Recording not attached?

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Originally posted by NCnotes

Recording not attached?

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Oops!   Still getting the hang of how this all works.   I think it's attached now to the original message?

One turn in there is the melody of the chorus of that Johnny Horton song, "The Battle of New Orleans" (if that's the name). Google's AI tells me that the tune for that song is The 8th of January.

Yep I think I agree with the AI.
Here's a fiddler playing Eighth of January...

https://youtu.be/NYsZLLxr2k0?si=SJpbP-j6UE08QE7U

Great tune! :-D

In your recording, they are being a little creative...same A part the second time, but the lead player is down an octave, then they are back up to usual octave, and there are some extra little personal style bits the individual players put in...But I do think it's that tune. 

I did not know that AI could identify tunes! OK have we all been replaced by AI...:-)

** In recording, their A part is slightly different from "standard" version...I dunno if in the OT world, that difference is big enough that this would be a totally different tune? If so, my apologies!

Since its often mentioned, here's tthe original #1 hit recording by Johnny Horton of the song, with words by Jimmie Driftwood: youtu.be/aXfuQqkwa5I?si=l1wgPbXHGL62CyJd
The dulcimers include the high part "They ran through the briars and they ran through the brambles," but I don't think that was part of the original fiddle tune (just a guess).

I'd agree, it's 8th of January'esk. (Like)
But is there a 3rd part where it goes minor?
Cool tune.

Thanks, all, for your input. I also heard the parts that sound like "8th of January", but that minor mode section threw me off ... still does, actually. Maybe that's just the difference between the original old-timey version, and the Johnny Horton (Jimmy Driftwood) more "commercial" version of it.

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Originally posted by NCnotes

Yep I think I agree with the AI.
Here's a fiddler playing Eighth of January...

https://youtu.be/NYsZLLxr2k0?si=SJpbP-j6UE08QE7U

Great tune! :-D

In your recording, they are being a little creative...same A part the second time, but the lead player is down an octave, then they are back up to usual octave, and there are some extra little personal style bits the individual players put in...But I do think it's that tune. 

I did not know that AI could identify tunes! OK have we all been replaced by AI...:-)

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I don't think AI 'identified the tune' by listening to it:  I asked google the question of what tune Battle of New Orleans was based on, and the AI feature told me, but I assume it came up with that from text on the subject.

Oh! Ok, that sounds less impressive. :-)

When I’ve been stuck on tunes before, I’ve tried FolkFriend and TunePal but got some really bizarre results. I would have been surprised if AI could do better!

When I hear the first part and the central theme, I'm hearing some Johnson Boys...

that minor part doesn't really have much melody in it to speak of...

just kind of dwelling on that minor chord for effect

nice music

Sounds like Benny Thomasson's "Dry and Dusty" to my ear, more so than any of the suggestions so far.

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Originally posted by ChickenMan

Sounds like Benny Thomasson's "Dry and Dusty" to my ear, more so than any of the suggestions so far.

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Yes!   I think this is definitely the tune!   Thanks so much!