SMG Slow Session Class
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.
The next term begins on Wednesday 9th January 2019. Details of what music will be covered during the coming term can be found below.
Music
| Term A (Sep-Dec 2019)
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| Date |
No. |
Tunes |
PDF |
MP3 |
| 11/9 |
A1 |
Farewell to Whisky/Back o' Bennachie
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[STD]
[WHI]
[TAB]
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[MP3]
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| 18/9 |
A2 |
Down by the Salley Garden
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[STD]
[WHI]
[TAB]
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[MP3]
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| 25/9 |
A3 |
The Garden of Skye
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[STD]
[WHI]
[TAB]
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[MP3]
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| 2/10 |
A4 |
The Black Bear
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[STD]
[WHI]
[TAB]
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[MP3]
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| 9/10 |
A5 |
I See Mull/Green Hills of Tyrol
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[STD]
[WHI]
[TAB]
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[MP3]
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| 16/10 |
XX |
Mid Term - No Class
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| 23/10 |
A6 |
Loch Katrine's Lady
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[STD]
[WHI]
[TAB]
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[MP3]
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| 30/10 |
A7 |
Recap & consolidation
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| 6/11 |
A8 |
The Road to Gerinish
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[STD]
[WHI]
[TAB]
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[MP3]
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| 13/11 |
A9 |
The Lounge Bar
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[STD]
[WHI]
[TAB]
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[MP3]
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| 20/11 |
A10 |
Brenda Stubbert's Reel |
[STD]
[WHI]
[TAB] |
[MP3]
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| 27/11 |
A11 |
Caledonian Laddie
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[STD]
[WHI]
[TAB]
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[MP3]
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| 4/12 |
A12 |
End-of-Term Session
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| Date |
No. |
Tunes |
PDF |
MP3 |
| 15/1 |
B1 |
Aitken Drum/I'll Gang Nae Mair
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[STD]
[TAB]
[WHI]
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[MP3]
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| 22/1 |
B2 |
The Queen's Four Marys/Dream Angus
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[STD]
[TAB]
[WHI]
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[MP3]
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| 29/1 |
B3 |
Lord Randolph's Bride/This Is No My Ain
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[STD]
[TAB]
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[MP3]
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| 5/2 |
B4 |
The Cumberland Reel/The Harmonica
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[STD]
[TAB]
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[MP3]
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| 12/2 |
XX |
Mid Term - No Class
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| 19/2 |
B5 |
Wild Mountain Thyme
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[STD]
[TAB]
[WHI]
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[MP3]
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| 26/2 |
B6 |
The White Cockade/Rakes of Mallow
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[STD]
[TAB]
[WHI]
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[MP3]
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| 4/3 |
B7 |
Mo Mhathair/Loch Duich
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[STD]
[TAB]
[WHI]
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[MP3]
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| 11/3 |
B8 |
Bonnie Lass o' Fyvie/Roses of Prince Charlie
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[STD]
[TAB]
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[MP3]
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| 18/3 |
B9 |
The Music o' Spey
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[STD]
[TAB]
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[MP3]
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| 25/3 |
B10 |
Session
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| 27/3 |
XX |
SMG Students' Concert
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| Term C (Apr-Jun 2020)
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| 24/4 |
C1 |
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| 1/5 |
C2 |
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| 8/5 |
C3 |
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| 15/5 |
C4 |
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| 22/5 |
C5 |
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| 29/5 |
C6 |
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| 5/6 |
C7 |
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| 12/6 |
C8 |
End-of-Term Session
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