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This is a 6/8 pipe-march. "Bonnie Dundee" was the nickname of the ScottishJacobire general,James Graham of Claverhouse, who was killed in the Battle of Kill iecrankie on ;uly 27, tOAl.This. anangement is.designed to mimic the sound of the Highland pipes by lt"ui"g the righrhand thumb and index finger pinch octaves or fifths in the bass to ir.ut"'the effécts of ihedrones while the middle ând ring fingers play an ornamenred melody. It was originallypublished in the August 1998 issue o{ Acoustiè Guitar.

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This is a beautiful Scottish love song.

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The name Katie Dwyer was used in eighteenth-century Irish poetry as a sobriquet for Ireland.This is on the Chieftains' seventh album, and can also be found in The Roche Collection.

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This is a Highland bagpipe tune which I have worked out for rhe guitar in rwo variations. Thefirst part-represents a pipe solo in the style of "Bonnie Dundee."-When the tune repeats, thethumb shifts to a conventional alternating pattern in order to convey the effect of theentrance of the drum and pipe corps as the full band takes up the melody. I usually play thispart faster than the firsr.Lord Lovat was the Duke of Atholl and fought for Bonnie Prince Charlie during the Jacobiteuprising-of 1745 '1746' After the rebellion was put down, he became the fifth rË. l"rt personto be beheaded as a rrairor on Tower Hill in Lonâon.

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This serene, perfectly titled tune can be found in the Bw.ûngcolbction.

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This can be found in o'Neill 's Mruic of lrelmd".lt was irobubly composed as agreat nineteenth-century Irish statesman Daniel O'Connell.

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1 8 tll-rxrô cDÀr<yTurlough O'Carolz

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This tender [une is attributed to Carolan, and is thought ,JU",r. been composed by him for ablind harper named lv{aire Dhall. It is considered unchàracteristic of Carolan's style.

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20 stR çesrus tsut<keTurlough O'Carolan

carolan wrote tunes for several members of this family. Sii F"r,.,, was the 5th Barone,T o weiser

Glinsk in County Galway.

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As the title suggests, Carolan liked a good drink as well as the nexr man. This tune wascollected in the nineteenth-century by Father Walsh of Smeem, about whom the famous song"Father O'Flynn" (or "Top of Cork Road") was written.

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24 coN sTÀNTrN e cDàÇcrrl<e

constantine Maguire was a colonel who is best known for having arranged anbetween carolan and the south Ulster poet Seamus Maccuarta.

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26 pLaruryY rRrvrNTurlough O'Carol

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This piece rTas composed for Colonel John Irwin and was originally played as a slow jig.However,_the piece is also quite effective as a waltz, and seems to be the q.,int.sseniialfarewell when thus slowed in tempo. It has been worked our in two differenr octaves, which isa rarity for Celtic guitar arrangements.

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Charles O'Conor was a harp student of Carolan's.information about Carolan's life.

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His diaries are an important source of

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30 ônowsy cDÀqqre

This is an E Dorian tune in dropped D tuning. Technically it is a singlecharacterized by a four-measure repeating first part and an eight.measuresecond part. Drowsy Maggie's alter ego, "sleepy Maggie" appears later on.

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Despite-the similarity in titles, this tune does not seem ro be a variant of "Drowsy Maggie.source for this setting is Cole's 1000 Fiddle Tunes. A somewhat differenr version*hasrecorded by Eric Schoenberg on his rounder album, Acoustic Guitor.

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32 Tb])e qt<eeN trrel-ôs oç ÀcDet<lcÀTraditional Irish

Arr. G. Weiser

This tune can be found in Cole's 1000 FiddleTunes and appears in The Roche Collectionunderthe name of "Molly Brauligan." (By the way, it is quite .o**on for a tune to have more thanone name. Brendan Breathnach, in his book Follc Music andDances of lreland, cites an insrancewhere one tune was found to have sixty different titles, and another instance when one titlewas applied to six different runes.)

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34 cDÀro Ren-rNÔ Tn-e l3Àlq.

Also known as "Judv's Reel," this exuberant lrish tune is one mv favorites.

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36 NÀpoLeoN cRossrNq rbe RbrNeTraditional Irish

Arr. G . Weiser

This is a stirring Irish reel, formerly known as "Listowell." The Irish commonly named orrenamed tunes after Bonaparte, who they hoped would liberate Ireland from the crueloppression of the English. Unfortunately, the much hoped-for succor from France neverarrived.

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Arr. G.Weiser

This tune, which can be found in Cole's |OOO FiddteTvtnes, also appears in O'Neill's Mr'rsic oJ

Irelardunder the title "The Merry Blacksmith'"

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Ar r . G.We'This is an Irish tune that got retitled somewhere along the way and turned from a hor"pip" ' v I vv Ç'

into a reel as well.

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The city of Carrickfergus lies on the East Coast of Ulster in County Antrim not farBelfast. This song is famous, and has been recorded by Van Morrison with the Chieftans.

