On Ruberslaw
On Ruberslaw
Between May 2018 and March 2021, Matt Seattle composed 73 new tunes, most of them during lockdown, and mostly inspired by Border subjects.
76 tunes in all, plus photos, mainly in colour.
17 Airs, 6 Rants, 7 Jigs, 2 Slip Jigs, 21 Reels, 3 Marches, 1 Waltz, 1 Brawl, 1 3/2 Hornpipe, plus The Gala Water Suite containing 14 new tunes (various genres) bookended by two traditional tunes, rounded off with a guitar piece recently resurfaced from younger days.
CONTENTS
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AIRS 7 The Guidwife o’ Jethart 8 Kinnordy 9 Forteviot 10 The Little White Rose of Scotland 12 Black Agnes 13 Jimmy Nagle 14 The Walking Tree 15 The Reesle afore the Rain 16 The Guidwife o’ Carlops 17 Diamond Wedding Bells 17 Song for Devi and Linda 18 John and Gisela 18 Philip and Sandra 19 Appletreehall 19 Annie Jolly’s Tree 20 Stirkschawis 20 Harden Glen
RANTS 21 Smailholm Tower 22 Tom Swinney of Rothbury 22 Iain Gelston’s Rant 23 The Falconers of Galashiels 23 Mr & Mrs Hughes of Holywood 24 Ruberslaw
JIGS 25 The Musselpecker 26 The Jethart Unicorn 27 The Marronis of Kelso 27 Old Ginger 28 Goldielands 28 Timpendean 29 The Carrifran Survivor
SLIP JIGS 29 Stuart Eydmann 29 The Gowdspink
REELS 30 The Beltie 30 Epona 31 The Kelpies 31 The Binster Bussart 32 Green Grozet Wine 32–33 Hutton’s Unconformity 34 The Return of the Bees 35 The Bee in the Foxglove 35 The Wild Wheeling Geese of Caerlaverock |
REELS continued 36 Yes Bikers 36 Knoxy Music 37 Mr Pete Stewart of Pencaitland 37 Adam Sanderson’s New Pipes 38 Mr Brian Holton of Ormiston House 38 The Laird o’ Windy-wa’s 39 Dryhope 39 Dolina Maclennan 40 Thundersnow 40 Bourtreeberry Wine 41 Hassendean Burn 41 The Slitrig Heron
MARCHES 42 Scott’s View 43 High Owre Hawick 44 Roch Wind
WALTZ 45 Waltz of the Heavy Metal Kids
BRAWL 46 Lavinia’s Birthday Brangle or Vinnie’s Birthday Brawl
TRIPLE-TIME HORNPIPE 47 David Faulkner’s Hornpipe
THE GALA WATER SUITE 48-50 Introductory Matter 50 Braw, Braw Lads o’ Gala Water 51 Nettlingflat 51 Heriot House 52 Halltree 52 Birdsong at the Bower 53 Hoppringle 54 Cortleferry 54 Torsonce 55 Lament for the Buckholm Martyrs 56 Torwoodlee 57 Blindlee 57 Appletreeleaves is Meikle Better 58 Old Gala House 59 Lothian Lads 59 Teviotdale Lads 60-62 Soor Plooms o’ Galashiels
GUITAR PIECE 63-67 The Flight of the Magic Horse |
| Dimension (L x W x H) | 29.7 x 21 x 0.5 Centimetre |
| Weight | 325 Gram |
