December Fiddle Club Jam

Greetings, all. Sorry for the delay in posting. Here's what we played at the December Fiddle Club jam:

Willie Davie/Lexy MacAskill/Jenny Dang the Weaver/The Ale is Dear/The High Road to Linton
Greenwoodside
Sitting in the Stern of a Boat
The Ton (?)
Highland Whisky/Because He Was a Bonny Lad/Miss Drummond of Perth/The Duke of Atholl/Ian's Rant
Macrimmon's Lament
The Wonder/The Star of the East
The Kenloch Jig
The Directors/The Pentland Jig/Juniper
Calliope House/Andy DeJarlis/The New Fiddle
Barrowburn Reel/Largo's Fairy Dance
The Boy's Lament for his Dragon
Lochanside
Archibald MacDonald of Keppoch

Fiddle Tune Histograms

Ever wondered which tunes you're going to get the most bang-for-buck learning? Which are the biggest hits? Well, you could go review our jams and pick out the ones that seem most common.

Or, as Chandler Becker did, you could write a program that does it for you! She's sent me these files (and promises to update them from time to time) of the frequency with which we play given tunes in all our jams, in Fiddle Club and Royal Mile alone, and a sorted tune name list. So if you're looking to see which tunes to learn, or are curious about the difference between the favorites of Fiddle Club's and the Royal Mile's session players, here you go!

Histogram of Tune Frequency
Royal Mile Tune Histogram
Fiddle Club Tune Histogram
Sorted Tune Name List

Thanks, Chandler!

December Royal Mile Jam

We had a small turnout for the December Fiddle Club Jam, presumably because of the holidays. But it was a spirited jam nonetheless!

Susan McLeod/Colonel McLeod
The Luckenbooth
Glengarry's March/Hey Tuti Tatey
Highland Whisky/The Devil in the Kitchen/De'il Amang the Tailors/The Dram Shell/Timour the Tartar/Jack Daniel's
Da New Rigged Ship/Da Full Rigged Ship
Lay Dee at Dee
Jack Broke da Prison Door/Sleep Soond ida Moarnin/Da Faroe Rum/Willafjord/Spootiskerry
Lexy McAskill/Jenny Dang the Weaver/The Ale is Dear/The Duke of Atholl's Forest Lodge
High Drive
The Stool of Repentance/The Muckin o' Geordie's Byre/Off She Goes/The Sailor's Wife/The Cushion Dance
Mrs MacLeod of Raasay/The Duke of Fife's Welcome to Deeside
Mor a Chennaich/Prince Charles-King William
Lucky Black's Daughter (Green Grow the Rushes)/Hughie Shorty's
Smith's a Gallant Fireman/The Barrowburn Reel/Tail Toddle/Largo's Fairy Dance
Prince Charles' Last View of Scotland
The High Road to Linton
Lochanside
Da Shaalds of Foula/Da Foula Reel
Lieutenant MacGuire/Jig Runrig
All the Rage/Calliope House/Andy DeJarlis/The New Fiddle/MacArthur Road
Seann Truibhas Uilleachean
Neil Gow's Lament for the Death of his Second Wife
The Old Woman Would Reel, The Woman Would Set/Skye Dance #27/The Famous Bridge
Drops of Brandy/Brose and Butter/Cuzzle Together
The Detroit Jig/Glencoe Hall

And I lost track after this...