heard this smallpipe tune on pipeline and really liked it.
Composed by Matt Seattle, it is a slow march rather than a reel. The recording had seconds to it and sounded great.
# Posted on October 7th 2009 by geoffwright
Bonnie Braes of Elcho
Are you sure it's not ELCHO, Geoff?
# Posted on October 7th 2009 by nigelg
Elcho it is.
I blame Gary Wests' strong scottish accent on Pipeline, for that mistake.
Having found various Burns' references to Lord Elcho, I will bow to Nigels local knowledge (and because he put a complimentary post on my website guestbook).
Thanks for the correction.
# Posted on October 8th 2009 by geoffwright
Composer
I did not compose The Bonny Braes of Elcho (official spelling). It is composed by my good friend Julian Goodacre, with whom I share the same birthday but not birthyear.
We are The Same Person in the Real World where We Are All The Same Person, but in the everyday world we are not the same person.
Julian's tune is an Air (not a Reel or March). The title refers to Elcho Street Brae in Peebles where Julian has his pipe-making workshop.
I presume that the version played on Pipeline, which I didn't hear, is the one from Julian's very recent CD 'Some Of Me Pipes, Some Of Me Tunes, Some Of Me Friends'. I did compose the harmony I play with Julian on the track. I was delighted to be asked to record it, and I'm pleased you think it sounded great!
# Posted on October 9th 2009 by Matt Seattle
Thanks Matt - what would we do without the good readers of thesession.to correct mistakes.
Full title corrected - Yes it was that cd on Pipeline, and I only repeated what I heard.
It must be the ultimate accolade when people hear one of your tunes and like it that much, they want to write it down and play it themselves. Nice one Julian.
# Posted on October 10th 2009 by geoffwright
Bonnie braes of Elcho
You can hear Matt and Julian play the tune on Julian;s website
http://www.goodbagpipes.com/goodbagpipes/recordings/17-some-of-me-pipes.html
You can hear another version this one for three pipes, on Bag Up Yer troubles;
http://www.goodbagpipes.com/goodbagpipes/recordings/19-bag-up-yer-troubles.html
or at least you should, but we're moving the site due to bandwidth problems so it's not there at the moment - come back in a cuple of days!
# Posted on November 1st 2010 by pencaitlandpiper