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'''DUNBARTON'S DRUMS'''. Scottish, Air (4/4 time). F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Dunbarton's Drums" is the regimental march of the Royal Scots Regiment. The name derives from the time when Lord George Douglas, created Earl of Dumbarton in 1675, was Colonel, and the Regiment was known as "Dumbarton's Regiment." | '''DUNBARTON'S DRUMS'''. Scottish, Air (4/4 time). F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Dunbarton's Drums" is the regimental march of the Royal Scots Regiment. The name derives from the time when Lord George Douglas, created Earl of Dumbarton in 1675, was Colonel, and the Regiment was known as "Dumbarton's Regiment." Country dance figures to a dance called "Dunbarton's Drums" appear in the '''The Ladies and Gentlemen's Companion''', a volume published in 1803 by H. Mann (Dedham, Mass.). | ||
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Revision as of 23:52, 6 March 2011
Tune properties and standard notation
DUNBARTON'S DRUMS. Scottish, Air (4/4 time). F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Dunbarton's Drums" is the regimental march of the Royal Scots Regiment. The name derives from the time when Lord George Douglas, created Earl of Dumbarton in 1675, was Colonel, and the Regiment was known as "Dumbarton's Regiment." Country dance figures to a dance called "Dunbarton's Drums" appear in the The Ladies and Gentlemen's Companion, a volume published in 1803 by H. Mann (Dedham, Mass.).
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Howe (1000 Jigs and Reels), c. 1867; p. 123. O'Farrell (Pocket Companion, vol. III), c. 1808; p. 55.
Recorded sources: