Music Resources

Welcome to Nigel Gatherer's Music Resources page. The items listed here are to help learning and research in Scottish traditional music, from tutorials and lessons to reviews and essays. I hope you find it useful - email me with any comments, suggestions or criticisms.

Nigel Gatherer

Tutorials etc

• The Scottish Mandolin
  Mandolin Lessons, Tunes and Tutorials. Step-by-step guides through your first few lessons on the mandolin, with other articles, exercises and tips, historical information and tunes in mandolin tablature.
• The Scottish Whistle
  Penny Whistle Tutorials, historical information,etc. Also step-by-step guide through your first few lessons on the whistle, with other articles, exercises and tips.
• The Scottish Session
  Some hints and tips about playing in sessions, repertoire, etiquette, and info about Nigel's Slow Session in Edinburgh.

Sheet Music & Soundfiles

• Tunes in Mandolin Tablature & Standard Notation
  
• Tunes in Standard Notation Only
  
• Tunes in Whistle Notation
  
• Songs
  
• Tunes in ABC format
  
• Tunes in Midi Format (soundfiles)
  
• Tunes in MP3 Format (soundfiles)
  

Essays & Reviews

• Art & Culture in 18th Century Scotland (Edinburgh)
  
• Reviews:
  • Simon Mayor: Music from a Small Island (2006)
    
  • Jock Tamson's Bairns: Rare (2005)
    
  • Amy Geddes: Over the Sky to See (2003)
    
  • Ossian: The Carrying Stream

Information on Scottish Musicians & Folk Groups

• Gatherer's Musical Museum
  Discographies, biographies and information about Scottish folk musicians past and present.

Information on Tune Collections

• Inside the Tune Collections
  Details of tunes in various printed collections, with alternative names and stories of tunes.