I'm a guitar player from the Scottish Borders who plays a wee bit of mandolin as well. I help out at a local fiddle "school" by keeping the beat, adding a bit of harmony and transcribing the tunes for the players incapable of playing by ear. I'm also in another couple of groups/bands, one tune-based and one song-based.
For a living now I teach guitar, play guitar and build and play guitars (I used to teach mathematics).
I've written a few tunes and have the gall to post a few of them on this site (although I have done my penance). My proudest moment was when the celidh band played one of my tunes when we were "dancing" the Canadian Prawn Dance at Stonehaven Aqua Ceilidh!
Tunes in DonaldK's tunebook: 29
| The Plonker | jig | February 15th 2011 |
| Cape Breton Dream | jig | April 28th 2010 |
| Hunters Hill | polka | March 25th 2010 |
| Boston Life | jig | March 24th 2010 |
| The Pi | waltz | February 8th 2010 |
| Thursday Night In The Caley | Blazin' Fiddles | March 29th 2011 |
| Helping Hands | Jerry Holland And John Doyle | January 11th 2010 |
| Live At The Music Room | Troy MacGillivray | November 11th 2009 |
| Cuts | Andrea Beaton | March 5th 2007 |
| WhY2Keilidh | Howie MacDonald | December 22nd 2006 |
| The Power of thesession | July 10th 2007 |
| Identifying Tunes or Tune Identity (again) | February 8th 2007 |
| What's this jig called? | January 22nd 2007 |
| Discussions | Re: Bert Weedon R.I.P. | April 20th 2012 |
| Discussions | Re: ABC Keys | March 15th 2012 |
| Discussions | Re: Inisheer, Inis Oirr | January 24th 2012 |
| Tunes | December 7th 2011 | |
| Discussions | Re: The meaning of "beginner" | October 22nd 2011 |
| Name | Type | Key |
|---|---|---|
| Andy Renwick's Ferret | reel | Adorian |
| The Banshee | reel | Gmajor |
| Binomial Expansion | reel | Eminor |
| The Blarney Pilgrim | jig | Dmixolydian |
| Break Yer Bass Drone | reel | Amajor |
| Bulgarian Red | reel | Aminor |
| Calum Breugach | strathspey | Cmajor |
| Catharsis | reel | Gminor |
| Cooley's | reel | Eminor |
| Dick Gossip's | reel | Dmajor |
| The Glasgow | reel | Dminor |
| The Green Fields Of Glentown | reel | Adorian |
| The Harvest Home | hornpipe | Dmajor |
| The Irish Washerwoman | jig | Gmajor |
| Islay Rant | reel | Adorian |
| Jean's | reel | Gmajor |
| Jennie's Chickens | reel | Bminor |
| The Maid Behind The Bar | reel | Dmajor |
| The Rakes Of Kildare | jig | Adorian |
| The Rights Of Man | hornpipe | Eminor |
| The Road To Lisdoonvarna | slide | Edorian |
| Rory MacLeod | jig | Amajor |
| The Sally Gardens | reel | Gmajor |
| Scotty Fitzgerald's | jig | Gmajor |
| The Silver Spear | reel | Dmajor |
| Sleepy Maggie | reel | Bminor |
| The Stool Of Repentance | jig | Amajor |
| Teviot Bridge | jig | Amajor |
| The Waves Of Rush | reel | Dminor |