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Also try playing any tune reeeealy sloooowly.
You’ll be surprised at what you can make sound sad.
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Most of the tunes people have posted I just get lost on 
I think it’s gonna have to be ‘Old macdonald had a farm’ played slowly for now & that playing slowly idea works well 
I’m sorry… why don’t you try the Arran Boat (I think I learned it when I had only been playing a few weeks):
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/986
Playing slowly is good… I jumped right in trying to play way too fast for my own good, and I picked up a lot of bad technique in the process. Hopefully I’ve sorted most of it out by now. 
scarbourough fair, spancil hill.
A video of Lothlorien playing at a venue
http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~nick-cj/
leads to
http://www.r2.co.nz/20031130/
click on yer connection speed of choice
Instruments
http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~nick-cj/lothinst.html
HTH
Playing slowly is the whole deal. You just have to be a bit patient. Old McDonald isn’t very inspiring, that’s for sure. Maybe you can just pick a few measures that look reasonable from one of the tunes and play those slowly.
One thing that I found interesting. I was sort of playing (well, I can’t play but trying) through the easier tunes and I found I got very over-dosed on the “melancholy” sound. That would certainly vary from person to person. I liked it alot at first and then I just couldn’t stand it. So actually Old McDonald sounds pretty good to me right now! I really need variety.
Bachelor’s Farewell
Moran’s Return
She Moved Through The Fair, mentioned above,
but a humdinger and a good way to develop
the upper octave.
Danny Boy
The Osprey
Crow in the Sun
Coilsfield House
The Troubled Child
Ancients’ Song of Mourning (Shaker)
Canterbury Solemn Song (Shaker)
The Grove
Women of Ireland
Hills of Lorne
Greensleeves
The Osprey
Best to all for a good week.
Byll