Duntroon Castle

reel

Key signature: Amixolydian

Submitted on November 11th 2011 by zoronic.

This tune has been added to 6 tunebooks.

Also known as Duntroon.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Border Fiddles: Border Traditions Volume 1 by Various Artists
• Dialogues / Agallaimh by Maire Ni Chathasaigh And Chris Newman
• Four Seasons In One Day by Alistair McCulloch
• Jig It In Style by Sean Keane
• Keep It Up by Keep It Up
• Passage by The Tannahill Weavers
• The Sound Of The Sun by Fred Morrison
• TMSA Young Trad Tour 2009 by Various Artists
• Traditional Scottish Fiddling by Various Artists

X: 1
T: Duntroon Castle
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Amix
|:e2ce f2df|fece ~A3c|1 e2ce f2ce|
BdGd BdGd:|2 defd cdec|BcdB ~G3B||
~e3c ABcd|efec ~A3c| ~e3c ABcA|BcdB ~G3B |
~e3c ABcd|eaec ~A3c| defd cdec|BcdB ~G3B |
~A2cA BAcA|~A2cA BAcB| ~A2cA BAcA|d~G3 dGBG |
~A2cA BAcB|~A2ef ecAc| defd cdec|BcdB ~G3B |
|:Aa^ga eAcA|ea^ga ~e3c|1 ea^ga eAcA|
d~G3 dGBG:|2 defd cdec|BcdB ~G3B||

Duntroon Castle

Somehow I stumbled unto a set of 2 pipe reels
Duntoon Castle and Sandy Cameron's at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72sqtMFq56U
It's from the Young Scottish Pipers Album, this
track by Fred Morrison - he really is quite good.

I found some a few ABC versions, but quite his so I wrote it
out myself - best as I could. It's close.

# Posted on November 11th 2011 by zoronic

Original.....

e2 ce f2 df | e2 ce A2 c2 | e2 ce f2 ce | d2 Gd BG B2 |
e2 ce f2 df | fece A2 c2 |defd c2 ec | BcdB G2 B2 |
eAec ABcd | efec A2 c2 | eAec ABcA | BcdB G2 B2 |
eAec ABcd | eaec A2 c2 | defd c2 ec | BcdB G2 B2 |
AAcA cAcA |AAcA cA c2 | AAcA cAcA | BG G2 BG B2 |
AAcA cAcA | AAce eA c2 | defd c2 ec | BcdB G2 B2 |
eaga eAcA | eaga eA c2 | eaga eABA | BG G2 BG B2 |
eaga eAcA | eagf eA c2 | defd c2 ec | BcdB G2 B2 |

Composed by D.MacPhedran - "abcs" from a sheet music photocopy I've had for years, but can't remember where who gave it to me. It's usually just called "Duntroon".
Fred Morrison is better than "quite good". He takes a few liberties with the tune, but his playing of the 2 reels on that recording is one of my favourite pieces of Scottish music ever. Special mention should also go to the fiddle player - was it Kenny Spiers ? - and also some good driving guitar backing.

# Posted on November 11th 2011 by Kenny

The fiddle player was Kenny Fraser.

# Posted on November 11th 2011 by Weejie

Originally on Gus MacDonald's label KRL -Fred's album, The Sound of the Sun:

http://www.thesession.org/recordings/display/551

# Posted on November 11th 2011 by Weejie