Key signature: Amajor
Submitted on October 1st 2004 by natharious.
This tune has been added to 35 tunebooks.
Also known as The Miller O' Drone, The Miller O'Drone, Miller Of Drohan, The Miller Of Drohan, Miller Of Drone.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Miller Of Drone, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: strathspey
K: Amaj
|(3AcB |A>F F<A E>F E>C|(3A,A,A, A>c B2 (3BcB|A>F F<A E>2F E>2C|D>F E<G A2 (3AcB|A>F F<A E>F E>C|
(3A,A,A, A,>c B2 (3Bcd|e>B c<G A>E F>C|D>F E<G A2 (3Acd|e>c e<a e>e f/e/d/c/|e>c e<a f2 (3fga|
e>c e<a e>e f/e/d/c/ |d>B c<A F2 (3Acd |e>c e<a e>e f/e/d/c/ |e>f a<=g f>e f>^g|(3agf (3efg (3aed (3cBA|(3dcB (3cBA (3Bfe (3dcB|
The Miller of Drone
This beautiful strathspey was composed by James Scott Skinner (1843 – 1927), a key figure in Scottish traditional music. It's a fairly popular little tune in Cape Breton.
# Posted on October 1st 2004 by natharious
Original sheetmusic
I found this after I had already transcribed the song from an Ashley MacIsaac recording. It was a result when I was searching for a information on the composer. It would have saved me some time. I'll put the link up here for all to enjoy:
http://www.abdn.ac.uk/scottskinner/display.php?ID=JSS0099
Nathanael
# Posted on October 1st 2004 by natharious
Wierd Rythm
I noticed that there's a wierd rythm on the ABC that I submitted. I've corrected it and edited the ABC file. Sorry, its my first tune!
Nathanael
# Posted on October 1st 2004 by natharious
Nathanael, it's nice of you to submit a tune for us, but I'm afraid it's unreadable. Do bear in mind that this stays on the net forever, sheetmusic, midi file, and abc searchable by other websites. I think the idea is that you use software to check your work first before you submit it. Try the free one at concertina.net (look in the links section). Please please, I beg you, learn how to write abc before you post any more tunes - stuff like the arrow signs for strathspeys, and how to write triplets. It's basic stuff. Sorry if this sounds harsh but it has to be said and nobody else has said it so it'll have to be me.
# Posted on October 1st 2004 by Dow
Wierd Rhythm
Mark, I agree 100% with your comments (you got in there before I did!). I think it would be of help, particularly to the first-timers (and perhaps even some of the more experienced!), if Jeremy were to place an easily-seen notice in the Tunes Submission advising people to check the validity of their abc by listening to it carefully via software before submission.
Even the most careful can easily type in "b" instead of "B", and miss it on a visual check. Also, some word processors (e.g. Word), if not set up properly, can change a lower case letter to upper case if it thinks it is starting a paragraph (I've had this happen, so I had to talk severely to Word to make it see sense).
Trevor
# Posted on October 1st 2004 by lazyhound
I think Jeremy's made it pretty clear actually. In the end if someone doesn't want to take the time to learn how to write abc first, there's not much he can do about it. Other than suggest what I've suggested of course, i.e. "learn abc".
# Posted on October 1st 2004 by Dow
Wierd Rhythm
I'd also advise the first-timer wishing to submit a tune with a complex rhythmic structure (such as a strathspey or highland) to have a look at the abc and sheet music of other tunes of that type on the database, to see how it's done.
Trevor
# Posted on October 1st 2004 by lazyhound
Don't get me wrong we're not looking for perfection here, just readability... like, the basic tune.
# Posted on October 1st 2004 by Dow
Sorry guys. I did use the concertina.net to check it (and it looked alright) but something got a little bit garbled. I'll take much more care for future submissions. I've updated the ABC file to be more accurate, but I'm afraid there's nothing I can do in terms of sheet music and midi. Sorry!
Nathanael
# Posted on October 1st 2004 by natharious
It's your abc I'm talking about, not the sheetmusic and midi. The abc is still seriously complicated and needlessly so with all the 3:2 notes and dashes /. Have a look at the way strathspeys are notated elsewhere on this site, and you'll find that the arrows > are used, and also triplets (3. Notice also how notes are grouped together. Then, before you try to submit any more tunes, please please first update the abc for this one properly, I beg you?
# Posted on October 2nd 2004 by Dow
Nathanael thanks! It reads beautifully now. It's a lovely tune!
# Posted on October 2nd 2004 by Dow
This tune appears to have actually been written by Nathaniel Gow (the Gow Collection), although he wrote it more as a reel with less strathspey pairs than Skinner's version.
# Posted on May 26th 2005 by glennP
"The Miller of Drone" ~ first a rehash of this transcript then some history
This transcript redone ~
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: strathspey
K: A Major
(3AcB ||
A>FF<A E>FE>C | (3A,A,A, A>c B2 (3BcB |
A>FF<A E>FE>C | D>FE<G A2 (3AcB |
A>FF<A E>FE>C | (3A,A,A, A,>c B2 (3Bcd |
e>Bc<G A>EF>C | D>FE<G A2 (3Acd ||
e>ce<a e>e f/e/d/c/ | e>c e<a f2 (3fga |
e>ce<a e>e f/e/d/c/ | d>B c<A F2 (3Acd |
e>ce<a e>e f/e/d/c/ | e>f a<=g f>e f>^g |
(3agf (3efg (3aed (3cBA | (3dcB (3cBA (3Bfe (3dcB ||
"The Athole Collection" ~ James Stewart Robertson, 1884
K: A Major
|: c/B/ |
A<FF<A E>FE<C | A,<Ad>c B2 Bc/B/ |
1 A<FF>A E>FE<C | D<FE>G A2 A :|
2 e>Bc>G A>EF>C | D>FE>G A2 A ||
c/d/ |
e<cc<a e>e f/e/d/c/ | e<cc<a f2 f>a |
e<cc>a e>e f/e/d/c/ | d>Bc>A F2 Fc/d/ |
e<cc<a e>e f/e/d/c/ | e>fa>g f2 f>g |
(3agf (3efg (3aed (3cBA | (3dcB (3cBA (3Ffe d ||
# Posted on November 3rd 2006 by ceolachan