In this unique collection, multi-instrumentalist Rob MacKillop presents 30 airs and dances from Scotland, Ireland and England transcribed for the modern guitar in open-D tuning (DADF♯AD). Although conceived for fingerstyle playing, most of these traditional, Classical and Baroque pieces are also playable with a pick.

During the mid to late 18th century, a wire-strung instrument which could be described as a cross between a guitar and a cittern appeared in Britain. With the exception of the publications in Edinburgh by Robert Bremmer (c. 1713 – 89), most period writings refer to this instrument as the guittar. In providing extensive historical and performance notes on this music, the author has adopted this spelling. While derived principally from the publications by Scottish guittarists Robert Bremmer and James Oswald (1710 – 69), MacKillop discovered additional Scottish publications and manuscripts in The National Library of Scotland and even more manuscripts in the uncatalogued library of Blair Castle in Perthshire, Scotland.

Written in standard notation and tablature, this book brings a particularly uncommon repertoire to light with an exceptional downloadable recording. Includes access to online audio.

An Ye Were My Ain Thing
Faild na Iniasg
I Love My Love in Secret
Lochaber No More
McGlashan’s Croanich
Miss Hamilton
Mount Your Baggage
Mr. Bremner’s Jigg
The Handsome Highlandman
The Yellow-Haird Laddie
Allegro
Carrick Fergus
Comely Garden Reel
Giga 
Jack Lattin 
Lord Kelly’s Reel
O’er Bogie
Maggy Lawder
Miss Anderson’s Minuet by C. K. Sharpe
When I Followed a Lass
Roslin Castle
The East Nook of Fife
The Lea Rigg
The Parson and His Boots
Air
Air by Mr. Rush
Because He Was a Bonny Lad
Giordanis Minuet
Minuet
Reel: I’ll Gae Nae Mair Tae Yon Toon