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Free downloads of Scottish and Celtic music & ...
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Free downloads of Scottish music & song albumsPlease click ...
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Free downloads of Celtic headed notepaperPlease click on the ...
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Free downloads of Scottish and Celtic sheet musicPlease click ...
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SUB CATEGORIES Sessions and ...
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Scottish Music Festivals This is a small select list ...
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Scottish Sessions This is a small select list of ...
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Recommended Fiddle Books Alburger, Mary Anne - Scottish ...
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Selected Fiddle Albums Here is a great selection of ...
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Traditions in Scottish ...
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The Accordion in Scottish Music There are three basic ...
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Scottish Bagpipe Music The Bagpipes are considered the pre-eminent ...
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The ClàrsachThe clàrsach or Highland harp is Scotland’s oldest ...
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Scottish Fiddle Music The fiddle is one of the ...
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Shetland Fiddle Style The strongest influence on Shetland style ...
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Orkney Fiddle Style There are still remnants in Orkney of an Orkney style of fiddle playing. These were kept alive by ...
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West Coast / Highland Fiddle Style.
Evidence shows that 300 years ago fiddling was popular throughout the ...
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East Coast Fiddle Style
This style of Scottish fiddle music owes much to classical music and tunes from this area ...
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Borders Fiddle Style,
It is difficult to distinguish what makes Borders fiddle music different from other areas of ...
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Burns Suppers - 25th January
Burns Suppers have been part of Scottish culture for about 200 years as a means of ...
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St. Andrew's Night
St. Andrew is the patron saint of Scotland (and Greece and Russia). St Andrew's Day is ...
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Hogmanay - New Year’s Eve - 31st December
Hogmanay is the most notable Scottish festival. On the last day of the ...
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Wedding Ceremonies and Music Wedding ceremony music, also ...
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Illustration from the cover of the "Scottish Wedding Tunes" ...
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Scottish Dances:
Square
Dances - Quadrilles are the earliest form of square dances and came from Paris after the ...
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The Dashing White Sergeant
The origins of the tune and dance are not Scottish. The tune was composed by
Sir Henry ...
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The Eightsome ReelToday this is one of Scotland’s most popular ceilidh
dances. Because it is so widespread there are ...
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The Gay Gordons -
This is a very popular ceilidh dance in Scotland today. The original tune was “The Gordon ...
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The Highland Fling -
This is considered the oldest Highland dance and is said to be based on the rutting of stags. ...
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The Hornpipe
The hornpipe was a reed instrument often played on boats to provide music for dancing for the sailors, ...
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The Scottish Jig
It is probable that Scottish jigs were derived from the European Gigue style.
There have been ...
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The Scottish Polka
This is another dance that has its origins on the continent and was
introduced to Scotland as a ...
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The Reel in Scottish Dance Tradition
“A true reel consists of setting steps danced on the spot with a travelling ...
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The Schottische
This is a circle dance that was introduced to Scotland from the continent.
Firstly the common ...
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Seann Triubhais -
This is the youngest of the Highland dances and was devised during the time after Culloden (1746) ...
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The StrathspeyThe Highland strathspey takes its name from the area
of Strathspey in Inverness-shire. One of the ...
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Strip the Willow
The Strip the Willow is based on the character of a Hebridean weaving dance
and can be performed ...
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The Sword Dance-
Malcolm Canmore , King of Scots, is credited with this dance. It is said that in 1058 he slew his ...
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The Two-Step in Scottish Dance Tradition
This is a fast ballroom dance of American origin. It became popular in the ...
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The Waltz in Scottish Dance Tradition
The waltz is the earliest circle dance introduced into Scotland. It came from ...
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Website news from Taigh na Teud.We have been busy ...
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Click on the link below to hear a recorded ...
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New music books, video and cds:
THE MACKINTOSH COLLECTION
Four Collections of Scottish music containing 357 tunes ...
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Click on the link below to hear a recorded interview with Christine Martin on Robbie Shepherd's BBC Radio Scotland ...
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WELCOME TO - our third ScotlandsMusic.com newsletter (Taigh na Teud
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