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A' Cheud Cheum (The First Step) (book)

Easy arrangements of Scottish traditional tunes for the Celtic harp (or piano). This is a lovely selection of tunes suitable for the less advanced clarsach player and including one ot two duet and trio parts for ensemble playing. Also suitable for piano and other melody instruments. This clarsach book is a firm favourite with many players and teachers.

A' Cheud Cheum means the first steps and these are easy arrangements of Scottish traditional tunes for the harp.

Recently we expanded and reprinted this popular beginners clarsach book.

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Details

Instruments:
Harp, Piano
Book format:
A4
Authors:
Christine Martin, Mary Strachan
ISBN:
1-871931-2-9
Articulations:
Staff notation
Tune Types:
Air, Dance tunes, Gaelic waltz, Jig, Listening tune, March, Reel, Strathspey
Occasions:
Ceilidh
Pages:
36
Level:
Beginners / Intermediate
Arrangers:
Christine Martin, Mary Strachan
Date:
New Edition 2012
Origin:
Scottish
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Table of contents

  • Ailein duinn a luaidh is a leinidh (Darling brown-haired Allan)
  • A man's a man for a' that
  • An cluin thu mi mo nighean donn?
  • An gille dubh mo laochan (My darling black-haired boy)
  • Bha mi latha samhraidh (I was one summer's morning)
  • Chan eil mo leannan ann an seo (My lover is not here)
  • Cnoc Mhartainn (Martin's Hill)
  • The Cockle Gatherer
  • Cochin China
  • Coulter's Candy
  • Crodh laoigh nam bodach (The old men's calves)
  • Dr Boyd's Jig
  • Fail oro mar dh'fhag sinn (Fail oro as we left)
  • Fear a' phige (The packman)
  • Gu ma slan do na fearaibh (Health to the men)
  • Hector the hero
  • Horo Uilleim (Horo William)
  • I see Mull
  • Jumping Geordie
  • Kate Dalrymple
  • Leanabh an aigh (Child of grace)
  • Margaret's Waltz
  • Morning has broken
  • Oidhche mhath leibh (Goodnight to you)
  • The Rakes of Mallow
  • Roxburgh Castle
  • Ruidhleadh an gille cam (The bent lad would dance a reel)
  • The sailor's wife
  • 'S e gaol a' bhobain Fionnlagh (Finlay is his father's darling)
  • 'S i Morag a rinn a' bhanais (Morag had a wedding)
  • Tha smeorach 'sa mhadainn chiuin (There is a thrush in the quiet morning)
  • Ubhaidh abhaidh (Uvee avee)
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Reviews

"Also if this is Christine Martin who arranges the music (I have Ceol Nan Teud and A Cheud Cheum)- you are my favourite arranger and I would love it if you would write a book on arranging music!"

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