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trÀRervel-l- ro wl2rskeYNeil Gow

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This is a strathspey, which is a type of slow reel that became popular in Scotland in rhe 1700's.This tune was written by Neil Gow, who was a court fiddler for the Duke of Atholl, when theBritish banned the distil lation of spirits. Incidentally, when the English decided to stop beingkillloys and let the Scots have their favorite beverage back, Gow wrote another tune entitled"Whiskey Welcome Again." \Vhen I visited Blair AtholI in 1997,1 saw Neil Gow's fiddle andalso was given a private viewing of Gow's famous oil portrait.

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46 TlOe bantvesr tOocDeTraditional Irish

Arr. G. Weiser

I learned this Irish hornpipe from Linda Baker, a tradirional musician in the Albany, NY area.

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48 sTÀR Oç TtOe CO(rNry ÔOWXITraditional Irish

Arr. G. Weiser

This is a famous song about a lovestruck young man and the object of his yearning Ulster. Thistune also occurs in common-time versions. Incidentally, my mother was born in CountyDown.

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50 Tn-e TRÀVeLetq"Traditional Irish

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Travelers are what the Irish call the Gypsies, who used to roam the countryside in brightlypainted horse-drawn wagons and were often tinkers by trade.

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52 qÀRReT r3ÀtrlrY'�S lrqTraditional Irish

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This Mixolydian tune is named after Garrett Barry, who was a blind lrish minstrel. With thispiece, the chief technical consideration is the rhythmic coordination of the numeroushammers and pulls.

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54 CÀSTLE ÔR.(ICDCDONÔTraditional Irish

Arr. G. Weiser

I first heard this Scottish jig on a harp record by Allison Kinnaird in a slow version, and then

h""rd Johnny Cunninghanifiadle it ât quite a brisk pace. This version is based on the slower

s.tting. You can find ii in Kerr's Merry Melodies.

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rbe t>uNôtteô prpeRsTraditional Irish

Arr. G. Weiser

This Scottish jig can only be described as delightful. When I first heard it, it seemed like I hadknown the tune forever, so natural and graceful did rhe melody sound to me. This versioncomes from the New England Fiddler's Repertory. There is even a trand of Scorch named afterthis tune.

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56 Tbe qÀLl-owql-assTraditional Irish

Arr. G. Weiser

I came across this pretty rune in O'Neilfs Music of Ireland; and made the small alteration of

;È;;i"g ,il th. ô rÀJrpr to G naturals (naturai sevenths in minor mode tunes are more

ËËi';? ""ai,ià"^f iriri*uri.). ln the first part, sixth measure, note the use of the half'barre

rvi,ft tn" fourth finger on the fifth fret'

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58 LaxtqsrRocD's poNyrraait;;atilfrtiiî

This four-part Mixolydian tune, like "Gary Owen," is one of those "perpetual" tunes that doesnot end through the usual process of melodic resolution - therefore an ending has beenprovided.

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60 cDoRRISON'�S lrq

James Morrison was an Irish fiddler from the sligo- -area who made

i".ordi"g, in the 1920's. This jig was probably composed by him.

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62 Top oç coRk RoÀÔTraditional lrisArr. G. Weiset

This tune, also named "Father O' Flynn" after a nineteenth.century Irish priest who alsocollected tunes, has the gentle, rolling quality characrerisric of so many jigs.

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64 pÀOôV wbÀckTraditional Irish

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I was rold that the title of this tune refers to the Irish pastime of barroom brawling. The firstpart reminds me of the folk song "Betsy From Pike." It's in O Neill's Mr.rsic of Ireland.

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scDÀsb tn-e rvrNôowsTraditional Irish

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Th.e title of this jolly tune could refer to firefighting tacrics. It's also known as "The RoaringJel ly."

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68 I3RYNe'S llonNplpeTraditional Irish

Arr. G. Weiser

I first heard this tune played by Roy Wall of the Broken String Band on the tinwhistle, and

subsequently found it in O'Neill's Masic of lreland.

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70 cl)ueç o'N ell-l-'s tràvot<lTeTraditional irish

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This tune was played by the fiddler Tobin for Francis O'Neill when the latter was compiling

his celebrated collection of tun.r. Although Tobin knew that the tune was from the Galway

"ï." "îi."f^"a, h. didr,', know the title, io it was dubbed "Chief O'Neill's Favorite'" It can

,ir" U" fo""a inTheRocheCollecrjon under the title "The Flowers of Adrigoyle."

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Arr. G. Weiser

This one must be quite old, as it can be found in The BuntingCollection (1792), and also occursin numerous variations, which is usually a sign of a tune's antiquity. The version here is basedon a setting I heard played by flatpicking grear Norman Blake.

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I found this spritely hornpipe in O'Neill 's.

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76 K.rck9TT'S llOnNplpeTraditional Irish

Arr. G. Weiser

This was composed by S.W. Rickett, who ran the country's first travelling circus. Rickettwould dance a hornpipe to this tune while standing on top of a galloping horse.

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78 TF-e TÀrLoIt's TrvtsrTraditional Irish

Arr. G. Veiser

I firsr heard clawhammer banjoist Ken Perlman play this tune. Said to have been composed by

;Ë;,p;;paddy T"vlù-ii is'^lso called "Tayloi's îwist." The unusual melodic figure in the

first measure is the twist in question.

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