The Slow Session class was started by me many years ago and has now existed for fifteen years. The main idea was to build up a repertoire and learn to play with other people. The classroom activities are just that: tunes are learned, sets are compiled and music is played. The point of action is when the class is finished and we adjourn to The Wednesday Slow Session where we are joined by others and our music is played in a pub setting.
I seek out suitable tunes for the class course, and each year a possible list of new tunes is proposed and worked through. Inevitably, some of these tune "stick" while others don't.
For the first time, we're looking at a special project which will last for the whole of the first term. I have picked a number of important Scottish composers from the past 300 years, and each week will feature a different one. All the tunes are available in advance using the links below (you may also download all the tunes in a single document, also linked below). If you require any specific notation, please let me know.
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| Term A (September - December 2016)
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Tunes |
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Download all Term A's tunes in one PDF file:
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| 14/9 |
A1 |
1. Niel Gow
Drunk at Night, Dry in the Morning
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| 21/9 |
A2 |
2. William Marshall
The Farewell
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| 28/9 |
A3 |
3. Nathaniel Gow
Lady Mary Ramsay
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| 5/10 |
A4 |
4. The Lowes
The Warlocks/Mrs Col Bailie
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| 12/10 |
A5 |
5. Peter Milne
J O Forbes of Corse/Brig o' Feugh
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| 19/10 |
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Mid Term - No Class
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| 26/10 |
A6 |
6. Scott Skinner
MacKenzie Hay/Kirrie Kebbuck
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| 2/11 |
A7 |
7. John McLellan
Lochanside and My Home Town
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| 9/11 |
A8 |
8. Angus Fitchet
Jim Broon of Kintillo/Miss Mary McGill
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| 16/11 |
A9 |
9. Donald MacLeod
Flett from Flotta/Crossing the Minch
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| 23/11 |
A10 |
10. Bobby MacLeod
Rock on the Clyde/Charlie Hunter
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| 30/11 |
A11 |
11. Ronnie Cooper
Gordon's Favourite/Chadwick's Bog
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| 7/12 |
A12 |
End of term Stramash
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| Term B (January - March 2017)
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No. |
Tunes |
PDF |
MP3 |
| 18/1 |
B1 |
Lucy Farr's Polka/The Top of the Maol
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| 25/1 |
B2 |
12. Gordon Duncan
Blow My Chanter/The High Drive
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B3 |
Scalloway Lasses/Underhill/Galley Watch
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| 8/2 |
B4 |
Earl of Dunmore/The Ale is Dear
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| 15/2 |
XX |
Mid Term - No Class
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| 22/2 |
B5 |
Fire In the Hearth/Colgrave Sound
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| 1/3 |
B6 |
Dunkeld Volunteers/Lady MacKenzie of Coul
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| 8/3 |
B7 |
Islay Ranters/The Barrowburn
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| 15/3 |
B8 |
The Three Sea Captains and The Dark Island
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| 22/3 |
B9 |
Miss Gayton's Hornpipe/Cooper's Hornpipe
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| 29/3 |
B10 |
End of Term Session
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| Term C (April - June 2017)
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No. |
Tunes |
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MP3 |
| 19/4 |
C1 |
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| 26/4 |
C2 |
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| 3/5 |
C3 |
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| 10/5 |
C4 |
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| 17/5 |
C5 |
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| 24/5 |
C6 |
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| 31/5 |
C7 |
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| 7/6 |
C8 |
End of Term Session
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