The Caledonian Companionby Alastair Hardie
CONTENTS:The Hardies; Hardies - A Family Album; Major Fiddle Composers; Forms in Traditional Music; Introduction; The Fiddler's Companion;
I Scots Measures, Hornpipes and Reels - The White Cockade; There was a Lad was born in Kyle; The East Neuk o' Fife; The Flowers of Edinburgh; The North Shore; The Liverpool Hornpipe; Willaijord; The Deil amang the Tailors; Speed the Plough; Mr Alexander Laing's Hornpipe - Leuchold; Charles Sutherland;
II Jigs - Merrily Danced the Quaker's Wife; My Wife's a Wanton Wee Thing; The Stool of Repentance; Dunkeld House; Se' n'Riogh a' tha aguin is fear linn (Wha'll be King but Charley); Comma leam fein a Ministair (What care I for the Minister);
III The Slow Air, Song Air and Pastoral - Pentland Hills; Mrs Janet B. Hardie; Lady Jane Taylor's Strathspey - of Rothiemay; The Music o' Spey; Gin ye kiss my Wife, I'll tell the Minister; Sword Dance; Da Sixereen;
IV The Strathspey (Pt. I) - Whistle o'er the Lave o't; The Miller o' Dervil; Sir Harry's Welcome Home; Forbes Morrison; Tulchan Lodge;
V The Flat Keys - The Marquis o' Huntly's Snuff Mull; John Roy Stewart; The New Brig o' Methlick; The Shakins o' the Pocky; Mrs Forbes Leith; The Firth House; The Newcastle Hornpipe; Princess Beatrice; The Methlick Style; The Glories of 'The Star'; The Trumpet;
VI The Strathspey (Pt. II) - The Dean Brig o' Edinburgh; Master Francis Sitwell; The New Brig o' Methlick; The Marquis of Huntly's Farewell; Mr A. G. Wilken's Favourite; Mrs Chree; The Miller o' Hirn; The Laird o' Drumblair; Glenlivet;
VII Birlin' Reels - James Hardie; Da Grocer; The Burn o' Forgue; Jenny Hardie's Reel;
VIII Third Position and Position-changing - Robert Innes of Stirling University; The Duchess Tree; William Duguid - Fyvie; Pittengardener's Rant; Charlie Hardie; The Bonnie Lass o' Bon-Accord;
IX The Minor Mode (Pt. I) - The Braes o' Bushbie; The Marquis of Huntly's Strathspey; The Strathbogie Toast; Nathaniel Gow's Lament for the Death of his Brother; The Banks of Spey; Mr Edward Wagstaff's Fancy; Gu mo maidh a thig an crun dhuit a Thearluich oig (Well may Charley wear the Crown); Stoileadh Nial Gobha (Niel Gow's Style); The Heiress; The Marchioness of Huntly's Favorite; The Marchioness of Huntly's Favorite Jig;
X The Higher Positions - Chapel Keithack; The House of Skene; Harvey Mitchell; Madge ("Farewell to Scotland"); Tarland Memories; The Mathematician; Haslam's Hornpipe; Mar Castle;
XI The Minor Mode (Pt. II) - Pennan Den; Gavin Greig; George Riddell; Roslin Castle; Lady Cathrine Stewart's Strathspey; As a thoiseach (Keep it up); Mrs Shearer of Buchromb; Hatton of Buchromb's Reel; Ossian; The Lodge of Glen-Tana; Major and Minor;
XII Multiple Stopping - Earl Haig (The Laird o' Bemersyde); Matthew Hardie; Tullochgorum; The Devil and the Dirk; Back to the Hills; Deoch Slainnte do'n airmailt tha Flannriose sa Ceannas (Round with a health to Glorious Wellington); Sir William Wallace;
XIII Drones and Other Bagpipe Influences - Macpherson's Lament; Buckingham House (Athole Brose); Donald MacLean's Farewell to Oban; Lady Dorothea Stewart Murray's Wedding March; Far O'er Struy;
XIV Scordatura - Kilrack's Strathspey; Greig's Pipes; Da Auld Foula Reel;
XV Staccato Bowings and other "Italian Tricks" - Balmoral Castle; King Robert the Bruce; Madam Neruda; Banks; The Peterhead Polka; Madame Vanoni; Le Messe; The President;
Glossary; Index; Discography