Annotation:Drumin (2)
X:1 T:Drumin's T:Drumin [2] M:C L:1/16 R:Strathspey B:Stewart-Robertson - The Athole Collection (1884) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D F2|DEFG A3F DDD2 B4|Ad3 A3F GE3 E3F|DEFG A3F DDD2 B4|Ad3 A3G FD3D2:| g2|f3ed3e ddd2 f4|d3ef3d eE3 E3g|f3ed3e ddd2 f4|Bd3 A3G FD3 D3g| f3e de3 ddd2 f4|d3ef3d eE3 E3g|fb3 e3f d3ef3e|Bd3 A3G FD3D||
DRUMIN('S STRATHSPEY) [2]. AKA and see "Strathdown." Scottish, Strathspey (whole time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Marshall): AAB (Athole): AABB' (Kerr). Composed by fiddler, mathematician, clockmaker, butler and inventor William Marshall (1748-1833). The farmhouse at Drumin (or Drummin) was built in 1818-19 by William Mitchell, Factor (agent) to the Duke of Gordon, who had succeeded Marshall in the position (Marshall himself served from 1794-1816). After Mitchel's tenure the important job went to James Skinner, who married violinist William Marshall's grand-daughter, a union which produced two daughters and four sons, one son being named William Marshall Skinner, in honor of his illustrious great-grandfather. William Marshall Skinner in his turn succeeded to the post of Factor for the Duke, and father and son had an unbroken line of service from 1824 to 1873, and 1873 to 1904. Nearby the farm was the ruins of the Earl of Huntly's hunting seat.
The strathspey was first printed in Marshall's 1781 collection under the title "Strathdown."
