Mel Bay

Arranger: Renata Bratt
Format: Book with Audio Online
Instrumentation: Cello Duet
Level: Beginning-Intermediate

A book of traditional Celtic tunes arranged for cellos with rockin' groove and chop-based accompaniments. Includes forty-seven tunes from Ireland, Scotland, the Shetland Isles, and Canada in duet arrangements, all chosen with cellists in mind and in a variety of styles including jigs, slip jigs, reels, strathspeys, planxtys and airs in traditional keys. Performing in the groove is so important for string players that the American String Teachers Association recognizes this skill as a separate category in their Alternative String Style Awards. Playing these idiomatic and often syncopated accompanimental patterns is a great way to learn these styles. Includes access to online audio with all arrangements performed by the author.

Song List:

• A Fig for a Kiss
• Archibald MacDonald of Keppoch
• Banish Misfortune
• Boannie Isle of Whalsey
• Brose and Butter
• Captain Campbell's Strathspey
• Catherine Kelly's Delight
• Connaughtman's Rambles
• Da Forteit o' da Ship
• Denis Murphy's Polka
• Donald Blue
• Donegal Lass
• Drowsy Maggie
• Ewie wi' the Crooked Horn
• Faroe Rum
• Father Francis Cameron
• Grace Hay's Delight
• Hector the Hero - J. Scott Skinner
• Jack Broke da Prison Door
• Jack is Yet Alive
• Jenny Dang the Weaver
• Jessie Smith
• Jimmy Ward's Jig
• Largo's Fairy Dance - Nathaniel Gow
• Miss Mary MacDonald
• Mrs. Oswald of Auchincruive's Favorite Reel - Robert Mackintosh
• Perrie Werrie
• Planxty Irwin
• Pretty Peggy
• Rights of Man
• Roslin Castle
• Sean Ryan's Polka
• Southwind
• St. Kilda Wedding
• The Auld Toon of Ayr
• The Boys of Wexford
• The Cup of Tea
• The Earl's Chair
• The First of May
• The Kid on the Mountain
• The Maid Behind the Bar
• The Merry Blacksmith
• The Monaghan Jig
• The Music o' Spey - J.S. Skinner
• The Pigeon on the Gate
• The Wind that Shakes the Barley
• Whiskey Before Breakfast