Tune Page History
Full history of changes in set lists and tunes, in reverse chronological order:
2024-11-07: Replace Set 41 with new set Rev. Archie Beaton. Updated Tune Index. No practice tracks available.
2024-11-07: Fix several errors in Tune Index
2024-09-03: Add chords for page 2 of set 52.
2024-08-30: Add new tune to start of Set 33. Updated Tune Index, no practice tracks available, not in full tune book yet.
2024-05-19: Add chords for set 40.
2024-04-23: Replaced set 40 with new set Hawthorn Tree of Cawdor, updated Tune Index, Practice Tracks, full tune book PDF.
2024-04-23: Updated Full Tune Book (1-54) with recent changes in sets 52, 53.
2024-04-14: Switched order of Crarae and Union Street in set 53.
2024-03-31: Add chords for page 1 of set 52.
2024-03-03: Set 24 chords - added a missing chord, fixed Fm7 chords that should have been F#m7.
2024-03-01: Revised version of Set 52 Paddy LeBlanc. Replaced Beatty Wallace with Trip to Windsor, fixed key signature for Red Shoes.
2024-01-24: Remove set 55. This one is going back to the drawing board for rework.
2024-01-08: Replace Set 24 with Lock Katrine's Lady
2023-07-02: Replace Set 20 Bog an Lochan with My Cape Breton Home
2023-04-13: Added several missing mp3 files (thanks Don McLaren!).
2023-03-02: Added chords for 53 Marble Hill set. Added chords for 54 John McColl's set.
2023-02-16: Fixed a wrong note in 2nd last measure of the first ending of B part 54 John McColl's set.
2023-01-18: Added mp3 for Set 01, replaced mp3 for Set 17 (thanks Don McLaren!)
2023-01-11: Added 55 Casey's Ceilidh Set PDF and Midi. Updated Tune Index.
2022-12-26: Revised Christmas Collection - add table of contents, remove duplicates, add page numbers.
2022-11-30: Added 16 The Islanders Song
2022-11-30: Added 54 John McColl's Set
2022-11-21: Added 53 Marble Hill Set
2020-01-03: Updated RSJ Tune Index
2019-09-07: Fixed incorrect link to mp3 for Set 14
2018-09-13: Added a PDF that combines all 52 sets into one file, designed for printing two-sided.
2018-09-12: Updated version of RSJ Tune Index
2018-09-12: Updated version of Set List (added missing sets and keys)
2018-02-06: New version of Set 19 (Lament for Prophet)
2017-12-11: Removed several duplicates and never played tunes from Christmas Tune Collection, added an arrangement for Christmas in Carrick.
2017-12-11: Added new TUNE LIST for the Reel Sloow Jam group.
2017-02-24: Added mp3 files for sets 10, 12, 14, 23, 26. Thanks Tom Duxbury for the recordings!
2016-11-24: Added the Christmas Collection (bottom of page)
2016-04-05: Added mp3 files for RSJ 22 Dark Island and RSJ 8 Josephine's Waltz.
2016-03-11: Added mp3 files for several sets. Recorded live at pub sessions so you can get a good idea of how the tunes are played locally. Thanks to Tom Duxbury for the files!
Full History: This page was getting too full! The longer list of changes is now here for those who are interested.
2016-03-10: Added Sam Cormier Reel to set 51, also added Midi for set 51. Added RSJ22 Dark Island.
2015-04-05: Combined all midi files into a single .zip archive. to allow downloading of all midi at one time
2015-03-14: Combined all tunes into three files, for easier printing. OCBS_Sets_01To16; OCBS_Sets17To35 and OCBS_Sets_36To52 links below
2014-10-31: Added set #51 Huntingtone Castle, Grand Etang, Bog an Lochan, Flora MacDonald, Mrs. McDonald of Clanranald
2014-04-02: Set #50 - Removed Bonnie Annie, added Timor the Tartar
2014-03-21: New set # 52 - from Cape Breton Fiddler's Association. Memories of Paddy Leblanc etc.
