Fiddler’s Welcome (1x)
B part, 2nd time: start quietly and grow to forte by the last 4 measures
C part: fortissimo
2nd time: gradually shrink to piano on last 4 measures
D part: back to forte

JIG SET 1
Bert Gonnella’s (2x)
Intro: piano intro (last 2 measures?)
Both times, in the B part, follow the melodic line with great contrast (rising from quiet to very loud every time you have a low-to-high figure)

Myra’s (2x)
First time: all forte
Second time: a part piano, b part forte (and end sharply)

Snug (2x)
1: Mezzo piano (excitingly soft!), but chord instruments play all their chords over A, if they can
2: Forte, use Keith’s harmony (I WILL HAND-ASSIGN)
End together

AIR
Neil Gow’s
start together, just follow the melodic line (I trust you)

STRATHSPEY SET
(!! NOTE WE’VE SHORTENED THE SET SO THAT WE JUST PLAY THEM EACH ONCE!!)
Devil in the Kitchen
Intro: chord drone on A
A part- fiddle solo and chords
B part- everyone in

Lady Madelina Sinclair
Somewhat loud, with jubilance

Maybelle’s Compliments
A: Mezzo forte
B1: mezzo forte still
B2: shrink down to piano, don’t lose the energy

Matty’s
A: start at piano, holding over the energy from how you ended Maybelle’s, and gradually grow into B part
B part: forte!
End on a slightly lengthened note
(if it helps you to think in music notation, make the quarter a half note to put the measure at its full length)

SHIPS SET

Full Rigged Ship
A1: fiddle solo, no chords
A2: all fiddles in
B: all fiddles continue
C: gentle piano drone enters
HOLD LAST NOTE

New Rigged Ship
All instruments CRASH in!!
Forte all the way through!
Hold last note (Annie will cut you off)

WALTZ SET
Anna (1x)
Intro is last 3 measures by piano
Mezzo piano all through

Belle Mere (1x) –
Mezzo forte throughout, BUT
Third line: forte
Fourth line: piano, starting on the pickup, as if an echo
Fifth line: return to mezzo forte
SLOW DOWN starting 7 measures from end (I will conduct you), hold chord until cut of

MARCH & REELS SET
Duke of Fife (2x)
Forte all the way

Robertson’s (2x)
Considering starting with a solo instrument here
Regardless, first time through mezzo piano
Second time through: start mezzo forte and grow to forte

Gillan’s (2x)
Fortissimo all the way!
END: Don’t play the eighth note, but Annie will conduct you on an extra chord/A note

SLOW MARCH
Highland Cathedral
Intro is drone and bodhran
A1- winds only on melody
For the rest, feel the melody, you know what to do.
I will cut you off at end

PIPE POLKA
Royal Scots Polka (1x)
A1: solo accordion (Alan?)
A2: all accordions join in
B: everyone joins in at a forte sound\
C: suddenly piano
D: Back to forte
Extra A part tacked onto end
END: accordions only, play a D chord (Annie will conduct you)

AIR HORNPIPE REEL SET
Memories of Skye (1x)
Piano intro
A part: mezzo piano
B part: first time mezzo forte, second time back down to mezzo piano
Hold the last note and I will conduct the transition into….

Bonnie Isabel Robertson (2x)
Mezzo forte, sweetly, follow the melodic line
STRAIGHT into…

The Thrums Cairn (2x)

First time: all the way through as written
Second time: A part only fiddles on melody, and B part everyone joins in again
END: abrupt final note

 JIG SET 2
Sister Jean’s (1x)
Intro: drone on open D; Annie will conduct the melody in
All the way through a little quiet and mysterious

Doc Boyd’s (1x)
Immediate rise in mood and energy, but not too loud

Road to Banff (2x)
First time: mezzo forte
Second time: mezzo piano
Baravan (2x)
First time: mezzo forte
Second time: A part is mezzo piano, B part is mezzo forte
Ending: extra D at end (I will cut you off)

REEL SET 2
Hills of Kaitoke (1x)
INTRO: chord groove
A1- fiddles are only melody instrument
A2- fiddles and accordions are only melody instruments
B1- fiddles and wind are only melody instruments
B2- everyone is in
C- fiddles are only melody instruments until part repeats in higher octave, at which point winds should join in
B3+4- everyone

Farley Bridge (2x)
First time
A1: solo fiddle and chords
A2: add all fiddles
B part: everyone in
Second time
Everyone plays all the way through, very expressively

Road to Errogie (2x)
First time: everyone just go nuts
Second time:
A1: Winds only on melody, quietly
A2: fiddles only on melody, a little louder
B part: everyone go nuts again!
END: extra last low A by instruments with a lower range

MSR SET IN A
Mary Ann MacDougal’s (2x)
INTRO: A drone, Annie conduct melody in
All forte

John McAlpine (2x)
Entire first time, ONLY fiddles will have melody
Second time, everyone in

Hurlock’s (1x)
A1: piano (I’m thinking we have only some melody players from each section play—we’ll try this at rehearsal).  
A2: Forte
B: forte to end!
End together

MARCHING AIR
Bonnie Lass
Start together
just follow the melody line, you’ve got this
Annie will conduct the fermata & cut off the final note

 REEL SET 3
Brumley (2x)
Start together.
Both times: A part mezzo piano, B part forte

Fisher’s (2x)
First time: mezzo piano A part, mezzo forte B part
Second time: mezzo forte A part, forte B part
(so basically you’ll grow a notch in volume every time there’s a new part!)

Walker Street (2x)
(please practice with a metronome)
Both times: A part forte, B part fortissimo
Extra G to end

MINOR MSR SET
Hughie and Janet’s (1x)
overall mezzo forte
Piano gives intro on an E chord
A part: fiddles + chords
B part: everyone in

The Warlocks (1x)
overall mezzo forte
A part: accordions + chords
B part: everyone in
Nine Pint Coggie (1x) – overall forte

Knockdhu (2x)
First time: all forte
Second time: mezzo piano A part, fortissimo B part
End on A/Am chord (Annie will cut you off)

PIPE MARCHES
Peat Fire Flame (1x)
Enter together
A -mezzo forte
B- mezzo piano

Greenwood Slide (1x)
A1- just woodwinds & chords
A2 – add everyone, not too loud
B – keep going

Highland Laddie (1x)
A – mezzo forte
B - forte

Campbell’s Farewell (1x)
A - fortissimo!!
B – start mezzo piano, rise in volume to fortissimo!! again by the last line
END: hold out 1 last A or A chord (I will cut you off)

FINALE
Coilsfield (1x)
Intro – gentle accordion G chords or drones
mezzo piano A part, mezzo forte B part

New Claret (1x)
Overall mezzo piano, but excitingly!!
Winds & chords play A part, then everyone joins in after

Edward Jay’s (2x)
mezzo forte through EXCEPT FOR…
Second B part of second time: suddenly quiet (should be a surprise!) and then gradually grow up to forte by the end of the tune.

Evelyn Murray’s(2x)
First time: JUST FIDDLES on melody (all harmony in) playing at a good fiddle forte
Second time: Everyone in, playing forte again but with high contrast

Northlands (1x)
just go nuts EXCEPT FOR…
On 2nd lines of of B and C part, play quietly (as if an echo)
|End big chord!

ENCORE (time and enthusiasm permitting)
Scotland the Brave: piano will start the first time through at a stately tempo and then the second time through, the tempo will pick up