Reddit reviews The Irish Cello Book: Traditional Tunes & Techniques

You got great musical tips so far, but there’s some technique you might want to go with it.

I recommend the book “The Irish Cello Book” by Liz Davis Maxfield. Not easy coming from a classical background (from my experience) but it’s a lot of fun and gives you a lot of the same techniques used for American folk music like bluegrass too.

I'd recommend Abby Newton's Crossing to Scotland as a decant collection of arrangements of Scottish Music. Also be sure to listen to the recording, since there's a whole lot that isn't necessarily on the page. My only issue is that not everything is in the traditional key signature. Someone else recommended Liz Davis Maxfield's Irish Cello book and that's also decant introduction to the genre with lots of text about how to adapt fiddle tunes to the cello. There's also a vast collection of tunes on thesession.org, though you should expect to have to transpose down one or two octaves.

If you're more focused accompaniment, take a look at some of the albums Natalie Haas has released. She also released an instructional DVD with PDF sheet music. Or, go all the way back and see the original arrangements Neil Gow wrote down. There's a long history of cello accompaniment in Scottish Music.

Here are some resources:

The Fiddling Cellist by Renata Bratt: https://www.amazon.com/Fiddling-Cellist-Renata-Bratt/dp/0786686308/ref=dp_ob_title_bk

The Irish Cello Book by Liz Davis Maxfield: https://www.amazon.com/Irish-Cello-Book-Traditional-Techniques/dp/0876391374/ref=pd_bxgy_14_img_2?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0876391374&pd_rd_r=HSVQMVQYS80GS8MS1P73&pd_rd_w=sBI0P&pd_rd_wg=iZr7i&psc=1&refRID=HSVQMVQYS80GS8MS1P73