An Extensive collection of reels jigs hornpipes and polkas from the French Canadian Cape Breton Scottish Shetland New England and Southern Old Time Traditions arranged for the piano accordion. Written with the beginner aswell as the advanced player in mind the arrangements are complete with ornamentation fingering left hand notation and chord symbols. Appropriate for any G clef instrument.

This book contains many arias as well as traditional favorites that have never been arranged for accordion utilizing all of its superb orchestral capabilities. Some of the world's greatest composers and singers have expressedthemselves in this sublime musical language. The contents include arias such as Nessun Dorma Quando men vo and O mio babbino caro to name a few.

This book is a mixture of traditional and contemporary tunes from the Scottish accordionists' repertoire.

It explores the common tune types played in Scotland, i.e. the Jig, reel, strathspey, slow air, waltz, march and polka. Some tunes are arranged in a traditional, dance music style where others have been set with a more contemporary feel as used by the author and many of the ?new age? of Scottish accordionists. Strong emphasis has been placed on the use of the left hand to enhance the style and arrangement.

Ian Lowthian was brought up steeped in the Scottish accordion tradition; he is a graduate of the Royal Academy of Music who, since leaving, has concentrated mainly in traditional music as a performer, teacher and composer. / Musiques du monde / Partition CD / Agrafé /