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Does it sound familiar?

Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2016 1:56 pm
by Chipopo
Hi,
I made this MIDI file from memory, does anybody recognize it?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVZx-OY2XyQ
Thanks!

Re: Does it sound familiar?

Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2016 2:22 pm
by Viking of Kiev
Chipopo wrote:Hi,
I made this MIDI file from memory, does anybody recognize it?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVZx-OY2XyQ
Thanks!
This is in fact a piece of chorus of a pop song. I don't know it's name but I hear it on radio sometimes while working. By no means it is Irish Traditional.

Re: Does it sound familiar?

Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2016 6:36 pm
by Mladen
Nick Kershaw - "The Riddle"

To the best of my knowledge, it has nothing to do with Irish trad.
There is a part where the chorus line is played by a fife-like synth. Catchy.

Re: Does it sound familiar?

Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2016 12:24 am
by Chipopo
Thanks, Mladen. Indeed, the original has nothing to do with traditional music.
I've heard this melody many years ago in some dance track and since then been playing it occasionally on Irish whistle, and it sounded quite traditional to me.