30 Tunes for Irish Fiddle Volume 5(Irish fiddle music)
30 Tunes for Irish Fiddle Volume 5
This collection ’30 tunes for Irish fiddle volume 5 ‘(Irish fiddle music) contains many popular sessions tunes.
Most will be familiar to those who listen to a lot of Irish music. There are some older classic tunes also. Many are readily available on recordings. ‘Castle Kelly‘ the 3rd tune in is sometimes played double(each part) rather than single. As Paddy Glackin did as a slow reel on ‘Doublin‘(no pun intended) with Paddy Keenan. Which is highly recommended listening. Of course ‘The Maids of Mitchelstown’ has been recorded as a slow reel by the Bothy Band(sensitively by Kevin Burke) in that instance.
Irish Fiddle Music – The Slip jig.
One of my favourite types of tunes is the slip jig. Irish step dancers dance to this tune in soft shoes as opposed to hard shoes and tapping. These tunes have a light, airy sound and are less rigid rhythmically than slip jigs to my ears. They also have a relatively long time between tapping of the musicians foot (usually at the start of every bar)when playing along in the 9/8 time signature. In this collection ‘Cooleys Reel’ is well known by Irish musicians and played most often in a set before another reel, ‘The Wise Maid’.
Barney Brannigan – download PDF Barney Brannigan
Behind the Haystack – download PDF Behind The Haystack
Castle Kelly – download PDF Castle Kelly
Cooley’s – download PDF Cooley’s Reel
Dever the Dancer – download PDF Dever the Dancer
Dingle Bay(Siabh na mBan) – PDF Dingle Bay(Sliabh na mBan)
Down the Broom – download PDF Down the Broom
Julia Delaney’s – download PDF Julia Delaney’s
Palm Sunday – download PDF Palm Sunday
King of the Fairies – download PDF King of the Fairies
Pipe on the Hob – download PDF Pipe on the Hob
Saint Anne’s – download PDF Saint Anne’s Reel
The Showman’s Fancy download – PDF The Showman’s Fancy
The Abbey reel – download PDF The Abbey Reel
The Banks of the Ilen – download PDF The Banks of the Ilen
The Blackthorn Stick – download PDF The Blackthorn Stick
The Floating Crowbar – download PDF The Floating Crowbar
The Smokey Chimney – download PDF The Smokey Chimney
The Galway Rambler – download PDF The Galway Rambler
The Humours of Tulla – download PDF The Humours of Tulla
The Lark on the Strand – download PDF The Lark on the Strand
The Leitrim Fancy – download PDF The Leitrim Fancy
The Maids of Mitchelstown PDF The Maids of Mitchelstown
The Walls of Liscarroll – download PDF The Walls of Liscaroll
Within a Mile of Dublin – download PDF Within A Mile of Dublin
Up Sligo – download PDF Up Sligo
The Torn Jacket – download PDF The Torn Jacket
The Cottage in the Grove – download PDF The Cottage in the Grove
Old Man Dillon – download PDF Old Man Dillon
The Eavesdropper – download PDF The Eavesdropper