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The Scottish Ceilidh Collection for Fiddlers: Volumes 1 and 2 [Paperback]

Christine Martin , Anne Hughes
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  • Paperback: 80 pages
  • Publisher: Taigh na Teud Music Publishers; New edition (April 1998)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1871931177
  • ISBN-13: 978-1871931174
  • Product Dimensions: 29.7 x 21.1 x 0.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 144,800 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Impressive collection of Scottish Ceilidh music 29 Sep 2001
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An attractively presented and comprehensive collection of music, chords and bow directions, comprising of approximately 170 tunes. The many musical dance forms found in Scotland are arranged in sets of complementary tunes suitable for playing together. Everything from Waltz's to Gay Gordons, reels to airs, is represented. Readers will be amused by the comical drawings interspersed throughout the book which serve to illustrate the more descriptive tune titles - eg. 'Dashing White Sergeant', 'Jumping Geordie' etc. Although many of the tunes may be drawm from the fiddle-playing tradition of Scotland most of the arrangements would seem to suit any instrumentalist. For the traditional irish musician many of the tunes are familiar session favourites. The collection is also a valuable source of new tunes and styles for those learning music for the first time. More experienced musicians may be disappointed that some more advanced music is not included, but for an overall flavour of Scottish Ceilidh music the collection is impressive.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Mixed Blessing 27 Oct 2004
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As a sometimes user of all the books in this series, I would say they are probably most useful to those already pretty familiar with the Scots dance music repertoire, who are looking for a reference of fairly easy tunes. The question of accuracy in traditional music is always a vexed one, as many different versions and arrangements of tunes may have validity, but I think many would agree that these books leave considerable scope for improvement in that area.
So the price is reasonable, and the books are handy if you don't take them too literally, and have enough experience to occasionally read between the lines.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Music notation conventions ignored 31 Jan 2011
There are clearly difficult editorial choices that have to be made when putting traditional material into print. So, it is perhaps inevitable that some of the conventions of music notation have not been followed here (nor in other volumes published by Taigh na Teud I have purchased). For example, chord symbols have been placed below the stave, and often closer to the stave below the one they refer to. Another issue is that sometimes the spelling of chord symbols is incorrect, for example, on page 15, you find F'7/B', which would normally be notated F'7/A'. Tempo markings are given towards the middle of the stave, where normally they would be given above the first bar, unless a change of tempo is intended. This is all the more disappointing given that the book is specified in the traditional music exam syllabus of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama.
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