Contents

An Caiora
Barbara Grigor
Bi falbh o’n uinneig
Broom Beezums
Chi mi na h-eòin bhòidheach bhinne
Dances with friends
Dòmhnullan dubh
Drummond Castle
Drummond Castle (Fast version)
The Little Cascade
Macleod of Mull
Miss Gordon of Gight
O' Carolan’s Welcome
Rachel Rae
Roslin Castle
Thig am Bàta, Hug-O

All pieces composed or trad. arranged by Wendy Stewart

Introduction

Most of the music notated here is played (and hopefully the life breathed into it) on the recording “About Time 2”. (Greentrax CTRAX 126) The other pieces are tunes that I enjoy teaching because there is no greater joy as a teacher than sharing in the achievement a learner player feels when a melody comes to life under their struggling fingers or they create a unique arrangement from a few guide notes.

Notation of the more complicated pieces is, of neccessity, a compromise as I rarely play the same piece exactly the same way twice. Where rests are given this almost invariably requires the string(s) played before to be damped with the finger pads, or whole hand, at the correct interval. (Except harp 2 in “Drummond Castle’ and “Barbara Grigor”) Tempi and dynamics are important personal preferences and any indications given are but a guide. If I had stuck to conventions this music would not exist!