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The Music
The music
Traditional Scottish tunes come first. The repertoire extends to Cape Breton, the Southern Appalachians, and other European folk and classical music.
Sources for this text
- David Hall's brief (user-stated, not yet confirmed by Kelvin or Rachel)
For review:This is the repertoire as David described it. Kelvin and Rachel should say what they actually play, and in what proportion.
Scottish
Scottish fiddle music comes mostly as dance tunes: reels, strathspeys, hornpipes and jigs, with marches alongside. Niel Gow's collections of strathspey reels, first published in 1784, are among the printed sources for the tunes. There is a short piece on Niel Gow and the old tune books.
Cape Breton
Cape Breton fiddling came to Nova Scotia with Gaelic-speaking settlers from the Highlands and Hebrides. See the note on Cape Breton fiddling.
Southern Appalachian
Scottish and Irish tunes are one strand among several in the old-time music of the Southern Appalachians. See the note on Southern Appalachia.
Wider European folk and classical
Folk tunes from elsewhere in Europe and some classical violin music are also part of the repertoire.
Sources for this suggestion
- David Hall's brief (user-stated, not yet confirmed by Kelvin or Rachel)
For review:This comes only from David's brief. No source names a tune or composer. Kelvin and Rachel to say what belongs here, or whether this block should go.
An example tune list
The table below is an example to show the layout. It is not the band's repertoire. It lists a few traditional tunes and will be replaced by the real sets once Kelvin and Rachel supply them.
Sources for this suggestion
- Wikipedia, Trow (folklore)
- Scottish Fiddle Orchestra newsletter, Oct 2023, fiddle music from trolls, trows and the Haltadans
- Research note in this repo: docs/research/2026-10-15_precedent-and-copy-taste.md
For review:Tune types are taken from the research notes and are to be confirmed. The first three come from the tune notes of another project, and the types are not checked against a collection. The Shetland tunes are named on Wikipedia's Trow page and in a Scottish Fiddle Orchestra newsletter. Only two trow-named tunes are kept in the table, so it does not read as the band's list. The tune links to thesession.org were not checked, so none is linked here.
| Tune | Type |
|---|---|
| Soldier's Joy | Reel |
| The Braes of Mar | Strathspey |
| The Kesh | Jig |
| Da Trowie Burn | Slow air (Shetland) |
| Winyadepla | Shetland tune |