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'''MILLHILLS.''' AKA - "Mills Hills." Scottish, Pastoral Air or Strathspey (4/4 time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The tune was composed by perhaps the most famous Scots fiddle/composer, J. Scott Skinner (b. Banchory in Kincardine-shire, 1843). | '''MILLHILLS.''' AKA - "Mills Hills." Scottish, Pastoral Air or Strathspey (4/4 time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The tune was composed by perhaps the most famous Scots fiddle/composer, J. Scott Skinner (b. Banchory in Kincardine-shire, 1843). | ||
[[File:skinner.jpg|200px|thumb|left|J. Scott Skinner]] | [[File:skinner.jpg|200px|thumb|left|J. Scott Skinner]] The opening three bars are very much like the Kentucky old-time version of "[[Money Musk (4)]]" played by Bruce Greene. | ||
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''Source for notated version'': | ''Source for notated version'': | ||
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''Printed sources'': Neil ('''The Scots Fiddle'''), 1991; No. 89, p. 121. | ''Printed sources'': Neil ('''The Scots Fiddle'''), 1991; No. 89, p. 121. | ||
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''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal></font> | ''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>Greentrax CDTRAX 9009, Hector MacAndrew (1903-1980) - "Scottish Tradition 9:The Fiddler and his Art" (1993). Topic 12T279, ""James F Dickies Delights -Scottish Fiddling In The Style Of Scott Skinner" (1976).</font> | ||
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See also listing at:<br> | |||
Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index [http://www.cbfiddle.com/rx/tune/t3515.html]<br> | |||
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MILLHILLS. AKA - "Mills Hills." Scottish, Pastoral Air or Strathspey (4/4 time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The tune was composed by perhaps the most famous Scots fiddle/composer, J. Scott Skinner (b. Banchory in Kincardine-shire, 1843).
The opening three bars are very much like the Kentucky old-time version of "Money Musk (4)" played by Bruce Greene.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Neil (The Scots Fiddle), 1991; No. 89, p. 121.
Recorded sources: Greentrax CDTRAX 9009, Hector MacAndrew (1903-1980) - "Scottish Tradition 9:The Fiddler and his Art" (1993). Topic 12T279, ""James F Dickies Delights -Scottish Fiddling In The Style Of Scott Skinner" (1976).
See also listing at:
Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index [1]