I've been asked to do a mandolin workshop alongside Alison Stephens.
She'll be taking the classical side (naturally) and I'm supposed to be
taking the "Celtic" side - which for me translates as Scottish. There
is a theme: Variations, so I'm doing a bit of homework.
I have a few excellent resources at my fingertips to start on - listed
below - and I wondered if anyone else had suggestions for other books
or records which I should study?
* David Johnson 'Scottish Fiddle Music in the 18th Century"
* James Scott Skinner's own variations in his book collections and
recorded work
* James F Dickie's own variations on record and in modern books ('The
Caledonian Companion' for example)
* Kerr's Collection of the Pretty Tunes of All Nations (this book is
from the series of twelve fiddle books which included Kerr's Merry
Melodies, books 1-4) which has many Scots tunes treated with
variations
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Nigel Gatherer, Crieff, Scotland
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