Still enjoy playing classical music but my heart is in trad. Scottish Fiddle Music, also Shetland, Cape Breton and Irish.
Impressed by number and quality of current young fiddle players. Frightening, some of them ! My brain's still trying to connect with my fingers.
Still slow at picking up tunes by ear, (lack of practice), but sight reading OK, so The Session is an ideal site to extend repertoire by both methods.
Currently play a couple of the many fiddles made by my great grandfather at end of 19thC - so strong emotional and sentimental links.
Freelancing in a number of local Ceilidh Bands, which tend to be dominated by Button and Piano Accordions but have also been known to enjoy sessions surrounded by the best malt scotch whisky!
Tunes in fifer's tunebook: 8
| Andy M. Stewart's | reel | March 20th 2007 |
| James Forrester Rankine | reel | March 19th 2007 |
| O'Kane's March | barndance | March 6th 2007 |
| Leaving Lerwick Harbour | reel | August 9th 2003 |
| Willie Hunter's Compliments To Dan R. MacDonald | strathspey | August 9th 2003 |
| El Caballo Blanco | June 17th 2003 |
| The Legendary Angus Fitchet | Angus Fitchet | March 19th 2007 |
| A Highland Fiddler | Duncan Chisholm, Iain MacFarlane And Bruce MacGregor | August 11th 2003 |
| Da Farder Ben Da Welcomer | Fiddlers' Bid | August 10th 2003 |
| The Road North | Alasdair Fraser And Paul Machlis | July 11th 2003 |
| Master Cape Breton Fiddler | Jerry Holland | June 28th 2003 |
| The Wighton Centre | July 12th 2003 |
| Hands Up - SOS Time! | July 15th 2003 |
| Recordings | The Legendary Angus Fitchet | March 22nd 2007 |
| Tunes | Source | March 22nd 2007 |
| Tunes | Andy M. Stewart's Reel | March 20th 2007 |
| Tunes | Correct Composer | March 20th 2007 |
| Recordings | 'The Legendary Angus Fitchet' | March 19th 2007 |
| Name | Type | Key |
|---|---|---|
| Jean's | reel | Gmajor |
| Glassdrummond | reel | Dmajor |
| MacArthur Road | reel | Emajor |
| Walking On The Moon | reel | Amajor |
| Wing Commander Donald Mackenzie's | reel | Amajor |
| Dawn Chorus | reel | Dminor |
| The Warlocks | strathspey | Eminor |
| Leaving Stoer | strathspey | Amajor |