TEACHING

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Full list of Tunes on file

This terms Tunes

Beginners

Regular Performance Sets

Ronas Voe - (mp3file)

 

Catfish Nailed to a Tree/Hoy Tune - (mp3file)

Ye Banks and Braes / Reel of Tullochgorum / Hopeful Lover
- (mp3 files 1 / 2 /3 )

Calum's Road/Mother's of St Annes - (mp3file)

Egan's Polka/John Ryans - (mp3 files 1 / 2 )

Bonnie Lass o Fyvie/Loch Lomond/Mairi's Wedding - (mp3file)

Josefin's Waltz - (mp3file)

The Wren/Horseshoes and Rainbows  * - (mp3 files 1 / 2 )

The Fly & Dodger/Toss the Fiddles * - (mp3 files 1 / 2 )

Hamnataing ** - (mp3file)

Glencoe March/Brenda Stubbert's/Jenny Dang the Weaver *
- (mp3 files 1 / 2 / 3 )

Bombay Dog / Fremont Center * - (mp3 files 1 / 2 )

Boy's Lament for his Dragon / MacKinnon's Brook Strathspey / Mortgage Burn ** - (mp3 files 1 / 2 / 3 )

Soldiers Joy / De'il Amang the Tailors / Fairy Dance  **
- (mp3 files 1 / 2 / 3 )

Da Bonnie Polka/Seven Step Polka/Liberton Pipe Band **
- (mp3 files 1 / 2 / 3 )

Slow Air (Tommy Hughes) ** - (mp3file)

Seige of Delhi/Reel of the Blackcock/The Gentle Milkmaid **
- (mp3file)

Muckin' O Geordie's Byre/Rakes of Kildare/Blackthorn Stick
- (mp3 files 1 / 2 / 3 )


* These are more advanced sets

** These are sets that are being revived.
Improvers

First Day Back - (mp3file)
Caledonian March - (mp3 file)
¤The Barren Rocks of Aden - (mp3 file)


Slow and Steady

Hills of Lorne, The - (mp3file)
nabO - (mp3file) The tune can be heard at speed at http://babelfish.biz/music.html
Hut on Staffin Island, The - (mp3 file)
Willafjord - (mp3 file)
Drummond Castle, The - (mp3 file)
¤Miss Rowan Davies - (mp3 file)
Advanced

Barrowburn Reel, The - (mp3 file) (Amy's version)
Grade 3 - D Major
¤Ice on the road - (mp3 file)
Our Own Tunes

Belles of Bedlam, The - (mp3file)
Caberston Air - (mp3file)
Mothers of St Ann's, The - (mp3file)
Grey Widow's Song, The - (mp3file)
Note: This weeks new additions are marked ¤ Also see Performance Tune Sets below

Full list of all tunes are now available here.

If any of the composers object to their tunes being published on this web site, please let us know, and we will be happy to remove them.

 

 

Tunes

Who Plays Them

This Term's  
The Baravan Set - (mp3file) All
The Baravan Set - Score All
The Baravan Set - Fiddle 2 All
The Baravan Set - Double Bass All
Catfish Nailed to a Tree/The Hoy Tune - (mp3file) Slow and Steady
Riddelliculous March/Bombay Dog Intermediate/Advanced
¤ Muckin o Geordie's Byre/Rakes of Kildare/Blackthorn Stick Intermediate/Advanced
¤ Peter's Peerie Boat & The Hundred Pipers - (mp3file) Slow and Steady
   
Last Term's  
The Rowan Tree/Reel of Tullochgorum/The Stronsay Wedding Slow and Steady
The Fly and Dodger/Toss the Fiddles Intermediate / Advanced
The Wren/Horseshoes and Rainbows Intermediate / Advanced
   
   
Previous Term's  
Bonnie Lass o Fyvie/Loch Lomond/Mairi's Wedding - (mp3file) Slow and Steady

Calum’s Road/ Mothers of St. Ann’s

All

Hamnataing

All

Starry Nights of Shetland/My Cape Breton Home

All

Egan’s Polka/John Ryan’s

All

Highlander’s Revenge/The Grumbler/Highlander’s Revenge

All

Tommy Hughes (Slow Air)

All
Da Boannie Polka/Seven Step Polka/Liberton Pipe Band All
Ronas Voe/Sunset over Foula/Scalloway Voe All

Siege of Delhi/Reel of Blackcock/Gentle Milkmaid

Intermediate / Advanced

Off to California/Boys of Bluehill/The Redesdale/Harvest Home Intermediate / Advanced
Glencoe March/Brenda Stubbert’s/Jenny Dang the Weaver Intermediate / Advanced
Josefin’s Waltz/The Joy of It Intermediate / Advanced
Spootiskerry/Willafjord/Hurlock’s Reel Intermediate / Advanced
   


