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Monday Slow Session
Location in Person/Online *
Day/Time Monday, 6.45-7.20
Latest update 29 May '23 4pm

For the past twenty years I have run a slow session before the Monday evening classes at the GFW classes, looked forward to by everyone taking part. Each week we particularly concentrate on a specific tune, and then play through some of our regular slow session tunes, also available below. I realised that the participants preferred to know what we were doing in advance, so they can prepare by practising or listening, so that has been a feature of the session.

* The session will be held in person at the classes in Glasgow, but there will an opportunity for people to join online using Zoom. Use the button below to join between 6.45 and 7.20pm on Mondays.

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Meeting ID:  916 0015 6949
Passcode:  GFW-SlowS

All the tunes we do at the session are listed below, and the tunes were are doing on a particular evening are listed beside the date of the session. A comprehensive list of tunes that are played at the Wednesday Slow Session is given at the bottom of the page. Any problems, comments or questions, email me.


Session Schedule, Apr-Jun 2023
 
Date Tunes
17/4 D1
Hybrid
Main tune: Bill Collins
Plus: Ger the Rigger setThe Cradle SongLoch Torridon set
Invercauld setThe Bear Dance
24/4 D2
Hybrid
Main tune: Jimmy Ward's Jig
Plus: Bill CollinsWhy Left I My Home setDonachd Head set
The Island I LeftThe Navvy
1/5 EX
Online
only
Main tune: Ganglat fran Appelbo
Plus: Flatwater FranCalum's Road setMcKechnie's Farewell
Maggie West's setRoad to Lisdoonvarna set
8/5 D3
Hybrid
Main tune: Fear a Figue
Plus: Bill Collins/Jimmy Ward'sBallachulish GlenGFW March
The Cradle SongThe Bear Dance
15/5 D4
Hybrid
Main tune: Oovie Avie
Plus: Fear a FigueBill Collins/Jimmy Ward'sLoch Torridon set
Johnny Will You Marry MeLiberty
22/5 D5
Hybrid
Main tune: Lucy Farr's Barndance
Plus: Fear a Figue/Oovie AvieBill Collins/Jimmy Ward'sGer the Rigger set
Cawdor Fair set
29/5 EX
Online
only
Main tune: Hai Zumba Zai
Plus: Jimmy Allan set3 BourreesSachaki
Cielito LindoContra DancaHopa-Cupa
5/6 D6
Hybrid
Main tune: Rocking the Baby
Plus: Flatwater FranBallachulish GlenMairi's Wedding
I'll Tell Me MaMarch of the GFW
5/6 D7
Hybrid
Big Session
 
Session Schedule, Jan-Mar 2023
 
Date Tunes
9/1 X1
Online
only
Main tune: My Love She's But a Lassie Yet
Plus: Angus MacLeod setShepherd's Wife setHarvest Home
Ballachulish GlenGFW March
16/1 X2
Online
only
Main tune: Davie Davie Knick Knack
Plus: Mairi's WeddingGer the RiggerThe Navvy
GFW MarchJohnny Will You Marry Me
24/1 X3
Online
only
Main tune: Highland Cathedral
Plus: Lovely StornowayThe Galway Hornpipe
Starry Nights o' ShetlandLucy Farr's setThe Bear Dance
31/1 X4
Online
only
Main tune: Da Boannie Polka
Plus: Thistle of ScotlandPulling Bracken
I'll Tell Me MaKelvingrove setBarrowburn Reel
6/2 X5
Online
only
Main tune: Seven Step Polka
Plus: My Love She's But a Lassie Yet setHighland Cathedral
Da Boannie PolkaThistle of Scotland
20/2 C2
Hybrid
Main tune: Salmon Tails Up the Water
Plus: Bear DanceHuntingtone Castle
Mist Covered MountainsRoll Her On the Hill
27/2 C3
Hybrid
Main tune: Reel of Tullochgorum
Plus: Glendaruel HighlandersGlenside Polkas
Mairi's WeddingThistle of Scotland
6/3 C4
Hybrid
Main tune: Bottom of the Punchbowl
Plus: Salmon Tails setBoannie Polka set
Highland CathedralRoll Her On the Hill set
13/3 C5
Hybrid
Main tune: Elizabeth's Big Coat
Plus: A Fig for a KissFlatwater Fran
Barrowburn ReelRoad to Lisdoonvarna set
20/3 C6
Hybrid
Main tune: Alistair of the Dun
Plus: Mist Covered MountainsMarch of the GFW
McKechnie's FarewellBefore I Marry set
27/3 C7
Hybrid
Main tune: The Cockle Gatherers
Plus: Barren Rocks of AdenWhen the Battle is O'er
Glasgow HighlandersKelvingrove set
 
