We, Lorna McDougall and Isabel Paterson are the Directors of scotchsnap.com (see our individual Composer Profiles for more information). The quest to find ways of having our own few pieces published evolved into developing a website to promote Scottish composers and arrangers and to make their music available to a world market.
We both live in the Highlands of Scotland and have a vision to give profile to the variety and quality of music that comes out of Scotland. We live in a truly inspiring land!
We are very grateful to The Highlands and Islands Enterprise for their encouragement and support in making this venture possible. Also to Chris Sharratt, Katie Watts and Douglas Hamilton for their photography. We'd like to thank Lorna's mum Norma and all the other transcribers for their volumes of work. Thanks to Tim and Almut at the National Library of Scotland and a special thanks to Garve and the team at Plexus who developed a great website. Please visit their websites via our links page.
Finally thank you to our friends and family who have witnessed us retreat into the world of the PC.
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Works available to download include: contemporary fiddle music, new Gaelic songs, collections of fiddle tunes and Burns songs. For classical and jazz musicians there are many exciting new compositions and arrangements for a variety of instruments and voices.
Basically any music or style so long as it is from a Scottish composer/writer or Scottish influenced.
Scotchsnap.com is an exciting new digital sheet music website where original compositions, penned by many of Scotland 's best musicians, can be downloaded.
Scotchsnap.com has over 40 composer profiles, each with a list of digitally available compositions. The site offers over 1000 scores of all genres, including contemporary fiddle music, new gaelic songs, collections of fiddle tunes and Burns songs. For classical and jazz musician s there are many exciting new compositions and arrangements for a variety of instruments and voices, graded from easy to advanced levels.
Scores are in digital notation and can be listened to, viewed and downloaded to your printer instantly. On www.scotchsnap.com single pages of between one and four tunes can be purchased allowing musicians to make up specific sets from just 50p per page.
This is an exciting venture promoting Scottish composers/arrangers to a global market. Musicians who are writing music to a high standard who would like to be featured on www.scotchsnap.com , should contact Lorna for more information on info@scotchsnap.com
If you are a musician, amateur or professional, please enjoy using this resource and share it with your musical friends.
Lorna McDougall and Isabel Paterson (Directors) successfully completed the Highlands and Islands Enterprise Business Start Up course and scotchsnap.com is a part HIE funded project.
Brian Ó hEadhra, from Anam Communications works on a freelance basis with Scotchsnap.com in the development and promotion of the product.
NB Scotchsnap A rhythmic figure consisting of a short note on the beat followed by a longer note held until the next beat, also known as an inverted dotted rhythm, found predominantly in Strathspeys, Reels, Marches and other lively Scottish dance music.
Thanks for hitching up to the Medicine Show, The Global Village Medicine Show tuesday 9PM (BST) Live www.Nessmp3.com Live Radio .
This weeks show "Super Tuesday" were going to get overtly political, to celibrate as the USA choose's the candidates for "Leader Of The Free World"
Join your host Rob Ellen on line and in the the Medicine Show Chat room with a full guest list of friends and neighbours in the Global Village, he will play anyone who shows up in the Chat Room, with a protest song, who has myspace or nessmp3.com page and will be looking at all things rootsy, songdriven and particularly prophetic!!
We will of coarse feature all our musician friends and nieghbours who show up in the chatroom, as well as new releases classic tracks and nessmp3.com artists. Join Rob and the gathered villagers in the chat frame here on Tuesday.
Country Blues and Beyond (with added protest)
Rob Ellen
Were based in the Highlands an putting the unity, in .com
