Dumbarton's Drums - guitar tab, notes, chords and lyrics
“Dumbarton's Drums” is a traditional Scottish dance tune and was published with lyrics in 1724, but otherwise with uncertain origin. The lyrics tell about a soldier from a woman's perspective of which she is remembered when she hears drums of his regiment. It has been recorded by various artists such as the Scottish folk group The Corries.
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Dumbarton's Drums (full accompaniment)
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Dumbarton's Drums (only melody)
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Tips on how to learn this song
The “Dumbarton's Drums” version above contains only eight measures, the pickup bar excluded. To learn the song, it helps to notice the rhythmic similarities between measures one, three, five and seventh as well as between measures two, four and eight.
Key, time, tuning and tempo
Information about "Dumbarton's Drums" considering musical key, time signature, tuning and bpm.
Key
The presented version of Dumbarton's Drums is played in the key of A.
Time signature
The song is played in 4/4 tempo (counted one, two, three, four for each measure).
Tuning
The song is normally played in standard tuning (EADGBE).
Tempo (BPM)
The tempo in beats per minute is 120 for the presented version.