lottiemaus’s fifty-four comments

I’m interested to see this was written in E major. The version I’ve listened to most is Aly Bain’s on Boys of the Lough’s 1983 album, Open Road, and I think he plays it in Eb. more…

Thanks very much, Noah. more…

Hello. Does anyone know the name of the fiddle tune which comes after the song Cucanandy and ends that track? Thank you. more…

Thanks for posting - I like this tune a lot too. There’s a version of the tune by Shetland band “Drop the Box” on their 1998 CD “Honeytrap” (Kevin Henderson of Fiddlers‘ Bid is the fiddler in the band on the recording). more…

From Aly Bain’s First Album. more…

Thank you. Yes, of course, OT is a Cape Breton-based instrument maker as well as player and composer. more…

Transcribed from “Huinka” by The Chair. Composed by Otis Tomas. Can’t find the CD cover at the moment but I believe Dragons’ Blood may be a varnish used on fiddles. more…

Such a happy tune - always makes me smile. This is my attempt at setting out the Fullsceilidh version mentioned by JosephC. more…

Thanks for posting these links. A brilliantly versatile musician. more…

A good-going tune, though far from ITM, which I’ve found hard to classify for the system here. I had transcribed it in 2/4 time using 1/16 basic note length so it’s adapted and I hope it works. more…