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Fiddle lesson tunes

Click on a tune name to access a PDF file of sheet music (maybe shared with other tunes).
Click on the player beside a tune to hear an MP3 file.
Right click (or Mac equivalent) on the tune name or player for the option to download.
Most tunes are played up tempo and also more slowly to assist learning. Tempo is measured in beats per minute (BPM).

These tunes are home-recorded by Peter Macfarlane, and are not studio quality.
The recordings are provided for use only in the fiddle lesson context.
Thanks for understanding.


Tune

Key

BPM

Audio

Loch Sloy Waltz

D

140

100

In Praise of Islay

D

140

100

The Sound of Mull

D

140

100

The White Cockade

D

100

40

60

Corn Rigs

G

100

40

60

Leaving Stornoway

A

160

140

The Hill at Lochiel

Dm

140

100

The Rose Tree

A

100

60

The Earl of Mansfield

D

94

60

The Crags of Tumbledown Mountain

G

94

60

Leaving Lochboisdale

Bm

46

King of the Fairies

Em

72

45

The Old Grey Cat

E dor

104

72

Blair Atholl

A dor

104

72

Ness Bothan

D

104

72

The Church at Dromore

A dor

104

72

Da Slockit Light

D

84

John Roy Lyall

Eb

76

Niel Gow's Lament for the Death of his Second Wife

D

90

Daldowny's

A mix

~105

The Reconciliation

A

104

Miller's Reel

A

~112

Davie's Brae

F

104

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