This collection of carefully selected literature presents gems of traditional Scottish music. A wide variety of jigs, reels, hornpipes, strathspeys, airs and ballads are arranged for flute and/or D whistle with piano accompaniment. All pieces are written in the keys of D, G, A to accommodate the range of fingerings available for simple system flutes, D-whistle and Boehm-style flutes. This collections arranged in performance sets with piano accompaniment, and presents both ornamented and unadorned flute/ whistle versions for each piece. Song lyrics and suggested guitar chords further enhance these melodies for practice or performance Intermediate in difficulty.
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Mizzy McCaskill received her Bachelor of Music degree from Ithaca College and her Master's and Doctorate in Music Education from the University of Kentucky, Lexington. She is a specialist in curriculum design and has written numerous publications concerning folk flutes, the modern Boehm flute, and flute pedagogy. She performs and records as both a flutist and vocalist in folk and classical genres. Flutist and composer Dona Gilliam received her Bachelor of Music degree from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, LA and her masters in Music Composition from the University of Kentucky, Lexington where she also received her Juris Doctorate of Law degree. Dona performs and composes in both folk and classical genres. She is currently Assistant Professor of Music at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, VA. With Mizzy McCaskill, she has co-authored more than two dozen Mel Bay books addressing the flute, tinwhistle, fife, and clarinet.
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Nice Difference,
This review is from: Mel Bay Antiquities of Scottish Music for Flute and Whistle (Paperback)
It's definitely not your Irish music. Many more minor keys and songs which phrases that don't seem to end or start. But it's nice to have something that's not Irish or nursery school.
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i don't know, i still don't have the item,
This review is from: Mel Bay Antiquities of Scottish Music for Flute and Whistle (Paperback)
not sure what to say, i don't have the item yet..maybe soon?Shipping estimate:April 28, 2009 - April 29, 2009 Delivery estimate:May 28, 2009 - June 29, 2009 they say by today, :) so i am hopeful.
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The sets in this edition are arranged for solo flute/whistle with piano or guitar accompaniment. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
grantit nevir, sicht thou mayst sune, traytor strang, ait meal, bonny laddie, auld man, fingering chart Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Johnnie Cope, Ornamented Set, Johnie Armstrang, Sweetest May, Battle of the Boyne, Biodag Air, Bishop Burnet's Descent, Charlie Stewart, Comely Garden, Glen Ogle, Kenmore Lads, Lady Mary Stopford, Lord Down, Miss Betsy Robertson, Miss Hog, Optional Introductory, Oswald of Auchincruive, Sir Robert Peel, The Bridge of Inver, The Brig, The Drunken Wife, The Fairy Dance, The Gathering Rant, Captain Keeler, Marquis of Tullibardine New!
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The sets in this edition are arranged for solo flute/whistle with piano or guitar accompaniment. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
grantit nevir, sicht thou mayst sune, traytor strang, ait meal, bonny laddie, auld man, fingering chart Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Johnnie Cope, Ornamented Set, Johnie Armstrang, Sweetest May, Battle of the Boyne, Biodag Air, Bishop Burnet's Descent, Charlie Stewart, Comely Garden, Glen Ogle, Kenmore Lads, Lady Mary Stopford, Lord Down, Miss Betsy Robertson, Miss Hog, Optional Introductory, Oswald of Auchincruive, Sir Robert Peel, The Bridge of Inver, The Brig, The Drunken Wife, The Fairy Dance, The Gathering Rant, Captain Keeler, Marquis of Tullibardine New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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