About the archive
Gordon Turnbull (c) John Crawford
The size of the repertoire archive has meant that some reorganization has been necessary.
There are plans to make this more organised and user-friendly as there are now over 300 tunes from Gordon’s teaching over the years and links to PDF and ABC files along with recordings on Soundcloud. Generally, they are offered under a Creative Commons licence and are free to download. If you notice any broken links, please let me know.
For now, please navigate from the main drop-down menu. 2012-13 repertoire can now be found below. Other older material will be reinstated at a later date.
Repertoire 2012-13 part 1: FF_SMG_repertoire_2012-13-1 (PDF) | FF_SMG_repertoire_2012-13-1 (txt/abc) | Micho Russell’s Slide version 1/ Micho Russell’s Slide version 1/ Scattery Island/ Farewell to Lisseycasey/ Micho Russell’s Slide Harmony/ Scattery Island Harmony/ Farewell to Lisseycasey Harmony/ I See Mull (Chi Mi Muile)/ I See Mull Harmony 1/ I See Mull Harmony 2/ Tha Mi Sgith (Cutting Bracken)/ Tha Mi Sgith Harmony/ Laridé de Portobello (9 part harmony)/ Mairi’s Wedding/ Mairi’s Wedding Harmony/ The Peat Fire Flame/ The Peat Fire Flame Harmony
Repertoire 2012-13 part 2: FF_SMG_repertoire_2012-13-2 (PDF) | FF_SMG_repertoire_2012-13-2 (txt/abc) | The New Copperplate/ The Old Copperplate/ Egan’s Polka/ Amazing Grace/ The Chanter’s Song/ Greenwoodside/ The Maid of Mount Cisco/ Campbell’s Farewell to Redcastle/ Ca’ the Yowes Tae the Knowes/ Da Ferry Reel/ Lay Dee At Dee/ The Sailor on the Rock/ The Otter’s Holt
Repertoire 2012-13 part 3: FF_SMG_repertoire_2012-13-3 (PDF) | FF_SMG_repertoire_2012-13-3 (txt/abc) | Caol Muile (The Iona Boat Song)/ Caol Muile Additional Harmonies/ The New Claret/ Ciamar a nì mi an Dannsa Dìreach?/ A Fisherman’s Song For Attracting Seals (Maol Dònaidh)/ Frank Thornton’s Highland Fling/ The Road To Glountane/ The Road To Glountane Harmony/ Kate Dalrymple/ Not for Joe/ O Grada’s Polka/ The Hopeful Lover/ The Peacock Followed the Hen/ Johnny Get Brose/ Rachainn a shuiridh’ air Oighrig/ The Humours of Ballyconnell/ The Drunken Tinker/ Valse de Galorne
The music for 2012-13, free to download under a Creative Commons licence:
If you like this, you might also like Flutility, 39 Irish session tunes on the flute that Gordon recorded for a friend in 1994 and was circulated amongst musicians at the time. Please note that the quality is not great, but it is included as an aid to learning the tunes: