Reel
by William McPherson of Elgin. (1919-1974).
According to the internet Brumley Brae is an area for gathering blackberries, or for courting couples (!). It is also known in Donegal as 'Charlie Fleming's'
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I haven't played this much until the last week but have heard it a lot on a CD of the band that I have in the car so I didn't have much trouble learning the tune. I found it trickier to remember to do the bowing over the barlines without taking myself by surprise, but I like that about the tune. It's also unusual in that the first 8 bars don't repeat, it just goes straight on through to the end.
Again, swapping between this and the other two reels was tricky, and I haven't got this one consistently up to the same speed as the others.
COMMENTS
I haven't played this much until the last week but have heard it a lot on a CD of the band that I have in the car so I didn't have much trouble learning the tune. I found it trickier to remember to do the bowing over the barlines without taking myself by surprise, but I like that about the tune. It's also unusual in that the first 8 bars don't repeat, it just goes straight on through to the end.
Again, swapping between this and the other two reels was tricky, and I haven't got this one consistently up to the same speed as the others.
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