>> The only idea I have that it ain't Scottish (or Irish), or if it is, >> it's a recent composition fashioned to an Eastern European sound. > Well, this was defined as "trad Irish" in a primary school songbook, > but no one ever heard of it on any list I posted it to just out of > curiosity.
I added something to fill in your missing beat: X:1 T:??? C:??? Q:1/4=200 M:4/4 L:1/8 K:E Minor B,B,|G2GG FE^DE|B,6 B,B,|E2F2 G2A2 |(B4 B2) GA |B2cB A2 BA|G2AG F2 GA |B2 EE GFE^D| E6 :| B,B,|E^DEF G2 FG|AGFE ^D2 B,2 |E^DEF GFGA | B6 GA |B2cB A2 BA|G2AG F2 GA |B2 EE GFE^D| E6 :| Maybe it's a klezmer tune? The scale is a gapped variant of melodic minor - E ^F G A B c ^d e going up, e c B A G ^F E going down - perhaps John Chambers could put a name to that? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jack Campin: 11 Third Street, Newtongrange, Midlothian EH22 4PU; 0131 6604760 <http://www.purr.demon.co.uk/jack> * food intolerance data & recipes, Mac logic fonts, Scots traditional music files, and my CD-ROM "Embro, Embro". Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
