We have chosen a few tunes for  learning and playing together. You can expect that all of these tunes will be played at some point throughout the week. Please download attached PDFs of sheet music.

Reels: GTReels2015
Jigs: GTJigs2015
Polkas: GT2015Polkas
Marches: GTMarches2015
Waltzes: GTWaltzes2015
Sleep soond in da Morning/Willafjord: Sleep Soond in da Morning Willafjord

Tips for learning tunes:

• Listen to a tune over and over and sleep on it
• Start play slowly either by ear or by music and build up speed
• If you need more help, there are some great applications available for download that can slow music down so you can hear every note

Other tune sets to learn, recorded only (for those keen to get stuck in!):

Recordings by Charlie Montgomery and Sean Connolly

Jigs – My Darling Asleep, Saddle the Pony, Lark in the Morning

Reels – Father Kelly’s, Sailor on the Rock

Reels – Miss Monaghan’s, Mulhaires

Reels – Silver Spear, Swallows Tail, The Boyne Hunt

Reels – The Peelers Jacket, The Torn Jacket, Lucy Cambells

 Waltzes
Farewell Marianne
Catalina
Josephine’s

Scottish Fiddle Tunes

Marches – Loch Torridon, Lochanside, Heights of Dargai, Atholl Highlanders, The Curlew, Fenella’s, Paddy’s Leather Breaches, Jig of Slurs, Piobaireachd of Donald Dubh, In Praise of Maureen MacKenzie, Heights of Cassino

Strathspeys – The Iron Man, Stirling Castle, MacKinnon’s Brook, Highland Whisky, North Side of the Grampians, Scotch Mist, Belladrum House, King George IV

Reels – Loch Ness, Jenny Dang the Weaver, High Road to Linton, Tam Lin, Tongadale Reel, Flowers of Edinburgh, McDougal’s, Knockdhu Reel, The Corrieman, Spootiskerry, Willafjord, the Haggis, The King’s Reel

Jigs – Sailor’s Wife, Sally Hunter of Thurston, Miss Janet of Perth, Calliope House, Lemonville, the Quarryman, Rory Gallagher’s, Calliope House, Charlie Hunter

Waltzes – Carolynn’s Waltz, Linda’s Waltz, Wee Mairi

Airs – Sitting in the Stern of a Boat, O’er the Moor Amang the Heather, Night in That Land,  Tanera Mor