The Lighthouse
Paul Cranford and Friends

All of the 57 tunes on this CD transcribed into ABCs (FREE)
The Tunes are also found in The Lighthouse Collection (complete with chords)

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Sound clips to individual tunes
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A recording of 18 medleys of original Cape Breton Fiddle Music by lighthousekeeper Paul Cranford. Available separately or as part of The Lighthouse Collection. (book -CD set or bundle).

Tune listing. and 46 MP3 sound clips

Recorded in 1996 with these musicians

  • fiddle: Paul Cranford
  • 2nd fiddle Otis Tomas
  • flute: Siobhán O'Keeffe
  • piano: Gordon MacLean
  • guitars: Paul MacDonald & Sonny Slade

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Lighthouse CD Tune Listing

1 . Marching Air & Reels in D
Title
Notation
Sound Clip / ABC
Fenella (PS.C.)
march - GIF
MP3
Union Street
reel - GIF
MP3
The Hair'm Scar'm's (Otis Tomas)
reel - LC
ABC

2. Strathspeys & Reels in E
Title
Notation
Sound Clip/ ABC
Gale Force (P.S.C.)
strathspey - LC -
MP3
Bull Beer(P.S.C.)
strathspey - LC
MP3
Roseate Tern (P.S.C.)
reel - LC
MP3
Jon's ReEntry (P.S.C.)
reel - LC
MP3
Brenda's New Fiddle (P.S.C.)
reel - LC
ABC

3. Jigs in B minor & D
Title
Notation
Sound Clip / ABC
A Night In the Glen (PS.C.)
jig - LC
MP3
Ryan MacDonald's (PS.C.)
jig - LC
MP3
The Norbrook Fiddle (PS.C.)
jig - LC
ABC

4. Waltz, March, Strathspey & Reel in G
Title
Notation
Sound Clip / ABC
The Rocky Shore (P.S.C.)
waltz - GIF -
MP3
Start Again (G. MacLean & P.S.C.)
march - LC
ABC
Angus and Alice (P.S.C.)
strathspey - LC
MP3
Aoife's Come to Dublin (P.S.C.)
reel - GIF
MP3

5. Reels in D
Title
Notation
Sound Clip / ABC
Tim and Debbie's Wedding (PS.C.)
reel - LC
MP3
Leaving for Ireland (PS.C.)
reel - LC
MP3
Ron's 'Jig' (PS.C.)
reel - LC
MP3

6. Jigs in B flat

Title
Notation
Sound Clip / ABC
The Chief, (PS.C.)
jig - LC
MP3
The MacDonald Sisters (PS.C.)
jig - LC
MP3
Barbara Frost (PS.C.)
jig - LC
MP3

7. Reels in G
Title
Notation
Sound Clip / ABC
Fair Trade (PS.C.)
reel - LC
MP3
Jackie's Favorite (PS.C.)
reel - LC
MP3
Hughie Shorty's Reel (Johnny Wilmot)
reel - LC
ABC

8. Reels in A minor
Title
Notation
Sound Clip / ABC
Siobhán's Request (PS.C.)
reel - LC
MP3
Distant Bells (PS.C.)
reel - LC
MP3

9. Jigs in A minor & C
Title
Notation
Sound Clip / ABC
Blueberry Bonnach (PS.C.)
jig - LC
MP3
Mary Bill's (PS.C.)
jig - LC
ABC
The Potter's Wheel (PS.C.)
jig - LC
MP3

10. March, Strathspey & Reel in A
Title
Notation
Sound Clip / ABC
Isabel (G. MacLean & P.S.C.)
march - LC
MP3
Aoife O'Keeffe's Cape Breton (Paul MacDonald)
strathspey - LC
ABC
The Mortgage Burn (Gordon MacLean)
reel - GIF
MP3

11. Strathspeys & Reel in G & G minor
Title
Notation
Sound Clip / ABC
Danny MacKay (P.S.C.)
strathspey - LC
MP3
Machias Seal Island (P.S.C.)
strathspey - LC
ABC
Highland Blueberry (P.S.C.)
reel - GIF
MP3

12. Jigs in D
Title
Notation
Sound Clip / ABC
The Gannon Road (PS.C.)
jig - LC
MP3
Joe the Jigger (P. MacDonald)
jig - LC
MP3
The Lighthouse Sisters (PS.C.)
jig - LC
MP3

13. Lament, March & Reels in D
Title
Notation
Sound Clip / ABC
After the Storm (P.S.C.)
lament and march - LC
MP3
Alice MacEachern (P.S.C.)
reel - LC
MP3
Rakesh (P.S.C.)
reel - LC
MP3
Wild Honey (P.S.C.)
reel - LC
MP3

14. Reels in F# minor & A major
Title
Notation
Sound Clip / ABC
The Scaife's Reel (P.S.C.)
reel - LC
ABC
Kate's Fancy (P.S.C.)
reel - LC
ABC

15. Jigs in E minor
Title
Notation
Sound Clip / ABC
The Melancholy Child (PS.C.)
jig - LC
MP3
Broderick's Pub (PS.C.)
jig - LC
ABC
Hector Josey's (Hector MacKenzie)
jig - LC
MP3

16. March, Strathspey & Reel (Pipe tunes in A)
Title
Notation
Sound Clip / ABC
Bill Nicholson's Welcome to North Shore (P.S.C.)
march - LC
MP3
The Light-tower (P.S.C.)
strathspey - LC
MP3
Whiskey Island (P.S.C.)
reel - LC
MP3
Glace Bay (P.S.C.)
reel - LC
MP3

17. Jigs in F
Title
Notation
Sound Clip / ABC
The Broken Window (Otis Tomas)
jig - LC
MP3
Siobhán (PS.C.)
jig - LC
MP3
Adam Hickey (PS.C.)
jig - LC
MP3

18. Strathspey & Reels in A (Raised-Bass Set)
Title
Notation
Sound Clip / ABC
The Open Door (P.S.C.)
strathspey - LC
MP3
Jack Jardine (P.S.C.)
reel - LC
MP3
The Puffins Return (P.S.C.)
reel - LC
MP3

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