Fiddle (Britain and Ireland)
Airs for Pairs
Matt Seattle
This book contains twenty of the most popular traditional melodies, both dance tunes and song airs, from around Britain and Ireland. Each tune is arranges with a harmony part for a second melody instrument as well as a chord accompaniment. Soundtrack available.
AD101
20 pages
£8.95
Book Only
ISBN: 978 1 899512 70 6
Scottish Airs for Pairs
Matt Seattle
This book of duets contains twenty one Scottish tunes of core repertoire which the editor, Matt Seattle, feels should have a place in the repertoire of all musicians who reside in these Islands.
AD103
20 pages
£8.95
Book Only
ISBN: 978 1 899512 72 0
Traditional Irish Music for Sets and Sessions Yellow Book
Dave Mallinson
The Yellow Book and its sister collection, The Blue Book, contain a wealth of popular traditional Irish tunes, transcribed from recordings accurately arranged for Irish set dancing, each track being the correct length for each figure.
The tunes in this book can all be heard on the Na Píobairí Uilleann website (pipers.ie).
AM409
44 pages
12.95
Book Only
ISBN: 978 1 899512 40 9
The Old and the New Book
Robin Dunn
A fascinating book, with chords, by fiddle and mandolin player, Robin Dunn. Robin, well respected in the north east, brings together a selection of his own compositions along with traditional favourites from the region. A couple of fabulous tunes composed by Willie Taylor, The Pearl Wedding and Nancy Taylor's Reel are here. They are extremely widely played and are unavailable elsewhere.
AR108
32 pages
£9.95
Book Only
ISBN: 978 1 899512 43 0
More Airs for Pais
Matt Seattle
This book of duets contains a further twenty one tunes from around the British Isles of core repertoire which the editor, Matt Seattle, feels should have a place in the repertoire of all musicians who reside in these Islands, plus some interesting older tunes as well as more recent music composed in traditional idioms. The balance in this book is weighted a little more in favour of the slower tunes.
AD102
20 pages
£8.95
Book Only
ISBN: 078 1 899512 71 3
Traditional Irish Music for Sets and Sessions Blue Book
Dave Mallinson
The Blue Book and its sister collection, The Yellow Book, contain a wealth of popular traditional Irish tunes, transcribed from recordings accurately arranged for Irish set dancing, each track being the correct length for each figure.
The tunes in this book can all be heard on the Na Píobairí Uilleann website (pipers.ie).
AM408
40 pages
12.95
Book Only
ISBN: 978 1 899512 41 6
Fiddler's Tune-book
Peter Kennedy
First published in the early 1950s and now re-printed with chords, The Fiddler's Tune-Book was a landmark collection, edited by veteran folklorist and collecter Peter Kennedy. This book is crammed with 200 core repertoire tunes for all traditional musicians. If you have no traditional music books, this is the first one you should buy.