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'''MILL, DA.''' Scottish, March. Scotland, Shetland Islands. A Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Christine Martin (2002) says the tune is a work tune, imitating the sound of a mill, and should be played very freely. The key is usually given as A mixolydian, but the tonality hovers between that and D major. | '''MILL, DA.''' Scottish, March (4/4 time). Scotland, Shetland Islands. A Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Christine Martin (2002) says the tune is a work tune, imitating the sound of a mill, and should be played very freely. The key is usually given as A mixolydian, but the tonality hovers between that and D major. | ||
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MILL, DA. Scottish, March (4/4 time). Scotland, Shetland Islands. A Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Christine Martin (2002) says the tune is a work tune, imitating the sound of a mill, and should be played very freely. The key is usually given as A mixolydian, but the tonality hovers between that and D major.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Anderson & Swing (Haand me doon da fiddle), 1979; No. 36 [1]. Martin (Traditional Scottish Fiddling), 2002; p. 98.
Recorded sources: Philo 2019, Tom Anderson & Aly Bain - "The Silver Bow: Shetland Folk Fiddling" (1976). Topic TSCD469, Tom Anderson & Aly Bain - "The Silver Bow: Shetland Folk Fiddling."