Repertoire
The types of tunes commonly associated with Cape Breton fiddling are jigs, reels, marches, strathspeys, clogs (hornpipes), and slow airs. Many of the tunes associated with Cape Breton fiddle music are also commonly performed on other instruments, especially bagpipes, piano and guitar. It is not unheard of for the music to be performed on harmonica, tin whistle, mandolin or banjo.
Modern Cape Breton players draw on a large body of music, from the Scottish and Irish traditions, and from modern compositions. Several older books of tune collections have been particularly popular sources:
- Fraser, Simon (1874), Simon Fraser Collection
- MacDonald, Keith Norman (1887), The Skye Collection
- MacQuarrie, Gordan F. (1940), The Cape Breton Collection
- O'Neill, Francis (1903), O'Neill's Music Of Ireland
- Robertson, James Stewart (1884), The Athole Collection
- Skinner, James Scott, The Scottish Violinist
- Skinner, James Scott, The Harp and Claymore
A number of recent publications also document a substantial amount of the modern Cape Breton repertoire:
- Beaton, Kinnon (2000), The Beaton Collection (compositions of Kinnon, Donald Angus, and Andrea Beaton)
- Cameron, John Donald (2000), The Heather Hill Collection (compositions of Dan R. MacDonald)
- Cameron, John Donald (1994), The Trip To Windsor Collection (compositions of Dan R. MacDonald, volume 2)
- Cranford, Paul (2007), The Cape Breton Fiddlers Collection
- Cranford, Paul (1997), Winston Fitzgerald: A Collection of Fiddle Tunes
- Dunlay, Kate, and David Greenberg (1996), The Dungreen Collection - Traditional Celtic Violin Music of Cape Breton
- Holland, Jerry (1988, several revised editions), Jerry Holland's Collection of Fiddle Tunes
- Holland, Jerry (2000), Jerry Holland: The Second Collection
- MacEachern, Dan Hugh (1975), MacEachern's Collection
- Ruckert, George (2009), John Campbell: A Cape Breton Legacy
- Stubbert, Brenda (1994), Brenda Stubbert's Collection of Fiddle Tunes
- Stubbert, Brenda (2007), Brenda Stubbert: The Second Collection
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