The name Brenda Stubbert is known everywhere Celtic music is played. Brenda is a gifted fiddler and composer, a natural musician who learned from her father, her extended family and their musical friends. Whether at home in Cape Breton or touring abroad, her workshops, recordings, dances and concerts never fail to delight listeners, dancers and musicians alike.
A totally new compilation of traditional and original melodies. This long awaited book contains 161 tunes, a mix of traditional and original material . In addition to 60 new tunes composed by Brenda herself this totally new book contains her settings of both classic and recent tunes from the Irish, Scottish and Cape Breton traditions. Examples include:
Paddy on the Turnpike, Hanley's Tweed (by Paddy O'Brien), The Weasel (by John Morris Rankin), Miss Ann McCormack (by Dan R. MacDonald), The High Drive (by Gordon Duncan), Miss Susan Cooper (by Ronnie Cooper), Cameron Chisholm's Strathspey (by Maybelle Chisholm, Nighean Donn, Calliope House (by Dave Richardson), Sally Gardens, Lonesome Eyes (by Jerry Holland) and The Bonniest Lass in all the World.
Complete with piano chords.