2014-03-21: Revised set#22 - edit Walker Street , remove Mary Jessie Gillis and Miss Ann Moir, improve readability.
2014-03-24: Revised set #29 -remove Sir Wilfred Laurier, replace with Canty Old Man
2014-03-21: Revised set #15 - removed Charlie Hunter jig, remove repeat sign for part B in New Stove.
2014-03-20: Revised version of set #50: added reels Pride of the Ball and Bonnie Annie *this set is still a work in progress*
2013-10-26: Added new set #50 Iron Man/ Tom Dey/Devil in the Kitchen/Muillean Dubh
2013-10-03: Updated RSJ listings, added RSJ 12 Mary Jessie Gillis (G)
2013-04-12: Added new set #49 Kenmure's On An' Awa' Willie.
2013-03-22: Added new RSJ tune Rev. Archie Beaton (with harmony). Thanks to John Miller again for the hard work transcribing it to abc format!
2012-08-27 Updated complete Set List. Also a Tune Index and Key Signature Index to complement the Set List. Merci Claude for volunteering to maintain these Indexes.
2012-08-17: Added new set #48 Tipperty's Jean (D Jigs.)
2012-06-27: Thanks to John Miller for the following revisions: Morag's Waltz: -measure 15 changed d to d3; -last measure changed D3 to D2 – its a transition to the pick-up measure in Jessica so it and the pick-up should equal 3 beats. Jessica Waltz: -I put a repeat sign after the A part to isolate the pick-up; -Jessica is played AABB so I added a repeat sign the the start of part B (the end already had one but didn't seem to go anywhere); -added 1st and 2nd endings at the end of the B part and to smooth out the first ending added an E after the D
2012-03-30: Revised version of RSJ7_Trip to Mabou Ridge in a clean format with midi file. Thanks to John Miller for the transcription into abc format!
2012-03-11: Added new set #47 Mairi's Wedding/Bonnie Lassie/Highlanders Return. Revised the chords for set RSJ 4. Added repeats to #38 Si Bheag Si Mhor. Added Reel Slooow Jam set Trip to Mabou Ridge.
2012-02-04: Added new sets #43, #44, #45 ,#46 Irish Sets for St. Patrick's Day. Added section and tunes for Reel Slooow Jam sets.
2012-03-30: Revised version of RSJ7_Trip to Mabou Ridge in a clean format with midi file. Thanks to John Miller for the transcription into abc format!
2012-03-11: Added new set #47 Mairi's Wedding/Bonnie Lassie/Highlanders Return. Revised the chords for set RSJ 4. Added repeats to #38 Si Bheag Si Mhor. 2012-03-11: Added Reel Slooow Jam set Trip to Mabou Ridge.
2012-02-04: Added new sets #43, #44, #45 ,#46 Irish Sets for St. Patrick's Day. Added section and tunes for Reel Slooow Jam sets.
2011-02-21: Added new set #42. Revised set #36. Updated Set List and Tune Index to reflect the changes.
2011-02-12: Added new set #41. New, updated Complete Set List and Alphabetic Tune Index.
2011-02-03: Finally (!) added pdf and midi file for Set 39-Irish Set for St. Paddy's Day.
2010-11-04: Updated Set 9 (again!). This time it has Sweetness of Mary, AND Editor's Favourite AND the second ending on Mortgage Burn.
2010-08-31: Updated a few incorrect notes in Set #36 Johnny Cope. Added new tune Sweetness of Mary to Set #9.
2010-05-17: Added Set 40 Denis Lanctot's Falcon Bigney Set.
2010-03-24: Notation for the set of tunes taught by Troy MacGillivray at the OCBS workshop on Feb. 20. A Winston Jig/Kathleen's Jig/John Campbell Strathspey/Lady Georgina Campbell.
2010-02-16: Set 19 revised version of Dublin Reel; Set 29 removed Banjo Jig; Set 34 revised version of Broken Lantern; Set 20 fixed missing lines at bottom of page 2. Added Set 38 which in the past used to be posted as Set 20. Sets 8 tunes haven't changed but it is now printed larger over two pages instead of one.
