Irish Flute Tunes » 2007

The Boys of The Town

April 30th, 2007 at 9:26 pm (traditional irish flute, irish flute)

Here’s a jig I was asked to play. I seem to remember there being a nice version of it on a Josie McDermott record.

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The Milliner’s Daughter

April 30th, 2007 at 9:12 am (traditional irish flute, irish flute)

A piping reel which suite the flute.

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The Lilting Banshee

April 29th, 2007 at 3:58 pm (traditional irish flute, irish flute)

Here’s a jig I was asked to record here. It’s a great tune for learning. I hadn’t played it for a long time and am glad to have been reminded of it.

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The Primrose Lass

April 29th, 2007 at 2:24 pm (traditional irish flute, irish flute)

A good reel which deserves to be played more often than it is.

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The Limestone Rock

April 29th, 2007 at 2:23 pm (traditional irish flute, irish flute)

Here’s a good reel. I’m not sure how standard my version is as I haven’t played or heard it for a long time. I hope it’s OK.

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Garrett Barry’s Jig

April 29th, 2007 at 2:21 pm (traditional irish flute, irish flute)

A very popular piping jig which suits the flute too.

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The Cliffs of Moher

April 29th, 2007 at 2:19 pm (traditional irish flute, irish flute)

Here’s a very popular jig - another suggestion from a flute player in internet land.

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The Leitrim Fancy

April 29th, 2007 at 2:17 pm (traditional irish flute, irish flute)

Here’s a nice hornpipe. A flute player called Alexandre suggested this tune, along with a few other ones. If anyone requests a particular tune, I’ll gladly record it as long as I know it. My memory isn’t what it was so tunes are exiting my head quicker than they are being replaced.

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The Musical Priest

April 28th, 2007 at 8:47 pm (traditional irish flute, irish flute)

There are lots of versions of this tune. Hopefully this is fairly close to the commonest one.

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Seán Reid’s Reel

April 28th, 2007 at 8:45 pm (traditional irish flute, irish flute)

Here’s a good piping reel. As is ofter the case with good piping reels, especially ones in G, it’s good on the flute too.

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The Pipe on the Hob

April 28th, 2007 at 8:44 pm (traditional irish flute, irish flute)

Here’s a popular piping jig. Some people called this “The Piper of the Hearth (or embers)”. One Irish translation for a cricket is “Píobare an teallaigh” which = the piper of the hearth. Who knows?

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Jackson’s Reel

April 28th, 2007 at 8:40 pm (traditional irish flute, irish flute)

There were a lot of reels names after this chap. This one is normally associated with Michael Coleman.

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Old Tipperary

April 28th, 2007 at 2:30 pm (traditional irish flute, irish flute)

Here’s a very popular jig. It works well on the flute.

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The Yellow Tinker

April 28th, 2007 at 2:29 pm (traditional irish flute, irish flute)

Here’s a piping reel. It has a few F naturals in it. I tend to play the low octaves with a key and use half-fingering for the high octave ones. I’m a bit rusty with this tune but hopefully it almost makes sense.

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