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Sounds Northumbrian |
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Tune books |
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Still available, so why not treat yourself to a feast of new tunes, or give someone a great present. Over two-hundred of my original compositions, all written in the Northumbrian tradition for bands and players of traditional instruments.
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SOUNDS NORTHUMBRIAN BOOK ONE [gold book] ISBN 0-9540108-0-9 An A4, comb-bound book of one hundred of my original new tunes. Suitable for most traditional instruments, including some tunes for Northumbrian Smallpipes. In addition to the music with basic chord settings the book also includes text, which explains the origin of each tune, poems and many photographs. It is a journey in tune through beautiful and unique Northumbria in which you will meet people past and present, special places and times.
SOUNDS NORTHUMBRIAN BOOK TWO [red book] ISBN 0-9540108-2-5 Book Two contains one hundred and three more of my original new tunes. Themes include, Bridges of the Tyne; Canny Newcastle; Blyth Valley; The Northumberland Coast; Northumbrian Fayre and Family, Folk and Things. ‘Sounds Northumbrian Book Two’ is packed full of jigs, reels, rants, hornpipes, marches, slow airs and waltzes, which are all inspired by Northumberland and our vibrant Northumbrian traditions. Suitable for playing on most traditional instruments, including tunes for Northumbrian Smallpipes.
THE St BARTHOLOMEW’S SET ISBN 0-9540108-1-7 This is a companion to my main books. It is A4, with a full colour cover of George Dawson’s fishing coble ‘Endeavour’. It contains fifteen of my original new tunes, photographs and text about life in the little village of Newbiggin-by-the-Sea on the Northumberland coast. Themes include The Millennium; Colliery; Lifeboat; Fishing; and St Bartholomew’s Church. Tunes include four-bar reels; rants; slow airs; hornpipes; marches and jigs.
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