100 Essential Scottish Ceilidh Tunes CD

Mally's 100 Essential Scottish Ceilidh Dance Tunes Accompaniment CD by Dave Mallinson

The audio companion to Mally's 100 Essential Scottish Ceilidh Dance Tunes, this CD features recordings of the traditional tunes included in the book, played by Dave Mallinson.

The collection covers a broad range of music associated with Scottish ceilidh dancing, including reels, jigs, hornpipes, marches, waltzes, slip jigs and schottisches. Although centred around the Scottish ceilidh tradition, the repertoire also reflects the natural crossover between Scottish, Irish and English traditional music.

Hearing the tunes played provides a valuable way to become familiar with their melodies, rhythm and traditional character before or while learning them from the printed music. This is particularly useful for players whose music-reading skills allow them to find the notes but who want to develop a better understanding of how the tunes should sound in performance.

Designed to accompany the Mally's 100 Essential Scottish Ceilidh Dance Tunes music book, the recordings are ideal for musicians developing a ceilidh or session repertoire, practising traditional music or learning tunes by ear. The CD can also be enjoyed independently as a varied collection of traditional dance music.

Key Features:

• Companion CD to Mally's 100 Essential Scottish Ceilidh Dance Tunes
• 100 traditional dance tunes
• Played by Dave Mallinson
• Includes reels, jigs, hornpipes, marches, waltzes, slip jigs and schottisches
• Hear the tunes from the book performed
• Helps develop familiarity with melody, rhythm and traditional style
• Useful for practising and learning tunes by ear
• Ideal for ceilidh and session musicians
• Suitable for players exploring Scottish traditional music
• Can also be enjoyed independently as a collection of traditional dance tunes

An enjoyable and useful collection whether you are working through Mally's 100 Essential Scottish Ceilidh Dance Tunes, building a repertoire for ceilidhs and sessions, learning traditional tunes by ear or simply want to listen to a varied selection of traditional dance music.

Please Note: This listing is for the CD only. Mally's 100 Essential Scottish Ceilidh Dance Tunes music book is available separately.

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