Cape Breton Deep Dive - Apr2023 - Resources

Course Repertoire
Scores & Audio

Course Repertoire

1 Kilrack’s - strathspey (trad)
2 Dusky Meadow - strathspey (Donald MacLellan)
3 Colonel McBain’s Fancy - reel (trad)
4 Finlay’s Favourite [aka MacKinnon’s Other Rant] - reel (trad)
5 Over the Isles to America - reel (trad)
6 The Black Hoe - jig (trad)
7 The Champion - jig (trad)
8 Hartigan’s Fancy - jig (Irish trad, CB modal setting)

Sheet music for all course tunes (1-8), 3-pg PDF)

Annotated scores (for modality):
Dusky Meadow
Colonel McBain’s Fancy
Finlay’s Favourite/MacKinnon’s Other Rant

When will each tune appear in the workshops?
Tune Schedule:
• Apr 16—Kilrack’s strathspey, Col McBain’s Fancy reel, The Black Hoe jig
• Apr 23—Col McBain’s Fancy (cont’d), Dusky Meadow strathspey
• Apr 30—Finlay’s Favourite reel, The Champion jig, Over the Isles to America reel

DunGreen Collection - transcriptions & source audio

1 Kilrack’s: Kilrack’s transcription (new-DGC excerpt, 1-pg PDF)
Kilrack’s source audio:

2 Dusky Meadow: Dusky Meadow transcription (new & 1996-DGC excerpts, 2-pg PDF)
Dusky Meadow source audio:

3 Colonel McBain’s Fancy: Colonel McBain’s Fancy transcription  (1996-DGC excerpt, 1-pg PDF)
Col McBain’s Fancy source audio:

4 Finlay’s Favourite/MacKinnon’s Other Rant: Finlay’s Favourite transcription (new & 1996-DGC excerpts, 1-pg PDF)
Finlay’s Favourite source audio:

5 Over the Isles to America: Over the Isles to America transcription (new-DGC excerpt, 1-pg PDF)
Over the Isles source audio:

6 The Black Hoe: The Black Hoe transcription (1996-DGC excerpt, 1-pg PDF)
The Black Hoe source audio:

7 The Champion: The Champion transcription (new DGC excerpt, 1-pg PDF)
The Champion source audio:

The whole blast, for your amusement….
As a video, with photos of the CB fiddlers who I learned the tunes from:

…and as an audio file that’s easier to download:

Tune-Learning Audio

1 Kilrack’s - strathspey:

2 Dusky Meadow - strathspey:

3 Colonel McBain’s Fancy - reel:

4 Finlay’s Favourite - reel:

5 Over the Isles to America - reel:

6 The Black Hoe - jig:

7 The Champion - jig:

8 Hartigan’s Fancy - jig: