Glengarry Collection
The Highland Fiddle Music Of Aonghas Grant Volume 2
Ondertitel | The Highland Fiddle Music Of Aonghas Grant Volume 2 |
Componist | Aonghas Grant |
Uitgeverij | Mel Bay Publications |
Instrumentatie | Fiddle |
Producttype | Boek met online media |
Instrument Groep | Viool |
Genre | Volksmuziek Britse Eilanden |
Stijl | Irish |
ISBN | 9780786688531 |
Pagina's | 140 |
No. | MB21526M |
This book, with companion video, is the second and final volume in the Glengarry Collection of Aonghas Grant's Highland Fiddle repertoire.
The book contains 188 additional slow airs, marches, strathspeys, reels,jigs and hornpipes. Accompanying stories, history and photographs provide additional background to the tunes. This collection focuses on the core of Grant's music - Highland Fiddling, and its connections to pipe tunes andGaelic songs. Some of these tunes have never been published before, while others are only available in out-of-print books and pipe settings. The collection also includes a number of tunes composed by Grant, and onescomposed in his honor. The tunes are fully chorded in a style representative of Grant's band experience.
Transcriptions of his bowings, grace notes and stories provide insight into his playing style. Accompanyingphotos richly illustrate Grant's music, including images of musicians, family, and scenes from his various careers. Includes access to online video containing recordings of Grant's impromptu and passionateperformances, featuring 81 selections.
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1. Map: Aonghas Grant?s Scotland
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2. Tune Listing
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3. Acknowledgments
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4. Aonghas Grant, Highland Fiddler
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5. Introduction to Volume 2
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6. Using This Collection
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7. Photographs and Illustrations
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8. Tunes and Stories
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9. Slow Tunes
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10. Marches
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11. Strathspeys & Reels
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12. Jigs
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13. Hornpipes
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14. Text Index
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15. Tune Index