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This is a selection of accessible resources to support teachers and pupils who would like to know more about Scottish traditional music. Published material includes background reading, tune and song collections, and recordings. Information is given in no particular order of merit, and readers are advised to browse widely as well as seek out specialist items. Publishers and record companies are very knowledgeable and are usually happy to advise.
Scotland has many organisations which support the learning and performance of traditional music. Many will be glad to recommend sources of information nationally and locally.
Wherever possible, get to know musicians in your local area!
Traditional Music & Song Association of Scotland - listings, festivals, competitions etc
School of Scottish Studies at Edinburgh University - online access to material from archives
Musicinscotland.com - gig guide, other info
Celtic Music - BBC Scotland website
Scottish Music Centre - supports Scottish music of all types. The Centre’s music collection contains over 20,000 items including recordings, scores, song and tune collections and books and articles about music. Many are available for sale and/or hire and the Centre’s catalogue is searchable online.
Collections
Bryan, V
Ceol nam Feis (2 vols)
pub: Feisean nan Gaidheal, 1996/2000
Mostly Highland songs and tunes especially suitable for teaching young people
Campbell, K & MacVicar, E
Traditional Scottish Songs and Music
pub: Leckie & Leckie, 2001
Aimed at 5-14. Songs, tunes, stories and background information, CD
Duesenberry, P
"Scotland II: Traditional Music" in New Grove Dictionary of Music
and Musicians ed. Stanley Sadie
pub: MacMillan, 2001 (vol 22, p908-922)
Scholarly but readable overview of main traditions of Scottish music. Extensive
bibliography. Also see articles on other relavant topics in this dictionary.
Hardie, I
The Nineties Collection: New Scottish Tunes in a Traditional Style
pub: Canongate, 1995
Recent compositions by well known musicians
Kennedy, D
Celtic Reels 'n Jigs for Guitar
pub: Taigh na Teud, 1998
Tocher: Tales, Songs, Traditions
Selected from the archives of the School
of Scottish Studies
Publishers and Recording Companies
Scotlandsmusic.com - Taigh na Teud publishers
Musicscotland.com - mainly CDs, some other information
The Hardie Press - publisher of fiddle, song and other Scottish and classical music
MacMeanmna Records - distributors of Gaelic music
Lismor Records - prolific publisher, especially of piping recordings
Greentrax Recordings - very wide ranging and prolific in publishing recordings of new Scottish music and re-issuing significant older recordings such as those in the Scottish Tradition series
Education
Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama - BA (Scottish Music) and BA (Scottish Music-Piping) courses; BEd Music course also admits traditional musicians
University of Aberdeen - BMus (Music in Scotland) programme
National Centre of Excellence in Traditional Music at Plockton High School
University of the Highlands and Islands - Music and Performance courses which also admits traditional musicians in Thurso, Perth and Stornoway
University of Sheffield - BA in Traditional Musics with Folklore Studies programme
Newcastle University - BMus in Folk and Traditional Music programme
University of Strathclyde - BA in Applied Music course admits traditional musicians
