Tunes

Tunes Played Regularly

Tunes played at just about every session:

  • Jigs: Kesh Jig; Connaught Man’s Rambles; Out on the Ocean, Lark in the Morning, Morrison’s
  • Slide: Road to Lisdoonvarna
  • Slip Jig: The Butterfly
  • Reels: Concertina Reel, Boys of Bluehill, Maid Behind the Bar, Brenda Stubbert’s
  • Hornpipes: Boys of Blue Hill, Off to California/Harvest Home (set)
  • Polkas: Little Maggie in the Woods; Egans Polka/Britches full of Stitches (set)
  • Airs: Da Slockit Light, Crested Hens, Captain O’Kane, Fanny Power

Tunes (Sets) Played Sometimes

Tunes (arranged in sets, courtesy of Kate Dunlay) played at some sessions:

  • Jigs: My Darling Asleep, The Frost is All Over
  • Jigs: Lark in the Morning, Connaughtman’s Rambles, The Kesh
  • Jigs: The Blarney Pilgrim, Morrison’s
  • Jigs: Kerfunteun, Jimmy Ward’s
  • Jigs: Out on the Ocean, The Rolling Waves
  • Jigs: Tripping Up Stairs, Smash the Windows
  • Jigs: Swallowtail, Lilting Banshee, Paddy in London
  • Jigs: Garrett Barry’s, Cliffs of Moher
  • Slides: Road to Lisdoonvarna, O’Keefe’s, Dark Girl in Blue
  • Slipjigs: Boys of Ballisodare, The Butterfly
  • Slipjigs: Fig for a Kiss, Hardiman the Fiddler
  • Reels: Old Concertina, Silver Spear
  • Reels: Father Kelly’s #1, Merry Blacksmith, Cooley’s
  • Reels: Spoot o’ Skerry, Far From Home, Rolling in the Ryegrass
  • Reels: Maid Behind the Bar, Drowsy Maggie
  • Reels: The Earl’s Chair, Drunken Landlady
  • Hornpipes: Bantry Bay, Delahunty’s
  • Hornpipes: Boys of Bluehill, The Rights of Man
  • Hornpipe: King of the Fairies
  • Polkas: Dennis Murphy’s, John Ryan’s
  • Polkas: Paddy’s Jig, Maggie in the Woods
  • March: Return From Fingal

Some Tunes to Learn

Walsh’s Session Tunes (328kb PDF) is a good source of basic repertoire.

Here are some new sets/tunes to learn/play. Each named tune link will open up a lightbox that floats over this page. Click outside of the image (or use the close button) to close each tune. Use your mouse wheel, or the arrow buttons to switch between tunes within each set. To save a copy of the music for a tune, right or control-click the name link and choose “Save link (or target) as…” Click on the speaker icon adjacent to each named tune link to hear the tune (use your browser’s “back” button to return to this page).

Please feel free to submit tunes, preferably in sets, for everyone to learn. See ya at sessions!

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