Any good suggestions for websites where I can download or just access free sheet music for traditional music, particularly traditional Scottish?
Very specifically, I’m looking for the sheet music for a slip jig called the Lochaber Dance. I’ve heard a very nice version of that played on UPs and border pipes.
www.session.org but you can just ‘google’ for specific tunes.
I found this in the smallpipe folder of my abc files. It’s not my transcription and I don’t know the source.
X:30
T:Lochaber Dance
R:slip jig
M:9/8
L:1/8
K:D
d2B d2e c2e|BBf f2e fBB|d2B d2e c2e|AAa c2e ecA:||!
d2a aaa f2e|d2f BBe fBB|d2a aaa f2e|c2e AAe ecA|!
d2a aaa f2e|d2f BBe fBB|agf gfe fed|c2e AAa ecA||!
d2e f2e d2f|BBf d2e fBB|d2e f2e d2e|AAa c2e ecA|!
d2e f2e d2f|BBf d2e fBB|d2g fga c2B|A2e c2e ecA||!
fBB f2e d2f|BBf d2e fBB|fBB f2e d2e|AAa c2e ecA|!
fBB f2e d2f|BBf d2e fBB|agf gfe fed|c2e AAa ecA||!
PJ,
http://www.thesession.org/index.php
it is not especially scottish, but it has a search funtion
thesession.org is usually my first port of call. No luck there this time.
Bill - that looks like it. I’m not a whiz with abc but I should be able to work it out.
Thanks all.
I’m sure it’s been posted before but if you copy and paste the ABC into this webpage it will give you it as dots.
http://www.concertina.net/tunes_convert.html
David
Another option is the Folk Archive Resource North East (FARNE) site at www.asaplive.com/farne/home.cfm
Best wishes.
Steve
Thanks David. I didn’t have that link.
Here is one of the best places for Scottish tunes. The site also has a page on whistling in Scottish music.
Very cool site; thanks! I found this page with some interesting whistle recordings.
I have a page on my site dedicated to this very thing:
http://www.uilleannobsession.com/links_tunes.html
Ging gang goolie goolie goolie goolie goolie wish wash,
Patrick.
I’ve found some tunes here upon occasion…
Hi PJ,
here is a link to a web site which is dedicated to the GHP. I found the tune you search, but it is writted for GHP, so it needs to be adapted for the UP.
You can find a lot of other scottish tune, enjoy ! 
http://bagpipe.free.fr/Accueil.htm
(Just click to the “partions” menu on the left)
oups !
I reply too fast, the tune I found is a 3/4 march … sorry, its the same name.
But you have some links to other scottish tune data base
good search 