Sabhal Mor Ostaig Gaelic Medium College, Skye - Courses, projects, Gaelic resources
Elphinstone Institute - Promotes study of cultural traditions of NE Scotland
Feisean nan Gaidheal - Short courses; also information on Traditional Music Tutor Training Network
The Splore - Aberdeen International Youth Festival's Scottish Traditional Music School which takes place each summer
University of Stirling Summer Schools - Short courses
Books
Kinnaird, A
Crann nan teud: AHistory of the Harp in Scotland
pub: Kinmor Music, Midlothian, 1992
Martin, C
Ceol nan Teud: Traditional Tunes for the Clarsach
pub: Taigh na Teud
Mieras, I
A Harper's Pleasure
pub: Swanston Music
Stevenson, S
Sounding Strings
pub: Sounding Strings, West Lothian
Kinnaird, A
The Harp Key - Music for the Scottish Harp
pub: Kinmor, 1986
Stewart, W
About time too! Music for the Scottish Harp: Traditional and Contemporary
Tunes in Modern Arrangements
pub: Taigh na Teud, 1998
Martin, C & Strachan, M
A' Cheud Cheum: Easy Arrangements of Scottish Traditional Tunes for the Celtic
Harp
pub: Taigh na Teud, 1997
Older Repertoire
The
Scottish Harp
Alison Kinnaird
COMD2005
The
Harpers Land
Ann Heymann & Alison Kinnaird
COMD2074
Flowers
of the Forest
Rob MacKillop (lute, mandour, cittern, guitar)
CDTRAX155
Contemporary arrangements and original compositions
About
time
Wendy Stewart
CDTRAX059
About
Time 2
Wendy Stewart
CDTRAX126
Calman
the Dove
Savourna Stevenson & others
COOKCD137
Lammermuir
Phamie Gow
CDTRAX224
Groups
Play
on light
Sileas
CDTRAX118
Dansoozies
The Poozies
HYCD150
Internet
Books
The Ceilidh
Collection series
Well
Travelled Fiddlers collection
All by Christine Martin
pub: Taigh na Teud
Ceol nam Feis
Arranged and edited by Valerie Bryan
pub: Feisean nan Gaidheal
ISBN 0952868709
Ceol nam Feis 2
Arranged and edited by Valerie Bryan
pub: Feisean nan Gaidheal
ISBN 0952868717
The
Athole Collection of the Dance Music of Scotland
pub: Balnain House Trust, Inverness
The Fiddle Music of Scotland
by James Hunter
pub: The Hardie Press
ISBN 0946868034
50
Fiddle Solos (book + cassette)
by Aly Bain
pub: Fast Forward Series, Conway Editions, London (1989)
Recordings
Crosswinds
Capercaillie
Green Linnet Records (1987)
GLCD 1077
By
Bonnie Bennachie
The Garioch Fiddlers
Donside Records
CDR018
Castles
in the Air
The Garioch Fiddlers
Donside Records
CDR032
The
Blue Lamp
Jonny Hardie & Gavin Marwick
KRL, Lochshore label (1999)
CDLDL 1287
Fire
On
Blazin’ Fiddles
(2000)
BFCD001
Yella
Hoose
John McCusker
Temple Records
COMD2083
Internet
Ceili House Band - mainly Irish reels
Books
The
Ceilidh Collection series
Well
Travelled Fiddlers collection
All by Christine Martin
pub: Taigh na Teud
Ceol nam Feis
Arranged and edited by Valerie Bryan
pub: Feisean nan Gaidheal
ISBN 0952868709
Ceol nam Feis 2
Arranged and edited by Valerie Bryan
pub: Feisean nan Gaidheal
ISBN 0952868717
The
Athole Collection of the Dance Music of Scotland
pub: Balnain House Trust, Inverness
The Fiddle Music of Scotland
by James Hunter
pub: The Hardie Press
ISBN 0946868034
The
Caledonian Companion
by Alasdair J. Hardie
pub: Woodford Green, EMI Publishing
Kerrs' Collection of Merry Melodies
pub: Kerr
50
Fiddle Solos (book + cassette)
by Aly Bain
pub: Fast Forward Series, Conway Editions, London (1989)
Recordings
Footnotes
by The Occasionals
Iona Recordings
IRCD021
Smalltalk
Greentrax Recordings
CDTRAX079
The
Pearl
by Aly Bain & Phil Cunningham
Whirlie Records
WHIRLIECD3
The
Circular Breath
by Gordon Duncan
Greentrax Recordings
CDTRAX122
Leaving
Lerwick Harbour
Willie Hunter & Violet Tulloch
Greentrax Recordings
CDTRAX105
The
Driven Bow
Alasdair Fraser & Jody Stecher
Culburnie Records
CUL102C
By
Bonnie Bennachie
The Garioch Fiddlers
Donside Records
CDR018
Castles
in the Air
The Garioch Fiddlers
Donside Records
CDR032
Mairidh
Geol is Ceol
Temple Records
CTP054
(side B contains a recording of Ruidhlidh na Coillich Dhubha)
Books
Scots Guards Collection (2 vols)
pub: Paterson's Publications (various editions)
The
Ceilidh Collection series
Well
Travelled Fiddlers collection
All by Christine Martin
pub: Taigh na Teud
scotlandsmusic.com (and search for marches)
Internet
Books
The
Ceilidh Collection series
Well
Travelled Fiddlers collection
All by Christine Martin
pub: Taigh na Teud
Ceol nam Feis
Arranged and edited by Valerie Bryan
pub: Feisean nan Gaidheal
ISBN 0952868709
Ceol nam Feis 2
Arranged and edited by Valerie Bryan
pub: Feisean nan Gaidheal
ISBN 0952868717
The
Athole Collection of the Dance Music of Scotland
pub: Balnain House Trust, Inverness
The Fiddle Music of Scotland
by James Hunter
pub: The Hardie Press
ISBN 0946868034
The
Caledonian Companion
by Alasdair J. Hardie
pub: Woodford Green, EMI Publishing
The
Scottish Violinist
by James Scott Skinner
A Collection of Strathspeys
by William Marshall
The
Caledonian Pocket Companion (12 books)
by James Oswald
50
Fiddle Solos (book + cassette)
by Aly Bain
pub: Fast Forward Series, Conway Editions, London (1989)
Recordings
Aly
Bain and the Young Champions
Spingthyme Records (1992)
SPRCD 1032
The
Driven Bow
Alasdair Fraser & Jody Stecher
Culburnie Records
CUL102C
Fit as a Fiddle
Natalie MacMaster
CBC (1993)
NMAS-CD1972
Internet
Books
Hardie, AJ
The
Caledonian Companion
pub: Woodford Green, EMI Publishing
Martin, C
Ceol na Fidhle vols.1-4
pub: Taigh na Teud
Anderson, T & Swing, P
Haand me doon da fiddle
pub: Stirling University
Johnson, D
Scottish Fiddle Music in the 18th century - A Musical Collection and Historical
Study
pub: John Donald, 1984
Martin, C
Ho Ro Gheallaidh - Session tunes for fiddlers vol.2
pub: Taigh na Teud, 1998
Shetland Music Volumes 1-3
pub: Shetland Music, Lerwick
Skinner, J Scott
The Scottish Violinist
pub: Bayley and Ferguson, 1900
Hunter, J & Hardie, A & W
The Fiddle Music of Scotland
pub: Hardie Press, 1988
The Patrick MacDonald Collection
pub: Taigh na Teud, 2000 (first pub: 1784)
Fraser, S
The Airs and Melodies peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles
The Athole Collection of the dance music of Scotland
pub: Balnain House, 1996 (first pub: 1884)
The Beauties of Niel Gow (3 vols)
pub: Celtic Music, 1983
Martin, C
The Scottish Folk Fiddle Tutor
pub: Taigh na Teud
Organisations
Glasgow Fiddle
Workshop
Valley
of the Moon - Scottish Fiddling School (USA)
Recordings
Various styles featured
The
Fiddler and his Art
CDTRAX9009
The
Caledonian Companion
Charlie Bremner (fiddle) Willie Fraser (mouth organ) John Grant (fiddle) Alex
Green (whistle)
CDTRAX9051
The
Legacy of the Scottish Fiddle vol.1
Alasdair Fraser
CUL118D
Regional Styles
Shetland
Fiddle Music
CDTRAX9004
Borders
Fiddles
SBT001D
As
you'd expect
Douglas Lawrence
CHAMPCD01
Highland
Fiddle
Angus Grant
SPRC1024
Duos
Another
Gem
Aly Bain and Phil Cunningham
WHIRLIECD6
Mither
o' the Sea
Jennifer & Hazel Wrigley
CDTRAX183
Return
to Kintail
Alasdair Fraser and Tony McManus
CUL113D
Groups
Fire
On!
Blazing Fiddles
BFCD001
Da
Farder Ben Da Welcomer
Fiddlers Bid
CDTRAX218
Time
and Tide
Filska
HRMCD005
The
Fiddlers' Dance
Scottish Fiddle Orchestra
RECD534
Willie's
Last Session
The Cullivoe Band with Willie Hunter
CDTRAX186
The
Captain's Collection
CDTRAX187
New compositions
The
Spider's Web
Ian Hardie
CDTRAX152
Books
Martin, C
Tog Fonn! : Gaelic Songs and Dance Tunes
pub: Taigh na Teud, 1994
Martin, C
Tog Fonn 2! : Gaelic Songs and Dance Tunes
pub: Taigh na Teud, 1997
Thomson, J
Eilean Fraoich
pub: 1938 & 1982
Tolmie, F
One hundred and five songs of occupation from the Western Isles of Scotland
pub: Llanerach Publishers 1997 (first pub: 1911)
Bryan, V
Ceol nam Feis (2 vols)
pub: Feisean nan Gaidheal, 1996/2000
Shaw, MF
Folksongs and Folklore of South Uist
first pub: 1955
Campbell, JL
Hebridean Folksongs
pub: OUP. 1981
3 vols. of waulking songs
NicDhomhnaill, I & MacIllFhinnein,F
Do ghinealach eile
pub: Muran, 1995
40 songs from South Uist OralTradition
Seinnibh dhan Tighearna
Anthology of traditional and modern hymns and psalm settings
Orain an Eilean
ISBN 1871 931 827
New Anthology of Skye Songs
Campbell, B (ed)
Orain nan Gaidheal (3 vols)
pub: Gairm Publications
Organisations
Feisean nan Gaidheal - non-competitive teaching festivals, mainly for children
The
Mod - National Gaelic Festival
Recordings
Waulking Songs
Waulking
Songs from Barra
various artists
CDTRAX9003
Waulking Songs
Bannal
CDTRAX099
Selection of artists and repertoire
Clo
Dubh, Clo Donn
various artists
CDTRAX9018
Music
from the Western Isles
various artists
CDTRAX9002
Soloists
Guth
a Shniomhas
Kenna Campbell
SKYECD12
Seonag
NicCoinnich - (Joan MacKenzie)
CDTRAX9019
Orosay
Mairi MacInnes
CDTRAX209
Tarruinn
Anmoch (Late Cull)
Roddy Campbell
CDTRAX191
Land
of Heart's Desire - Songs of the Hebrides
Lisa Milne, Sioned Williams
CDA66988
Groups
Cliar
Cliar
SKYECD14
Gaelic
Psalms from Lewis
CDTRAX9006
Books
Sidlaw Collection
Grampian Collection
Furrows End
Colin Dewar Collection
Cheviot Collection
Dalriada Collection
all pub: Deeay Music, 22 Westfield Drive, Forfar, Angus DD8 1EQ
Tel: 01307 464324 Fax: 01307 464913
Contact: Doug Adamson
Organisations
National
Association of Accordion and Fiddle Clubs
Recordings
The
Legendary Jimmy Shand
RECD514
Out
of his Box
Sandy Brechin
CDBAR600
Piping
on the Box - Highland Bagpipe Music played on the accordion
John Crawford
TRMC9803
Westwinds
Donald Black (mouth organ)
CDTRAX091
Airs and Graces
Phil Cunningham
GLCD3032
The
Genuine Article
Bobby MacLeod and his Music
LCOM5127
Books
Douglas, S & Miller, J
Come gie's a sang: 73 Traditional Scottish Songs
pub: Hardie Press, 1995
Campbell, K & MacVicar, E
Traditional Scottish Songs and Music (&CD)
pub: Leckie & Leckie, 2001
Bronson, B H
The Singing Tradition of Child's Popular Ballads
Buchan, N & Hall, P
The Scottish Folksinger
pub: Collins, 1978
Lyle, EB & Shuldham Shaw, P & others
The Greig-Duncan Folksong Collection 9 vols.
pub: Aberdeen UP and Edinburgh UP, 1981-
Low, D
The Songs of Robert Burns
pub: Routledge, 1990
Ord, J
Ord's Bothy Songs and Ballads of Aberdeen, Banff & Moray, Angus and the
Mearns
pub: John Donald, Edinburgh, 1990
Organisations
Traditional
Music & Song Association of Scotland
Recordings
Various artists and repertoires
Scots
Women : Celtic Connections 2001
various artists
CDTRAX213
Bothy Ballads
Bothy
Ballads
various artists
CDTRAX9001
Bothy
Songs and Ballads of North East Scotland (vol 2)
SLPYCD006
Bothy
Songs and Ballads of North East Scotland (vol 3)
SLPYCD011
Ballads
The
Muckle Sangs
CDTRAX9005
Soloists
From
the Heart of the Tradition (search for Sheila Stewart)
Sheila Stewart
TSCD515
Ye shine whaur ye stand!
Jock Duncan
SPRCD103
Cloudberry
Day
Alison McMorland
LTCD1003
Strong
Women
Sheena Wellington
CDTRAX094
The
Words that I used to know
Adam McNaughtan
CDTRAX195
The
Complete Songs of Robert Burns (12 vols)
LINN RECORDS
The
Songs of Robert Burns (Vols 1 & 2)
Jean Redpath (arr. Serge Hovey)
CDTRAX114
Jeannie
Robertson
OSSCD92
When
First I went to Caledonia
Tony Cuffe
IONA IR011
Groups
Beware
of the Aberdonian
The Gaugers
SLPYCD008
Dancin'
Chantin'
Janet Russell & Christine Kydd
CDTRAX077
Books
Cannon, R D
The Highland Bagpipe and its Music
pub: John Donald, 1984
Scots Guards Collection (2 vols)
pub: Paterson's Publications (various editions)
Piobaireachd
Society Collection
Organisations
The Piping Centre, Glasgow - museum, classes, shop, general enquiries
Royal
Scottish Pipe Band Association
Lowland
and Borders Pipers Society
Recordings
Solo Highland Pipes
A'
Sireadh Spors
Dr Angus MacDonald
COMD2043
Masters
of Piobaireachd vol.2
Robert Brown & Robert Nicol
CDTRAX181
Ceol
na Pioba - Music of the Pipes
various artists
CDTRAX5009
Pipes for Dancing
Major Archie Cairns
SHSCD150
Bellows Pipes
Tryst
Iain MacInnes
CDTRAX182
Young Pipers
Finlay
MacDonald
CDFSR1706
Piping
Up
various artists
CDLDL1300
Pipe Bands
The
Ladies from Hell
Pipes & Drums of 1st Battalion Black Watch
CDTRAX162
The
Pipe Major's Choice
Dysart & Dundonald Pipe Band
LCOM5272
Simon
Fraser University Pipe Band - At the Worlds
CDMON840
World
Pipe Band Championships 1999 (vol 1)
CDMON838
World
Pipe Band Championships 1999 (vol 2)
CDMON839
Drummers
The
Band Room
COMD2066
Dance Bands
Spider
Stomp
Portobello Ceilidh Band
SWK301
Back
in Step
The Occasionals
CDTRAX1996
The
21st Album
Fergie MacDonald & band
CDTRAX129
West
Coast and Beyond
Black Rose Ceilidh Band
CDLOC1093
Bruce
Lindsay and his Scottish Dance Band
BLMCD001
Compilations
A
Celebration of Scottish Music
various artists
COMD2003
Fast
and Furious: Traditional Music for a Modern Generation
various artists
CDFSR1705
Folkal
Point: Edinburgh.. Traditional Music from a new generation
various artists
CDTRAX168
Traditional/crossover music (including computer generated music)
Hardland
Martin Bennett, Martin Low
CUILCD01
Solar
Shears
Shooglenifty
VERTCD053
Tartan
Amoebas
CDTRAX133
The
Weird Set
Burach
CDTRAX093
The
Big Day In
Simon Thoumire & David Milligan
Traditional/classical collaborations
Music
for a New Scottish Parliament
Simon Thoumire Orchestra
CDTT1007
Follow
the Moonstone
Aly Bain & BT Scottish Ensemble
WHIRLIECD4
Mostly arrangements of traditional/original tunes & songs
May
you never lack a scone
Jock Tamson's Bairns
CDTRAX206
Happy
Daze
Battlefield Band
COMD2085
Ceilidh
House Sessions from the Tron Tavern
CDTRAX5002
Timber
Timbre
Whistlebinkies
CDTRAX159
The
Carrying Stream
Ossian
CDTRAX127
The
Blood is Strong
Capercaillie
SURCD014
In
search of angels
Runrig
RR010
Books
Shepherd, R
Let's have a Ceilidh
Scotland's Dances: A Review of the 1994 Conference on the Diversity of the
Scottish Traditions of Dance
pub: Scottish Arts Council, 1994
Organisations
Royal Scottish Country Dance Society - Starting point for finding out about dance events
Scottish
Traditions of Dance Trust
Videos
Step
we Ceilidh - 13 Popular Ceilidh Dances
Independent Video Productions
IVP001 PAL