Duncan Johnstone

hornpipe

Key signature: Adorian

Submitted on April 20th 2004 by grananne.

This tune has been added to 40 tunebooks.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

Dove Across The Water by Ossian
New Century - Irish Music by Ronan Le Bars And Nicolas Quéméner
Play On Light by Sileas
Roag by Pipedown
Shantalla by Shantalla
The Best Of Ossian by Ossian
The Chase by Wolfstone
The Last Order by Ceol
The World Pipe Band Championships 2006 by Lynn Saoirse
Thunderstruck by Gordon Duncan

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Re: duncan johnstone

Not a very memorable tune but another one for the collection none the less.
Every time there are three repeated notes, they are a or A notes.

# Posted on April 20th 2004 by grananne

Duncan Johnstone

I think it's a great tune, and I would have thought in A mixolydian, it being a pipe tune. Another Pipe Major Donald McLeod composition , I think.

# Posted on April 21st 2004 by Kenny

Thanks for posting it. Great tune indeed, but I'm not sure how long it takes me to learn it.

# Posted on April 21st 2004 by slainte

This is a cracking tune!

Love Ossian's version of this into the jig afterwards

# Posted on April 27th 2004 by Conán McDonnell

Yes - Pipe Major Donald McLeod!

Confirmed Kenny, including by two reliable sources, in honour of the piper and composer Duncan Johnstone. One of those confirmations was secondhand from a friend who got it from Jim Hudgins of "Aberdeen Bagpipe Supply", Houston, Texas - http://www.AberdeenBagpipe.com

# Posted on June 11th 2005 by ceolachan

Duncan Johnstone 25th July 1925 - 14th November 1999

~ born in Glasgow; a piper and a composer of music for the pipes, 60+ tunes to his name:

"Duncan Johnstone: His Complete Compositions" book & CD

http://www.footstompin.com/books/bagpipemusic/duncan_johnstone_his_complete

http://www.footstompin.com/articles/celtic_music_heroes/obj33248

# Posted on June 12th 2005 by ceolachan

It's definitely A mixolydian.

A fantastic and different version of the tune can be heard on the Sileas album "Play on Light," featuring two harpers. Not twee in the slightest.

# Posted on August 23rd 2006 by wormdiet

It is in Eminor!!!!!

# Posted on August 26th 2006 by No Cause For Alarm

No it's not.

# Posted on August 26th 2006 by Dow

No it's not.

# Posted on August 26th 2006 by Kenny

No its not! :-s

# Posted on August 26th 2006 by No Cause For Alarm

"Duncan Johnstone" ~ by Pipe Major Donald MacLeod ~ Hornpipe or Reel

Nope, it sure ain't e minor, but you could play it either way, taking the C sharp or naturally...unless you were a stickler for doing things by-the-book... ;-)

Also, note-for-note, or varied, this is evidently also taken in two ways, as a hornpipe and swung, or as a reel. I have found it in notation as A Mixolydian and a minor, but the latter was an obvious mistake as all the Fs were F#s, though their chosen accompaniment was predominantly minor chords (A minor) throughout, so Dorian like this transcription, rather than Mixolydian like some others...

# Posted on March 13th 2007 by ceolachan

"Duncan Johnstone" ~ slight differences

Richard Robinson's transcription for this tune is note-for-note identical excep for very slight differences in the D-part (4th):

He also starts the tune with the e and other lead-ins within the repeats, in other words:

|: e | Aeed edde | ~ | e2 A2 A2 :|
|: AB | Aaag aeef | ~ | e2 A2 A2 :|
|: gf | eA A2 Aeed | ~ | e2 A2 A2 :|
|: g2 | aaag aeeg | ~ | e2 A2 A2 :|

# Posted on March 13th 2007 by ceolachan

Hmmm, it seems that Richard left a little bit out, that e, and I missed it myself until seeing it here and doing the math. Here it is corrected, for the above examples, it should have been twice the length, e2:

|: e2 | Aeed edde | ~ | e2 A2 A2 :|

# Posted on March 13th 2007 by ceolachan

"Duncan Johnstone" ~ a duplication drew my attention to this

So, I had a few ways with it, first swung and then not, but not necessarily completely in agreement with each other, the hornpipe came first for me, so here it is, followed by a straing transcript we'll call the reel. I used plenty of c's, just to be 'natural' about it being peppered throught both and both being Dorian... 8-)

M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: hornpipe
K: A Dorian
|: e2 |
A>ee>d e>dd>e | e>AB>d e2 g2 | G>dd>B d>BB>d | e>gd>g (3Bcd G>B |
A>e (3eee e>dB>d | e>A (3Bcd e2 g2 | e>aa>g e>gB>d | e>Ac>B A2 :|
|: (3GAB |
A>aa>g a>ee>f | g>ef>d e2 d>B | G>d (3ddd d>G (3Bcd | e>gd>g B>dG>B |
[1 A>a (3aaa a>e (3def | g>e (3fed (3efe d>B | (3AAA A>B e>g (3Bcd | e2 A2 A2 :|
[2 A>e (3eee e>d (3Bcd | e>AB>d e2 g2 | e>a (3aaa e>gB>d | e>A (3dcB A2 ||
|: (3agf |
e>A (3AAA A>ee>d | B>A (3AAB e2 g>e | d>G (3GGG d>BB>d | e>gd>g (3BcB f>g |
e>A (3AAA A>e (3eee | B>AA>B (3efe g>b | e>aa>g e>g (3Bcd | (3efe A2 A2 :|
|: g>f |
e>a (3aag a>e (3eeg | e>a (3aag e2 (3def | g>ag>e d>gB>d | e>gd>g B>d (3GAB |
[1 e>aa>g a>ee>f | e>aa>g a2 e>f | g>a (3aag e>gB>d | e>A (3BcB A2 :|
[2 (3efe d>e A>ec>e | A>e (3Bcd g2 (3c'ba | g>aa>g e>g (3Bcd | e2 A2 A2 |]

R: reel
K: A Dorian
|: e2 |
Aeed edde | eABd e2 g2 | GddB dBBd | egdg BdGB |
Aeed edBd | eABd e2 g2 | eaag egBd | eAAG A2 :|
|: GB |
Aaag aeef | gefd e2 dB | GddB dGBd | egdg BdGB |
[1 Aaag aedf | gefd e2 dB | A2 AB egBd | eAAG A2 :|
[2 Aeed edBd | eABd e2 g2 | eaag egBd | eAAG A2 ||
|: ag |
eAAE Aeed | BAAB e2 ge | dGGD GBBd | egdg B2 fg |
eAAE Aeed | BAAB e2 gb | eaag egBd | eAAG A2 :|
|: gf |
eaag aeeg | eaag e2 df | gaeg dgBd | egdg BdGB |
[1 eaag aeef | eaag a2 ef | gaag egBd | eAAG A2 :|
[2 e2 de Aece | AeBd g2 c'a | gaag egBd | eAAG A2 |]

# Posted on March 13th 2007 by ceolachan