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Cape Breton		Scottish
Welsh		Irish
Harp	Manx	English
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European / American

Mel Bay's Deluxe Album of Fiddle Waltzes and Slow Airs
By Bill Guest
58 tunes with parts for 1,2 and 3 fiddles. Features tunes like Peggy's Cove, Carol Ann Wheeler's Waltz, Tuxedo Waltz, Nova Scotia Waltz, Snow on the Mountain and more
Size A4, 118 pages and  music

 

   Deluxe Fiddling Method
by Craig Duncan
Craig Duncan guides the fiddler through studies and 49 great American fiddle solos of all the classics in the keys of A, D, C and G. Included is a CD and 80 min DVD
Book size A4, contains 104 pages, 47 tunes with melody lines, chords and instruction for all tunes, and helpful hints.

   Four Hour Bluegrass Workshop for all instruments
by Steve Kaufman
Steve Kaufman's popular workout tutor is a powerful practice tool for intermediate and advanced players who want to get into shape for sessions and festivals. Steve plays 49 classic bluegrass pieces slowly, then up-to-speed. With you stereo balance control you can turn off the lead and play along with the rhythm to get your soloing together. The solo lead is on the other channel, so you can practice your back-up parts and learn the tune. This system will improve your ear and build stamina, power and confidence.
Book size A4, contains 47 tunes on 4 cds, with melody lines and chords for all tunes, chord charts and helpful hints.
Contents

The Cajun Fiddle
By Craig Duncan
Cajun fiddling uses many double stops, often an open string sounding along with the melody. This book shows when to use slides and trills, and emphasizes the bowing technique required for the Cajun sound. 8 tunes have easy arrangements and the other 64 tunes show all the embellishments and double stops. A CD to accompany the book helps get the right feel for playing this vibrant music from Louisiana.
Book size A4, 101 pages contains melody lines and basic chords
Contents

Gajda Tunes of Macedonia
All tunes transcribed by Rob Bester and Anne Hildyard
This book notates the dance music of Northern Greece. Anne and Rob have been studying the traditional music of the Balkans for twenty years and have recorded and learned some of the greatest traditional musicians in the villages of Northern Greece. They play for Greek dance groups in Melbourne and for regional associations around Australia.
The Gajda is a bagpipe played in Northern Greece, Bulgaria, Macedonia and Turkey. The tunes have been transcribed for a gajda with a drone and tonic on A. This sets he tunes suitable for instruments that can play the keys of D and G though the Gajda is not a tempered instrument.
Book size A4, contains 52 transcriptions, ornamentation and history.
This book and Xenos CDs are available from http://www.xenosmusic.com/

Moebius Music
Music for three bagpipes by noted Blowzabella piper John Swayne.
Size A4, contains 3 part music.

Cruinn Comhla
"The Well Travelled Fiddler's Collection"
Popular tunes as played in Scotland.
Includes Andy Renwick's Ferret, Donegal Reel, Hag with the Money, Lord Gordon's Reel, Music for Found Harmonium, Peter's Peerie Boat, Sandyburn Reel, Shetland Fiddler's Society, Tarbolton Lodge, Timour the Tartar, Tongadale Reel, and almost 100 other great tunes.
Size A4, chords included.

The Portland Play Along Selection CD
A double CD tunes from the Portland Collections, that are not repeated in the two earlier CDs.
The tunes are played  at a steady pace, twice each, to allow you to play along with the CD 

Cape Breton

The Trip to Windsor Collection
The music of Dan R. MacDonald (1911 - 1976), this is a new book of previously unpublished work from Cape Breton's most famous composer.
Size A4, contains 200 tunes.

Welsh

Welcome to Wales - A Musical Portrait of Wales
This piano collection of Welsh Hymns, Ballads and Airs, including Eryri Wen, Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau, Gospan Fach, Hyfrydol, Men of Harlech, Ash Grove, Myfanwy, Megan's Fair Daughter, My Little Welsh Home, The Dove, Blaenwern, Calon Lan, Bells of Aberdovey, David of the White Rock, Counting the Goats, God Bless the Prince of Wales, All Through the Night, I Hear a Shepherd's Pibgorn
Book size A4, contains words, melody, base lines and chords.

Harp

   The Calthorpe Collection - Music for the Harp
A four-volume treasury of Ireland's most beautiful songs and airs, selected and arranged by Nancy Calthorpe. These collections are also suitable for the piano. They are the basis for the prestigious Nancy Calthorpe Memorial Prize and sales of these books help to fund this Feis Ceoil Award.
Book size A4 small, contains  tunes with melody lines and bass line, and words.

  Mel Bay's Basic Harp for Beginners
by Laurie Riley
Laurie plays neo-Celtic nylon strung, wire-strung and double-strung harps and has a harp School in Washington State. This book shows clear fingering to match the notes of the tune and features tunes from the Irish, Scottish and Contra traditions plus a lot of good techniques for beginners.
Book size A4 78 pages with music and fingering

Ceol nan Teud

For CDs of Manx traditional music email Leila Kneale           l.kneale@rushen.sch.im

or for the young band King Chiaullee email David Kilgallon  day_kil@hotmail.com

For a CD of Manx hymns and carols, Drogh Vraane - and a few men, email Clare Kilgallon  matriarch@manx.net

Great music from the Isle of Man

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