Tunes 11-20

Examples of Music Notation
Complete Listing (titles only)

Titles link to descriptions-of and links-to GIFs of typeset music
ABCs links are also provided for some tunes

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The Drunken Parson is an Irish jig recorded as a Uileann pipe / fiddle duet by The McNamara Family on on Leitrim's Hidden Treasure.

Earl Grey is a Peter Milne strathspey. It was recorded by Alex Francis MacKay on A Lifelong Home. (Rounder, 1997)

The Farmer's Daughter ... (standard notation)

A pipe reel in B minor and D major that Winston Fitgerald recorded on 78 (re-released as part of Classic Cuts)

Source: Winston Fitzgerald Collection

The Free Gardener ... (standard notation)

A soulful Alexander Walker slow march from 19th century Scotland

Source: The Alexander Walker Collection.

Glen Grant ... (standard notation)

This choice strathspey was first recorded on 78 disc by Cape Breton fiddler Bill Lamey. Natalie MacMaster recorded it on My Roots are Showing.

Hughie Shorty's Reel ... (standard notation)

The tune Hughie Shorty's was composed and recorded by Johnny Wilmot in the mid '60s. One of the most popular 'new tunes' of this century, it is played at sessions worldwide.

Source: The Lighthouse Collection.

The Iron Man .. (standard notation)

An ever-popular Skinner strathspey as played by Winston Fitzgerald on Classic Cuts.

Source: Winston Fitzgerald Collection

Joanie Madden ... (standard notation)

Joanie Madden was composed by harmonica player Tommy Basker. You can hear it on his CD ... The Tin Sandwich.

The Lindsay Fiddle ... (ABCs)

The Lindsay Fiddle was composed by fiddler Carl MacKenzine. You can hear it on his CD ... Fiddle Medleys.

MacArthur's Road ... (standard notation)

This key D setting ot the tune can be heard on Kinnon Beaton's new CD. It was written by Dave Richardson of The Boys of the Lough. Natalie MacMaster and Sharon Shannon recorded it recently in E major on Natalie's In My Hands.

ABCs