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I know 2 Scottish Songs (Help with Names)

There's an old joke about bluegrass music. There are just two songs. "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" and the one that isn't Foggy Mt.

With that in mind, I can whistle Scotland the Brave, and will work it out on the DAd dulcimer style strumstick one day. But another tune is stuck in my head. It goes: Da, da, da, dum dum dum, dum dum...

Ok, just kidding. In my D string, it goes: 0 0 1 2 0 2 3 4 4 3 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 2 1 0.

Some of those adjacent notes are slid together, like the first combination of 1 and 2. Maybe I'm just inventing a song based upon Scotland the Brave, or my mind has been playing tricks on my memory. The start of it sure reminds me of Scotland the Brave. What I'd like is a title, then I'll "you tube" the thing. I can't look on you tube for Da, da...

Thanks in advance, and any other suggestions for Highland Bagpipe songs which transfer well to the dulcimer/strumstick would be appreciated.

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Permalink Reply by Doc Oakroot on July 4, 2009 at 3:21am

Without knowing the rhythm, I don't recognize it. Why not post an mp3 of it hear so we can actually hear it.

Permalink Reply by Dave Alexander on July 4, 2009 at 10:17am

I've tried, and will try again later.

Permalink Reply by Tam Givens on July 4, 2009 at 11:26am

It could be O'Donnell Abu http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzuRuW_mqwo
An Irish tune, alway's reminds me of Scotland the brave.

Tam

Permalink Reply by Dave Alexander on July 4, 2009 at 3:04pm

The more I think of it, I'm confusing Scotland the brave with Scotland the brave. I've hummed it wrong so many years that I've invented a new ending to it. Now that I hear it correctly, I'll have to rethink it. By the way, you can post a picture easily, and a movie
too...but I can't seem to be able to post an audio file.

Permalink Reply by Dave Alexander on July 4, 2009 at 3:04pm