How to Find Bob McQuillen's Tunes
All the Tunes - In One Place!
Bob McQuillen’s Note Books - an iPad App with ALL the Tunes
Release Date: June 27, 2023. Happy Birthday, Bob!
Go to the Apple App Store to download the app.
This iPad OS app is a fully portable collection of 1,500+ tunes published in Bob’s Note Books 1-15, just the way that Bob wrote them. No need to carry all the books to a gig or a session! You can view individual books or search all of Bob's compositions by title, page, key, or meter.
Your own chords can be annotated right on the app. If 1,500+ tunes is too mind-boggling, there is an “Editor’s Choice” list embedded in the app, and other lists and resources are available on the CDSS website.
Where to find hard copies
The CDSS Store has a supply of some of Bob's Note Books.
The Brattleboro Music Center has a complete set in the music library.
Ten of Bob’s tunes can be found in the Portland Collection books:
- Portland Collection 1
McLenon's Reel, Randy Miller's Reel, Robin's Bodhran, Sarah's Jig - Portland Collection 2
Black Friday, Multnomah March, Pete's March, Scotty O'Neil - Portland Collection 3
Argo's Reel, The Boys of Antrim
Some of Bob's Note Books show up in used bookstores from time to time.
All of Bob's waltzes through 2011, and a few from 2012, can be found in his Big Book of Waltzes, available from CDSS.
Other ways to learn Bob's tunes
- Find people who play the tunes, and learn from them.
- Invite friends who play instruments to learn the tunes with you.
- Search YouTube for recordings, and learn a tune by ear.
- There are links to numerous recordings on our Handy Links page.
