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.
| Term A (Sep-Dec 2018)
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All of this term's tunes are in the book Scottish Slow Session Volume 3
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| 12/9 |
A1 |
45 The Ballydesmond Polka No.2
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| 19/9 |
A2 |
40 The Dark Island
47 Doun the Burn Davie
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| 26/9 |
A3 |
45 The Ballydesmond Polka No.1
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| 3/10 |
A4 |
52 Wee Tod/The Corner House
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| 10/10 |
A5 |
53 Farewell to the Creeks
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| 17/10 |
XX |
Mid Term - No Class
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| 24/10 |
A6 |
48 Lord Seaforth/Primrose Girl
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| 31/10 |
A7 |
36 Uist Tramping Song/Thistle of Scotland
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| 7/11 |
A8 |
41 Sweet Maid of Glendaruel/Teribus
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| 14/11 |
A9 |
57 Wigs, Goats and Coats
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| 21/11 |
A10 |
42 King of the Fairies
51 The Kirks
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| 28/11 |
A11 |
23 The Fairy Dance/Jumping Geordie
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| 5/12 |
A12 |
End-of-Term Session
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| Term B (Jan-Mar 2019)
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All of this term's tunes are in the book Irish Slow Session Volume 1
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| 9/1 |
B1 |
04 St Mary's Polka/ Church St Polka
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| 16/1 |
B2 |
07 The Road to Lisdoonvarna/O'Keeffe's
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| 23/1 |
B3 |
11 Her Mantle So Green
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| 30/1 |
B4 |
19 The Eavesdropper/Bill Collins
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| 6/2 |
B5 |
48 The Rights of Man/Chief O'Neill's
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| 13/2 |
XX |
Mid Term - No Class
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| 20/2 |
B6 |
05 Eibhlin
10 Shoe the Donkey/Sonny's Mazurka
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| 27/2 |
B7 |
12 Miss McLeod's Reel/Merry Blacksmith
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| 6/3 |
B8 |
15 Rocky Road to Dublin/The Foxhunter's
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| 13/3 |
B9 |
13 The Lark in the Morning
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| 20/3 |
B10 |
End-of-Term Session
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| 22/3 |
XX |
SMG Students' Concert
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| Term C (Apr-Jun 2019)
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All of this term's tunes are in the book
Scots Music Group Session Tunes Volume 3
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| 24/4 |
C1 |
Fingal's Cave
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| 1/5 |
C2 |
Miss Drummond of Perth/Drummond Castle
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| 8/5 |
C3 |
Boannie Polka/Seven Step/Sister Jean
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| 15/5 |
C4 |
Old Time Wedding Reels
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| 22/5 |
C5 |
Air for Linda
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| 29/5 |
C6 |
The Braes o' Tullimet/Mishie's Jig
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| 5/6 |
C7 |
Trip to Pakistan/The Shore Bar
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| 12/6 |
C8 |
End-of-Term Session
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