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Contemporary Collections

The tunes in the books on this page are all by contemporary composers, some are well known names in Scottish Traditional music, others are not so well known. Some are not natives of Scotland, but reside in Nova Scotia. Regardless, they all compose excellent tunes.

Balnain Collection   Highland Music Trust £5.50 Collection of tunes by, amongst others, Phil Cunningham, Fergie MacDonald, Brian McNeill.
Loch Ness Collection Eric Allan Highland Music Trust £7.50 Inverness fiddler Eric Allen's own compositions, 150 tunes in all.
Fiddlers' Burns
ed. arr. Eric Allan
Balnain House / Highland Music Trust
£7.50
Well known tunes, associated with Burns' songs, arranged for the fiddle by Eric Allen
The House in Rose Valley - The Cunningham Collection Vol 1 Phil Cunningham  

£11.50

Currently Out of Stock. May be out of Print.

The first volume of Phil's tunes. Includes "Miss Rowan Davies", "The Ruby" and "The Hut on Staffen Island". 
Da Roup and other Tunes Nigel Hallett Shetland Arts £8.50 A collection of Shetland Tunes by Nigel Hallett.
A Breath Of Fresher Airs Ian Hardie   £6.25 Ian's 2nd Collection.
The Spider's Web Ian Hardie Ian Hardie £9.00 Ian's 3rd Collection of tunes.
Nineties Collection ed. Ian Hardie Hardie
£15.95
Fantastic collection recently re-printed. 
Jerry Holland Collection Jerry Holland Cranford
£12.25
Jerry's first collection of tunes both old and self composed
Jerry Holland's 2nd Collection Jerry Holland Cranford
£12.25
Another volume of tunes by Jerry and others
The Lighthouse Collection Paul Cranford Cranford £18.00 Paul Cranford's own collection. Includes a CD of selected tunes.

The Cranford Series (Holland, Stubbert etc) boasts no duplication of tunes throughout the series of books.

Brenda Stubbert's Collection Brenda Stubbert Cranford
£11.50
Brenda's Collection, Includes traditional tunes and tunes by Jerry Holland and Brenda herself.
Winston Fitzgerald - A Collection of Fiddle Tunes Paul Cranford Cranford £9.95 A collection of one of Cape Breton's finest fiddlers favourite tunes.

Fergies Collection

 

Fergie MacDonald
Rannoch Music
£6.95
25 New Tunes, Including 'Jig Run Rig'
The Gem So Small Dougie Pincock Kinmore £12.50

63 Tunes by another ex-Battlefield Band man.

Includes cassette.

Back O' the North Wind Brian McNeill  
Currently Out of Print.
Tunes by the ex-Battlefield Band member. Tunes for fiddle, and some for guitar.
To Answer the Peacock Brian McNeill Taigh na Teud
£9.95
A new collection of Brian's tunes.
My Fiddle and Me Addie Harper   £9.95  
Stars in the Wave Alpha Munro   £9.25  
Battlefield Band - Forward with Scotland's Past
Battlefield Band
Kinmore
£12.95
An excellent compendium of songs and tunes by the Battlefield Band
Bothwell Boy John McCusker  
£11.50
Brian McNeill's replacement in the Battlefield Band until he left in 2001. A fantastic collection of tunes.
Out of His Mind Sandy Brechin Taigh Na Teud £10.75 The 'other' Accordion master's book of tunes- 65 contemporary tunes by Sandy. Most tunes are on his solo CDs or on Burach or Seelyhoo CDs (he's in both bands) Some humourously titled tunes!

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