Session Schedule, Aug-Dec 2022
 
Date Tunes
29/8 A1 General Session
5/9 A2 Mairi's Wedding Plus: Angus MacLeod setShepherd's Wife set
Harvest HomeBallachulish GlenGFW March
12/9 A3 Bonnie Lass o' Fyvie Plus: Mairi's WeddingGer the Rigger
The NavvyGFW MarchJohnny Will You Marry Me
19/9 A4 Thistle of Scotland Plus: Lovely StornowayThe Galway Hornpipe
Starry Nights o' ShetlandLucy Farr's setThe Bear Dance
26/9 -- Holiday - no session
3/10 A5 Barren Rocks of Aden Plus: Thistle of ScotlandPulling Bracken
I'll Tell Me MaKelvingrove setBarrowburn Reel
10/10 A6 Flatwater Fran in G Plus: Glendaruel HighlandersGlenside Polkas
Mairi's WeddingThistle of Scotland
17/10 -- Mid-term - no session
24/10 A7 Flatwater Fran in A Plus: Bear DanceHuntingtone Castle
Mist Covered MountainsRoll Her On the Hill
31/10 B1 When the Battle is O'er Plus: Thistle of Scotland
Flatwater FranShepherd's Wife setCalum's Road
7/11 B2 Johnny Will You Marry Me Plus: When the Battle is O'er
Flatwater FranRonas Voe setThe Barrowburn Reel
14/11 B3 Welcome Charlie Stewart Plus: O Are Ye Sleeping Maggie
A Fig for a KissLucy Farr's setMcKechnie's Farewell
21/11 B4 Donacht Head Plus: Thistle of Scotland
The Bear DanceJohnny Will You Marry MeRoad to Lisdoonvarna
28/11 B5 Jamie Rae Plus: Angus MacLeod setShepherd's Wife set
Harvest HomeBallachulish GlenGFW March
5/12 B6 All the Above
12/12 B7 Big Session

SESSION SETS
g01. Ger the Rigger set
g02. The Cradle Song
g03. Loch Torridon set
g04. Invercauld set
g05. Why Left I My Home set
g06. Donachd Head/Jamie Rae
g07. The Islands
g08. Navvies
g09. Cawdor Fair set
g10. Ballachulish Glen
g11. March of the GFW
g12. Johnny Will You Marry Me
g13. Liberty
g14. Forneth House
g15. Glendaruel Highlanders set
g16. Lucy Farr's set
g17. Mairi's Wedding set
g18. Rowing from Islay to Uist
g19. Jeannie's Blue Een set
g20. The Bear Dance
g21. Huntingtone Castle
g22. Da Peerie Hoose set
g23. Mist Covered Mountains
g24. Roll Her On the Hill set
g25. Top of Ben Lomond set
g26. Before I Marry set
g27. O Are Ye Sleeping, Maggie
g28. Johnny Todd set
g29. I'll Tell Me Ma set
g30. Isle of Mull set
g31. Mount Stuart House set
g32. Glasgow Highlanders set
g33. Fisherman's Song
g34. Laura-Beth's Polka set
g35. A Fig for a Kiss
g36. Kelvingrove set
g37. John McAlpine set
g38. Hot Punch
g39. Miss Gayton's/Cooper's
g40. Old Time Wedding Reels
g41. Dunkeld Volunteers set
g42. Eternal Surge set
03. Memories of Fr Angus
05. Snug in a Blanket set
07. Hector the Hero
12. Glenside Polkas
30. Shepherd's Wife set
33. Pulling Bracken set
35. High Road to Linton set
40. The Dark Island
61. Haughton House
e02. Flatwater Fran
e07. Calum's Road set
e12. McKechnie's Farewell
e18. Maggie West's set
i07. Road to Lisdoonvarna set
VSS Donald Blue set set
VSS The Barrowburn Reel
VSS Davie Davie Knick Knack
VSS Angus MacLeod set
VSS The Galway Hornpipe

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