Contents

Arrane Ny Niee - A Manx Lullaby
Bonawe Highlanders
The Burning Bing
Fish Feis
Glenlivet
Lord Gallaway’s Lamentation
Love Lie Near Me
Mazurka du Morvan
Puinneagan Càil
Petronella
Rachel Rae
‘S ann an Ile
Stirling Castle
Streams of Abernethy
Taladh Chrìosda
Wild West Waltz
Wild West Waltz (simple version)

All pieces composed or trad. arranged by Wendy Stewart

Introduction

“About Time” - a lot of people said when I made my first solo album two years ago -well, it’s taken a fair time to set some of the music from that recording down on paper, along with some other old and new tunes. My tardiness in producing printed versions of my ideas is, perhaps, due to my preference for teaching aurally (the traditional way after all) and a feeling that the music has to be constrained into certain notational conventions, especially in terms of rhythm, when written down. However I also realise that it has immense value for learning arrangements and fingering, as a memory jogger and especially for those brave souls teaching themselves! For me traditionally based music is essentially a direct language, from ear to fingers and back again. The “dots on the page” are a useful stage in the learning process, but, once the mechanics of a piece are committed to memory, try putting the music behind you -literally. So use the following pages as a guide in terms of notes, chords, fingering, rhythm and ideas -then get creating your own!