Beautiful Airs and Ballads of the British Isles-Beautiful Airs and Ballads of the British Isles is a collection of 29 traditional Irish Scottish and English melodies that are particularly suited to being played on the fiddle. Traditional fiddle airs love songs songs of home and longing as well as compositions of Turlough O Carolan and J. Scott Skinner make up the collection. The arrangements include stylistic ???fiddle??? phrasing and variations. Each of the tunes includes the fiddle melody with guitar accompaniment. Includes access to online audio.

This collection of Celtic Music for Violin by Jessica Walsh contains 40 pieces ranging from lovely portraits to lively jigs. They come from traditions including Irish Scottish Welsh and Manx and span several hundred years. They are all complemented by the unique personality and sound of the violin. All have that inexplicable but necessary magic the quality that draws the player to begin the tune again just one more time... Whether a lilt a love song or lament each melody in this collection is a gem; many are sure to become your cherished favourites. The accompanying CD includes demonstrations of all the tunes in the book and also Allan Alexander artfully rendersthe chords on guitar providing a harmonic tapestry over which the melodies float.