Tim's tune archive

I use a program called NoteWorthy Composer to transcribe tunes (over 650 so far) from other printed or handwritten sources.  I am a very slow reader of music, but I use the printed versions to help me learn a tune or (more often as time goes on) to remind me of tunes I have forgotten.

The first tunes I transcribed were for the Shiftin Bobbins ceilidh band, of which I was a founder member in 2000.  Other tunes I have picked up at sessions and workshops over the years.  Most of the sets of tunes are as I originally learned them but some are just tunes that I wanted to work on at about the same time.  During the coronavirus shutdowns in 2019 and 2020 Helen Ross and I practised together on a number of occasions.  She is keen on playing harmonies where possible, so I transcribed some of those as well.

Here are what I call "my tunes".

During the coronavirus shutdowns I also practised regularly with Peter Davie, who was keen to create new sets for the Riverside Music Project.  I call these the RMP sets.

More recently Peter suggested a new edition of The Riverside Collection that he published in 2012, now unfortunately out of print, so I transcribed these also.

When I started transcribing I tried to get each group of tunes onto one A4 page to save paper.  If the set goes onto a second page it is formatted so that both pages can be side-by-side on a music stand or in a ring-binder.  I'm greener now and have all my music on a laptop, so I tend to space things out a bit more.

I take no responsibility for the keys indicated.  They mean something to me, but if you have a better suggestion, please let me know.  The same goes for any chords marked in the music (although, in this case, they mean nothing to me!).  I have added some bowings where I needed them during practice, but I don't always follow them.

I have given the name of the composer if I know it, but this is another area where I'm open to correction.