This book contains 60 Scottish tunes for solo violin, including slow airs, strathspeys, reels and jigs. The tunes are ideal for concert performances or informal sessions and will be enjoyed by players of intermediate to advanced standard. The introductory section provides an explanation of traditional playing styles, ornamentation and bowing techniques, and all the tunes are performed on CD by Iain Fraser.

Contents: 

• Sitting in the Stern of a Boat
• Roslin Castle
• Bovaglie's Plaid
• Niel Gow's Lament for the Death of his Second Wife
• Niel Gow's Lament for the Death of his Brother
• Hard is my Fate
• Sir Charles Forbes of Newe and Edinglassie
• Silverwells
• The Lea Rig
• The Marquis of Huntly's Snuff Mill
• H. Mackworth Esq.
• Mrs Major L. Stewart of the Island of Java
• John Cameron has Lizzie Steel Again his Wife
• Cropie's Strathspey
• Tulchan Lodge
• The Smith's a Gallant Fireman
• Earl Grey
• The Forth Bridge
• The Stewarts of Glandtully
• Miss Lyall
• Craigellachie Bridge
• Colonel MacBean
• Captain Keelers
• Rothiemurcus Rant
• Arglye Bowling Green
• The Warlocks
• The Witches
• The Ewie with the Crooked Horn
• In Dispraise of Whisky
• The Favourite Dram
• Andrew Carr
• Ferintosh
• The Bedding of the Bride
• Calum Breugach
• The Peerie Weerie
• The Lass o' Corrie's Mill
• Perth Assembly
• Miss Dundas of Arniston
• Fingal's Cave
• The Laddie with the Plaidie
• Lord Macdonald's
• The Braes of Tulliemet
• Bog an Lochan
• Flora Macdonald
• Jenny Dang the Weaver
• Pretty Peggy
• Tail Toddle
• The Old Reel
• John Cheap the Chapman
• Miss Gordon of Gight
• Earl of Hyndford
• The Lasses o' Duns
• The Lads o' Duns
• The Stool of Repentence
• Miss Margaret Brown
• The Sailor's Wife
• Mrs A. MacGlashan
• Miss Sally Hunter of Thurston