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Traditional Scott Arr. G. Wq This is a 6/8 pipe-march. "Bonnie _{Dundee" was the nickname of the ScottishJacobire general,}

James Graham of Claverhouse, _{who was killed in the Battle of Killiecrankie on ;uly 27, tOAl.} This. anangement is.designed _{to mimic the sound of the Highland pipes by lt"ui"g the righr} hand thumb and index finger pinch octaves or fifths in the bass to ir.ut"'the effécts of ihe drones while the middle ând ring fingers play an ornamenred melody. It was originally published in the August 1998 issue o{ Acoustiè Guitar.

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lÀcl< o'T)^zeLôoN

This is a beautiful Scottish love song.

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The name Katie Dwyer was used in eighteenth-century Irish poetry as a sobriquet for Ireland. This is on the Chieftains' seventh album, and can also be found in The Roche Collection.

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,.-Lonô LovÀT,s La'cpeNT

Traditional Scotti Arr. G. Weis This is a Highland bagpipe tune which I have worked out for rhe guitar in rwo variations. The

first part-represents _{a pipe solo in the style of "Bonnie Dundee."-When the tune repeats, the} thumb shifts to a conventional alternating pattern in order to convey the effect of the entrance of the drum and pipe corps as the full band takes up the melody. I usually play this part faster than the firsr.

Lord Lovat was the Duke of Atholl and fought for Bonnie Prince Charlie during the Jacobite uprising-of _{1745 '1746' After the rebellion was put down, he became the fifth rË. l"rt person} to be beheaded _{as a rrairor on Tower Hill in Lonâon.}

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This serene, _{perfectly titled tune can be found in the Bw.ûngcolbction.}

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O' CON N ELL' S LACP ENTÀTION

This can be found in o'Neill's Mruic of lrelmd".lt was irobubly composed as a great nineteenth-century Irish statesman Daniel O'Connell.

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Turlough O'Carolz Arr. G. \X/eis, This tender [une is attributed to Carolan, and is thought ,JU",r. been composed by him for a

blind harper named lv{aire Dhall. It is considered unchàracteristic of Carolan's style.

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Turlough O'Carolan carolan wrote tunes for several members of this family. Sii F"r,.,, was the 5th Barone,T

o weiser Glinsk in County Galway.

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Turlough O'Carolar Arr. G. Weise As the title suggests, Carolan liked a good drink as well as the nexr man. This tune was

collected in the nineteenth-century by Father Walsh of Smeem, about whom the famous song "Father

O'Flynn" (or "Top of Cork Road") was written.

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constantine Maguire was a colonel who is best known for having arranged an between _{carolan and the south Ulster poet Seamus}_Maccuarta.

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Turlough O'Carol Arr. G . \llei This piece rTas composed _{for Colonel John Irwin and was originally played as a slow jig.}

However,_the piece is also quite effective as a waltz, and seems to be the q.,int.sseniial farewell when thus slowed in tempo. It has been worked our in two differenr octaves, which is a rarity for Celtic guitar arrangements.

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Charles O'Conor was a harp student of Carolan's. information about Carolan's life.

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This is an E Dorian tune in dropped D tuning. Technically it is a single characterized by a four-measure repeating first part and an eight.measure second part. Drowsy Maggie's alter ego, "sleepy Maggie" appears later on.

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sl-eepy cDÀqqre

Despite-the _{similarity in titles, this tune does not seem ro be a variant of "Drowsy Maggie.} source for this setting is Cole's 1000 Fiddle Tunes. A somewhat differenr version*has recorded by Eric Schoenberg on his rounder album, Acoustic Guitor.

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32 Tb])e qt<eeN trrel-ôs oç ÀcDet<lcÀ

Traditional Irish Arr. G. Weiser This tune can be found in Cole's 1000 FiddleTunes and appears in The Roche Collectionunder

the name of "Molly _{Brauligan." (By the way, it is quite .o**on} _{for a tune to have more than} one name. Brendan Breathnach, in his book Follc Music andDances of lreland, cites an insrance where one tune was found to have sixty different titles, and another instance when one title was applied to six different runes.)

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Also known as "Judv's Reel," this exuberant lrish tune is one mv favorites.

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Traditional Irish Arr. G . Weiser This is a stirring Irish reel, formerly known as "Listowell." The Irish commonly named or

renamed tunes after Bonaparte, who they hoped would liberate Ireland from the cruel oppression of the English. Unfortunately, the much hoped-for succor from France never arrived.

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Traditional lrish A r r . G . W e i s e r This tune, which can be found in Cole's |OOO FiddteTvtnes, also appears in O'Neill's Mr'rsic oJ

Irelardunder the title "The Merry Blacksmith'"

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Traditional Ir A r r . G . W e ' This is an Irish tune that got retitled somewhere along the way and turned from a hor"pip" ' v I vv Ç' into a reel as well.

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The city of Carrickfergus lies on the East Coast of Ulster in County Antrim not far Belfast. This song is famous, and has been recorded by Van Morrison with the Chieftans.

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N e i l G o w Arr. G. Weiser This is a strathspey, which is a type of slow reel that became popular in Scotland in rhe 1700's.

This tune was written by Neil Gow, who was a court fiddler for the Duke of Atholl, when the British banned the distillation of spirits. Incidentally, when the English decided to stop being killloys and let the Scots have their favorite beverage back, Gow wrote another tune entitled "Whiskey

Welcome Again." \Vhen I visited Blair AtholI in 1997,1 saw Neil Gow's fiddle and also was given a private viewing of Gow's famous oil portrait.

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TlOe bantvesr tOocDe

Traditional Irish Arr. G. Weiser I learned this Irish hornpipe from Linda Baker, a tradirional musician in the Albany, NY area.

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Traditional Irish Arr. G. Weiser This is a famous song about a lovestruck young man and the object of his yearning Ulster. This

tune also occurs in common-time versions. Incidentally, my mother was born in County Down.

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Tn-e TRÀVeLetq"

Traditional Irish Arr. G. Weiser Travelers are what the Irish call the Gypsies, who used to roam the countryside in brightly

painted horse-drawn wagons and were often tinkers by trade.

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Traditional Irish Arr. G. Weiser This Mixolydian tune is named after Garrett Barry, who was a blind lrish minstrel. With this

piece, the chief technical consideration is the rhythmic coordination of the numerous hammers and pulls.

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CÀSTLE ÔR.(ICDCDONÔ

Traditional Irish Arr. G. Weiser I first heard this Scottish jig on a harp record by Allison Kinnaird in a slow version, and then

h""rd Johnny Cunninghanifiadle it ât quite a brisk pace. This version is based on the slower s.tting. You can find ii in Kerr's Merry Melodies.

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rbe t>uNôtteô prpeRs

Traditional Irish Arr. G. Weiser This Scottish jig can only be described as delightful. When I first heard it, it seemed like I had

known the tune forever, so natural and graceful did rhe melody sound to me. This version comes from the New England Fiddler's Repertory. _{There is even a trand of Scorch named after} this tune.

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Tbe qÀLl-owql-ass

Traditional Irish Arr. G. Weiser I came across this pretty rune in O'Neilfs Music of Ireland; and made the small alteration of

;È;;i"g ,il th. ô rÀJrpr to G naturals (naturai sevenths in minor mode tunes are more ËËi';? ""ai,ià"^f iriri*uri.). ln the first part, sixth measure, note the use of the half'barre rvi,ft tn" fourth finger on the fifth fret'

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This four-part Mixolydian tune, like "Gary Owen," is one of those "perpetual" tunes that does not end through the usual process of melodic resolution - therefore an ending has been provided.

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James Morrison was an Irish fiddler from the sligo- -area who made i".ordi"g, in the 1920's. This jig was probably composed by him.

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Traditional lris Arr. G. Weiset This tune, also named "Father O' Flynn" after a nineteenth.century Irish priest who also

collected tunes, has the gentle, rolling quality characrerisric of so many jigs.

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Traditional Irish Arr. G. Weiser I was rold that the title of this tune refers to the Irish pastime of barroom brawling. The first

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Traditional Irish Arr. G. Weiser Th.e title of this jolly tune could refer to firefighting tacrics. It's also known as "The Roaring

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Traditional Irish Arr. G. Weiser

I first heard this tune played by Roy Wall of the Broken String Band on the tinwhistle, and subsequently found it in O'Neill's Masic of lreland.

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Traditional irish Arr. G. Weiser This tune was played by the fiddler Tobin for Francis O'Neill when the latter was compiling

his celebrated collection of tun.r. Although Tobin knew that the tune was from the Galway "ï." "îi."f^"a, h. didr,', know the title, io it was dubbed "Chief O'Neill's Favorite'" It can ,ir" U" fo""a inTheRocheCollecrjon under the title "The Flowers of Adrigoyle."

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Traditional Irish Arr. G. Weiser This one must be quite old, as it can be found in The BuntingCollection (1792), and also occurs

in numerous variations, which is usually a sign of a tune's antiquity. The version here is based on a setting I heard played by flatpicking grear Norman Blake.

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I found this spritely hornpipe in O'Neill's.

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Traditional Irish Arr. G. Weiser This was composed by S.W. Rickett, who ran the country's first travelling circus. Rickett

would dance a hornpipe to this tune while standing on top of a galloping horse.

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Traditional Irish Arr. G. Veiser I firsr heard clawhammer banjoist Ken Perlman play this tune. Said to have been composed by

;Ë;,p;;paddy T"vlù-ii is'^lso called "Tayloi's îwist." The unusual melodic figure in the first measure is the twist in question.

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