1. Colm O Baoill, Some Irish Harpers in Scotland, "Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness" vol. 47, 1970-72 p.158
2. Lute sources which contain Gaelic harp repertory include the Skene ms, Straloch ms, Wemyss ms and Balcarres ms. Fiddle sources include the MacFarlane ms and Daniel Dow, Collection of Ancient Scots Music, Edinburgh, 1776
3. Colm O Baoill, Some Irish Harpers in Scotland, "Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness" vol. 47, 1970-72 p.146
4. William Matheson
"The Blind Harper - the songs of Roderick Morison and his music"
Scottish Gaelic Texts Society, 1970 gives the words of all his poems, and many of the tunes attributed to "Rory Dall" along with an argument for the Scottish authorship.
5. An example of a port is Port Priest from the Straloch lute book. Alasdair Codona's analysis includes a facsimile and transcription.
6. An example of a lament (cumha) with variations is Cumh Easpuic Earra-ghaeidheal (Lament for the Bishop of Argyll) from the MacFarlane ms. Online edition.
7. See Julian Goodacre's website for a description of the instrument and sound sample.
8. Or even by the person who wrote down the music - Angus Fraser seems to have composed his own fiddle style variations.
9. A good example is the "Air by Fingal" from John Bowie, "Collection of Strathspey Reels and Country Dances", 1789 which is reproduced in facsimile in is Sanger & Kinnaird, "Tree of Strings", Kinmor 1992, p185.
© Simon Chadwick 2005 - part of the history of the Gaelic harp, at earlygaelicharp.info