Key signature: Gmajor
Submitted on March 28th 2007 by domnull.
This tune has been added to 12 tunebooks.
Also known as Da Aald Hill Grind, Da Auld Hill Grind, The Nut.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Da Aald Hill Grinnd
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Gmaj
|:D|"G"G2G "D7"G2A|"G"BAG G3|"C"edc "G"BAG|"Am"FAA "D7"AFD|
G2G "D7"G2A|"G"BGG g3|"C"f2e "D7"e2A|"G"A2G "G"G2:|
K:D
|:F/2G/2|"D"A3 f2e|"D"dcd "A7"A3|"D"ABA "Bm"AGF|"Em"G2E "A7"EFG|
DA2 f2e|"D"dcd "A"ABA|"G"Bcd "A7"edc|"D"d3 d2:|
Da Aald Hill Grind
I came across this first in Aly Bain's '50 Fiddle Solos' book - it's also in the Walshaw (huge) abc list of tunes
http://www.walshaw.plus.com/abc/index/wwabc.html
The only recording I've come across is by Jenna Reid
# Posted on March 28th 2007 by domnull
As you may guess by the tune's spelling/title and with Aly B and Jenna Reid both being Shetlanders, it's a Shetland jig!
I like the lift given by the change to Dmaj in the B part - you can really slide up on the E string (fiddle) to that F# in bar B2
# Posted on March 28th 2007 by domnull
The Nut
This can also be found as "The Nut" in 'Kerr's Collection of Reels & Strathspeys' my copy of this was bought for 3/6pence (that is 3 shillings & 6 pence old money) looks like I'm showing me age here.
This version varies very slightly
T: the Nut
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: G
G>AG GcB | BAG G2e | edc BAG | BAA A2D | G>AG GcB | Bed dgf | e2G FGA | AGG G :||
fg || A>BA Afd | cAB A2A | ABA AFD | FEE EFG | A>BA Afd | cAB A2A | Bcd edc | ded d :||
Actually that is my notation as having just checked, 'Kerr's' is just very slightly different again. But only a few notes at the end of the 'A' & 'B' musics.
# Posted on March 28th 2007 by hetty
perhaps from shetland but has all the hallmarks of the heavy duty marches and polkas (this tune is easily converted -back?- into one) from mittleuropa that were popular in the 19th c
Can you hear the tubas pumping in the background?
# Posted on May 2nd 2007 by birlibirdie
well...at least in the second part
like a quietened, distant voice...
# Posted on May 2nd 2007 by birlibirdie
Da aald hill grinnd
For a quick snippet of Da aald hill grinnd, click on track 9 here to hear Aly Bain doin' the business
http://www.musicroom.com/se/ID_No/0553/details.html
--- it just manages to get the key change in before the fade out!
# Posted on February 20th 2010 by domnull