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The Caledonian Companion - A Collection of Scottish Fiddle Music and Guide to its Performance
Alastair J. Hardie
Introduction and 112 melodies with historical notes and substantial accompanying tutorial explanations - bowing, fingering, phrasing, ornamentation etc., essential to the idiomatic performance of the style.
Includes 'The President' by J Scott Skinner, ABRSM Violin Grade 8 List C alternative piece 2005-2008.
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The Tom Anderson Collection Volume 1
This volume of hitherto unpublished music of Shetland fiddler/composer Tom Anderson (1910-1991), contains 60 compositions including slow airs, marches, hornpipes, reels, waltzes, strathspeys and jigs. Bowings are provided for all the tunes and all the melodies come with chord symbols appropriate for piano, accordion, or fretted stringed instruments. Foreword by Magnus Magnusson...
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The Fiddle Music of Scotland
James Hunter, edited by Alastair & William Hardie
A comprehensive annotated collection of 365 tunes with an historical introduction; foreword by Yehudi Menuhin. This, the most all-embracing collection of Scottish fiddle music undertaken in the 20th century, includes slow airs, marches, strathspeys, reels and rants, hornpipes, jigs and pastorals. All the major composers are represented - the Gows, Marshall, Fraser and Skinner - and all the melodies are fully bowed for the instrument. The introduction traces the history of the fiddle and the music through the centuries, and contains a section on the specialised bowing techniques which give Scottish fiddle music some of its unique qualities. Appendix notes.
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The Beauties of the North
Bill Hardie
A Scots fiddle collection of 50 melodies in unique settings, including hitherto unpublished material from J. Scott Skinner, Hector MacAndrew, Patrick Shuldham Shaw and Bill Hardie himself. Introduction and appendix notes.
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The Tom Anderson Collection Volume 2
This, the second volume, contains a total of 70 compositions comprising 9 slow airs, 11 marches, 5 hornpipes, 23 reels, 9 waltzes, 4 strathspeys and 5 jigs, together with some miscellaneous pieces. As in Vol 1, bowings and chord symbols are provided for all the tunes. The bowings are based for the most part on Tom Anderson's own manuscript instructions. Foreword by Aly Bain.
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The Nineties Collection
Edited by Ian Hardie
This collection of over 200 new tunes captures the revitalised spirit of traditional Scottish music in the last decade of the 20th century. Published in association with the TMSA, this book contains a selection of airs, jigs, marches, pipe tunes, reels, strathspeys, waltzes, hornpipes, polkas and other tunes. Associated CDs also available.
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A Fiddler's Book of Scottish Jigs
68 Jigs from the old 18th and 19th century collections now republished in a modern edition. Composers represented include John Bowie, John Clark, Daniel Dow, Malcolm MacDonald, John MacGlashan, Alexander MacKay, John Riddell, William Shepherd and Robert Mackintosh. The music was researched and selected by Charles Gore and edited by Alastair Hardie who also provided additional bowings and chord symbols. Introductory notes on the background to the jig, the composers and the chord symbols.
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The Caledonian Companion/The Fiddler's Companion (Book/CD set)
An associated album to The Caledonian Companion by Alastair Hardie, illustrating tunes from this book. Featuring Tom Anderson, Aly Bain, Angus Grant, Alastair Hardie, Bill Hardie, Hector MacAndrew, Donald Stewart, playing the repertoire with which they are particularly associated: Aly Bain – brilliant hornpipes and reels; Angus Grant –West Highland pipe-derived style; Tom Anderson – tunes of his native Shetland; Bill Hardie and Hector MacAndrew - some of their own compositions. Digitally re-mastered. 15 tracks. Running time 47:25 mins.
Available in 2 formats:
Compact Disk in jewel case Saltire Recordings SRCD001 £12.50; Book/CD set ISBN-13 9780946868308 The Hardie Press HP02SET £24.95
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Scottish Fiddle Music in the 18th Century: A Musical Collection and Historical Study
David Johnson
This new edition makes available again an invaluable collection and historical survey of one hundred years of Scots fiddle music, leading up to the work of the great Perthshire maestro Niel Gow. Until the first publication of this book all this music had been completely unknown. The collection includes edited texts of 90 pieces of music and features the composers William McGibbon, James Oswald, Daniel Dow, Robert Mackintosh and Niel and Nathaniel Gow. Mercat Press Ltd Third Edition 2005.
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The MacAndrew Collection
Hector MacAndrew, edited Doug Veitch
The MacAndrew Collection 'being the musical compositions of Hector MacAndrew in their entirety'. This is a valuable addition to the catalogue of Scots Fiddle Music, with introduction, quotes and notes on the 102 tunes by Pat MacAndrew.
Champion Publishing 2002
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Scots on the Fiddle, Volume 2
Edited: David Johnson with Edna Arthur, 1991
20 graded Scots tunes for violin solo and for violin and piano; Grade 5-7.
All the pieces are fully bowed and fingered and make use of positions 1-4, octave harmonics and double stopping. The collection embraces jigs (“My wife’s a wanton wee thing”, “Rattling roaring Willie”), pibrochs, tunes in scordatura, humorous tunes (“The hen’s march o’er the midden”) and variation sets (“Johnnie Cope”, “The bluebells of Scotland”). Piano accompaniments are printed for some of the tunes. Notes on the music.
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Stepping Northwards
Edited: David Johnson with Edna Arthur, 1990
24 Scots airs and dances for violin with cello accompaniment; Grade 4-6 for both instruments.
The collection comprises slow airs, hornpipes, strathspeys, reels (“The de’il among the tailors”, “The mason’s apron”), marches (“Scotland the brave”) and variations (“There’s nae luck about the house”). This book is an attempt to re-explore the possibilities of the “Scots fiddle plus cello” format in present-day terms. The medium was popular between 1750 and 1875 and was favoured by the great Niel Gow accompanied by his brother Donald Gow. All pieces are fully bowed and partially fingered. The pieces are grouped into sets for performance but it is equally possible to play the pieces singly or construct alternative sets. Notes on the music.
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Scots on the Fiddle, Volume 1
Edited: David Johnson with Edna Arthur, Second Edition 2005
20 graded Scots tunes for violin solo, violin and piano and 4 violins; Grade 2-4. All the pieces are bowed and fingered, initially making use of 1st position and later introducing 3rd position.
The collection includes a pibroch, psalm tunes, minuets, and an 18th-century long variation set, as well as old favourites such as “Scotland the brave”, “Amazing grace”, “The green hills of Tyrol” and pipe jig “Banjo breakdown”. Piano accompaniments are included for some of the tunes.
Includes notes on the music.
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