Jigs, Reels & Hornpipes for Violin

Includes Online Audio

From the Publisher

The full range of traditional fiddle repertoire is now at your fingertips! Using these generous collections, you can create your own ceilidh, barn dance, jazz club or Sarajevo street-café. Some of this music is familiar, some more exotic, but all of it is absolutely authentic, faithfully arranged and, above all, hugely enjoyable.

Each title in the series is available in two formats: the Violin Edition (with an optional easy violin part and guitar chords); or the Complete Edition, which also includes both keyboard and violin accompaniments. Either format is hugely flexible, which means the music can be played as solos, duets or trios as well as with larger ensembles.

Edward Huws Jones has travelled extensively researching fiddle-playing traditions. In each book he explains the background of the particular musical style, giving his own suggestions for a lively performance.

Approved Exam Music

Recommended for the following exam grade(s):

ABRSM Violin (from 2024)
Grades: 2

Contents

England:

• Hunting the Hare (Jig)
• The Fairy Dance (Reel)
• Morpeth Rant (Hornpipe)
• Constant Billy (Morris Dance)
• The Keel Row (Hornpipe)
• Country Gardens (Morris Dance)
• The Staffordshire Hornpipe (Hornpipe)
• The Girl I Left Behind Me (March)
• King of the Fairies (Hornpipe)
• The Trumpet Hornpipe (Hornpipe)

Ireland:

• The Wind That Shakes the Barley (Reel)
• The Bridal (Jig)
• Danny Boy (Air)
• The Peeler's Away with My Daughter (Jig)
• Red-Haired Boy (Hornpipe)
• The Fox Hunter's Jig (Slip Jig)
• Drowsy Maggie (Reel)
• Harvest Home (Hornpipe)
• Carolan's Air (Air)
• The Mason's Apron (Reel)

Scotland:

• The Bonny Lass o'Fyvie (Bothy Ballad)
• Brochan Lom (Strathspey)
• Mrs Jamieson's Favourite (Air)
• Lord MacDonald's Reel (Reel)
• the Flowers of Edinburgh (Reel)
• Miss Sally Hunter of Thurston (Jig)
• Mary, Young and Fair (Air)
• The Gay Gordons (Jig)
• The Spey in Spate (Reel)
• Earl Grey (Strathspey)

Item Details

Instrumentation

• Part 1: Violin