Scottish tunes for mandolin

[ollaimh]

i grew up in guysborough county when young, we could see cape breton. so i failed as a fiddler but i remembered a few good tunes that work on mandolin. "the highlkanders jig, aka wind from ben wyvess" very scottish snap paced, nice to play next to an irish jig and get some contrast. the scotts fiddle version of macleod's reel, called "miss macloun's reel, rasaay" its very percussive so does nicely on mando--but hard to get the triplets--a good practice piece. "the high road to linton" , "pipes of donal dubh" slow jig. swcotts tunes tend to be slower and more percussive and with more ornimants, they suit mandolin very well.

dan r macdonald wrote thousands of tunes. many fabulous, none bad. i rather like "go to the devil and shake yourself" for the name. and "the stool of repentence" the last two are on the tablature pages.

what i want is a tablature to erin's green shore??

[ollaimh]

speaking of dan r macdonald. "the north nova scotia highlanders enter the reichwald forest" is a great tune and about the first allied unit to enter germany in ww2. i was in the north novas militia when a boy so i am partial.

"king george the V", is a very popular tune in nova scotia as well.