Tracks of our tunes are available for download from this page (as Windows Wave files) - for mp3 versions go to the tunes list

 

 RIDDELL FIDDLES TEACHING
CD Volume 1 		 
1 French Waltz 1:17
2 Sound of Mull 1:07
3 Egan's Polka 1:09
4 The Highlanders Revenge (Bruce MacGregor) 1:22
5 Bonnie Tammie Scolla 0:42
6 Mrs Macleod of Raasay 1:16
7 The Soldier's Joy 1:19
8 Mrs Macleod / Soldier's Joy 2:59
9 I'll Tell Me Ma 1:55
10 Da Bonnie Polka 1:02
11 Seven Step Polka 0:55
12 Da Bonnie Polka / Seven Step Polka 1:24
13 Slow Air (Tom Hughes) 2:37
14 Jenny Dang The Weaver 0:42
15 Auld Graden Kirn (attr. Tom Hughes) 2:05
16 Auld Graden Kirn / Henry Hughes' Favourite 2:57
17 Buntata 's Sgadan (Allan MacDonald) 0:45
18 Rakes of Mallow 1:04
19 Bonnie Tammie Scolla / Rakes of Mallow 2:28
20 The Grumbler (Bruce MacGregor) 1:00
21 The Highlanders Revenge / The Grumbler 3:34
22 The Wind That Shakes The Barley 0:42
23 Bulgarian Red (Charlie McKerron) 1:23
24 Buntata 's Sgadan / Bulgarian Red 2:34
25 Jenny Dang The Weaver /The Wind That Shakes The Barley 1:46
26 Memories of Father Angus MacDonnell (Mike MacDougall) 1:25
27 Memories of Father Angus MacDonnell 2:01
28 The Mortgage Burn (Gordon MacLean) 2:12
29 The Mortgage Burn 1:35
     
  Titles in Bold are at "Riddell" speed  

 

 RIDDELL FIDDLES TEACHING
CD Volume 2 		 
1 Over the Moor Among the Heather 2:53
2 The Boys Lament for his Dragon 1:51
3 MacKinnon's Brook Strathspey 1:08
4 Angus Allan & Dan J's 1:04
5 Homeward Bound 1:24
6 The High Road To Linton 1:28

 

Recording at Big Sky Studios

 

 RIDDELL FIDDLES TEACHING
CD Volume 3 		 
1 The Starry Nights of Shetland – My Cape Breton Home 3:33
2 The Jellyfish Jig 1:18
3 Sheila’s Cape Breton Jaunt 1:46
4 Hamnataing 2:24
5 The Siege of Delhi – Reel of the Blackcock – The Gentle Milkmaid 3:43
6 Da Ferry Reel – Lay Dee at Dee – Miss Spence’s 3:37
7 Calum’s Road – The Mothers of St Ann’s 3:01
8 Miss Susan Cooper – Willafjord – Spootiskerry 4:16
9 Sailing South 1:43
10 Teviot Brig – Jackson’s Morning Brush – The Stool of Repentance 3:22
11 One Hour in Hungary – Jemima – Halling from Grinstad 3:59
12 The Fifth Flight 2:22
13 The Old Glen Douglas Hall 2:26
14 Da Shaalds o’ Foula – Da Greenland Man’s Tune 2:39
15 Mangaster Voe – Minnie o’ Shirva’s Cradle Song – Winyadepla 3:26
16 Tam’s Old Love Song – Farewell to Whisky – Roxburgh Castle 4:31
17 Off to California – Harvest Home 4:02

 

abc files

The abc files used to generate the tune scores on this page can be viewed through the links below:

2005-06 abc ; 2006-07 abc ; 2007-08 abc ; 2008-09 abc

 

Guitar Chords

The guitar chords to accompany the tunes can be found with the link below

ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE

DIRECTIONS:

1. Feet on ground: toes, heels, balls of foot.
2. Ankles soft.
3. Backs of knees soft
4. Lengthening up the back to behind the ears, both sides.
5. Lengthening up the front from hips to front of ears.
6. Widening across the front and back.
7. Head resting on top of spine – gentle nod forward.
8. Arms lengthening and fingers long.

 

 

Quick Links -
This term -Improvers ; Slow and Steady ; Advanced
Music Scores ; CD Volume 1 ; CD Volume 2 ; CD Volume 3 ; abc files ; Guitar Chords ; Performance Tune Sets
Full list of Tunes on file

 
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