Annotation:Father John MacMillan of Barra
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FATHER JOHN MACMILLAN OF BARRA. Scottish, Pipe March (2/4 time) or Highland Schottische. A Major. Standard or AEae ('high bass') tunings (fiddle). AABB'CCDD'. A popular pipe tune in the Scottish Highlands. Composed by Norman MacDonald, Glasgow, and named for bagpipe composer Duncan Johnstone's uncle. Paul Stewart Cranford (2015) notes that the march "arrived in Cape Breton's aural tradition in the '90's via visiting Scottish musicians including the Moores of Dunkeld."
