The Kilberry Collection

Jeff Wolf · 08-20-2002, 12:29 PM

The Kilberry Collection seems like a great deal for the $$$. Hard bound, with lots of chunes - for aboot $45 from some retailers.

Is this a "must have" for the big music, like Scots Guards is for the Light?

Is there a better Piobaireachd "first book" out there?

Iain Sherwood · 08-20-2002, 01:27 PM

If you buy the kilberry, you'd best get the 'Sidelights' and 'Further Sidelights' which better explain the tunes. The settings in Kilberry aren't all that accurate, and the additional books really round out the tunes.

As an alternative, you should start buying the PS series two or three at a time - better settings, alternative sources. If you start with Book 8 you'll get the newer settings by Archie Kenneth, and wait for the new series of 1-7 to come out. There probably won't be many, if any, changes in Book 4, which has most of the short tunes, so you could go ahead and get that one now.

08-20-2002, 12:29 PM	#1
Jeff Wolf Forum Clasp Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Austin, Texas Posts: 784	The Kilberry Collection The Kilberry Collection seems like a great deal for the $$$. Hard bound, with lots of chunes - for aboot $45 from some retailers. Is this a "must have" for the big music, like Scots Guards is for the Light? Is there a better Piobaireachd "first book" out there? __________________ "Talk softly and carry a big stick. You will go far" West African Proverb

08-20-2002, 01:27 PM	#2
Iain Sherwood Holy smoking keyboard! Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: East Bayland Posts: 7,146	Re: The Kilberry Collection If you buy the kilberry, you'd best get the 'Sidelights' and 'Further Sidelights' which better explain the tunes. The settings in Kilberry aren't all that accurate, and the additional books really round out the tunes. As an alternative, you should start buying the PS series two or three at a time - better settings, alternative sources. If you start with Book 8 you'll get the newer settings by Archie Kenneth, and wait for the new series of 1-7 to come out. There probably won't be many, if any, changes in Book 4, which has most of the short tunes, so you could go ahead and get that one now.