Episodes
Saturday Mar 31, 2007
The Bunch of Green Rushes / Anderson's Reel
Saturday Mar 31, 2007
Saturday Mar 31, 2007
I've also heard the first tune called "The Bench of Green Rushes" but what's in a name? The second tune is very popular and hopefully quite playable on the flute. My flute is still sick. It just got sick shortly after I started to put tunes on this site. I'm not sure where cause and effect fits in or fit in here. I'm heading off shortly to where a flute doctor lives and hopefully on my return things will be better. In the meantime I'll plough on with a few tunes now and again. I hope some people are getting some use from this site. If you have any suggestions, please let me know. Thanks.
Saturday Mar 31, 2007
Gan Ainm / The Luckpenny
Saturday Mar 31, 2007
Saturday Mar 31, 2007
Here's the same jig a bit quicker plus one called the Luckpenny.
Friday Mar 30, 2007
The Highland Man Who Kissed is Granny
Friday Mar 30, 2007
Friday Mar 30, 2007
Every time I ask someone the name of this tune they tell me that I have the wrong name. I want it to be called by the name I've given it so I'll keep asking. I hope you like this tune and enjoy learning it.
Friday Mar 30, 2007
Up to Yout Knees in Sand
Friday Mar 30, 2007
Friday Mar 30, 2007
Here's a reel. Don't know much about it but it's quite a nice tune for the flute.
Friday Mar 30, 2007
Highlands
Friday Mar 30, 2007
Friday Mar 30, 2007
Here's the same highland as before plus another one called Tom Taylor's or The Teelin highland.
Friday Mar 30, 2007
Highland (slow)
Friday Mar 30, 2007
Friday Mar 30, 2007
Here's a highland. I can't remember it's name but I think it would be quite easy to learn. I've slowed it down a bit here.
Friday Mar 30, 2007
Rolling in the Ryegrass / Micko Russell's
Friday Mar 30, 2007
Friday Mar 30, 2007
Here's the previous tune plus a reel named after the Micko Russell from Doolin, Co. Clare. I think I should have played the parts twice each. It's on Mary Bergin's first tin whistle record if you want another version.
Friday Mar 30, 2007
Rolling in the Ryegrass (slow)
Friday Mar 30, 2007
Friday Mar 30, 2007
Here's a common reel, slowed down. It's probably a good one for learning as there aren't too many scary bits in it.
Thursday Mar 29, 2007
Thursday Mar 29, 2007
The Fox on The Prowl
Thursday Mar 29, 2007
Thursday Mar 29, 2007
This is a version of a reel which was composed by the flute player Vincent Broderick.
Thursday Mar 29, 2007
The Connachtman's Rambles (slow)
Thursday Mar 29, 2007
Thursday Mar 29, 2007
Here's a simple and slowed down version of a popular jig.
Tuesday Mar 27, 2007
Con Cassidy's / The Humours of Whiskey
Tuesday Mar 27, 2007
Tuesday Mar 27, 2007
The first tune is Con Cassidy's Jig (another tune from the Teelin fiddle player) and the second is a slip jig which goes by several names. The Leitrim flute player Packie Duignan called this tune "Dever the Dancer" or "Devro the Dancer".
Tuesday Mar 27, 2007
The Shoemaker's Daughter
Tuesday Mar 27, 2007
Tuesday Mar 27, 2007
Here's a reel with a few F naturals. The flute still hasn't forgiven me for attacking its cork with a kitchen knive. Flutilation.
Tuesday Mar 27, 2007
The Old Bush / The Galway Rambler
Tuesday Mar 27, 2007
Tuesday Mar 27, 2007
2 Reels. Having flute trouble. Just cut the cork in half with a kitchen knife. I'll replace both cork and tunes when I get things sorted.
Sunday Mar 25, 2007
The Lark on the Strand / Tobin's ?
Sunday Mar 25, 2007
Sunday Mar 25, 2007
Two common jigs. I know the name of the first one but wouldn't bet on the second one really being Tobin's, although I wouldn't rule that out either.
Sunday Mar 25, 2007
Maud Millar's / Preston's / Ríl Gan Ainm
Sunday Mar 25, 2007
Sunday Mar 25, 2007
Same two tunes as before but a bit quicker - don't know where the third one came out of.
Sunday Mar 25, 2007
Maud Millar's / Preston's (slowed down)
Sunday Mar 25, 2007
Sunday Mar 25, 2007
Two Common Reels played slowly.
Saturday Mar 24, 2007
Sailor on the Rock / Sally Gdns. (quicker)
Saturday Mar 24, 2007
Saturday Mar 24, 2007
Here are the same tunes again, a bit quicker.
Saturday Mar 24, 2007
The Sailor on the Rock / The Sally Gardens (slow)
Saturday Mar 24, 2007
Saturday Mar 24, 2007
Here are 2 popular tunes. I've slowed them down here to make them easier to pick up.
Saturday Mar 24, 2007
Julia Delaney's / Gorman's Reel
Saturday Mar 24, 2007
Saturday Mar 24, 2007
Here's the last tune alomg with one in D to save metal fatigue in the F natural key.
Saturday Mar 24, 2007
Julia Delaney's Reel (slowed down)
Saturday Mar 24, 2007
Saturday Mar 24, 2007
This is a version of Juila Delaney's reel. I never really played this on the flute, apart from in sessions with fiddle players. There are a few holes in this version but I hope you'll find that you can play along with more stringy people in a session with this setting.
Saturday Mar 24, 2007
John McKenna's Polkas
Saturday Mar 24, 2007
Saturday Mar 24, 2007
Here are 2 polkas which John McKenna recorded, as did lots of other people. I've used a bit of helium with these ones.
Saturday Mar 24, 2007
Paddy's Trip to Scotland / Reel in A minor
Saturday Mar 24, 2007
Saturday Mar 24, 2007
The first is based on a vague memory of a tape I have somewhere of the fiddle played Mickey Doherty. The second is a reel recorded by one or more of Coleman / Morrison / Killoran (Michael / James / Paddy) in G minor. I can't remember it's name; only that I don't like playing it in G minor on the flute.
Friday Mar 23, 2007
Con Cassidy's / James Byrne's (normal speed)
Friday Mar 23, 2007
Friday Mar 23, 2007
Same tunes. "normal" speed.
Friday Mar 23, 2007
Con Cassidy's / James Byrne's (slowed down)
Friday Mar 23, 2007
Friday Mar 23, 2007
Here are a jig and a slip jig from the fiddle players Con Cassidy (Teelin, Co. Donegal) and James Byrne (Meenacross, Co. Donegal). I've slowed them down a bit here in case that helps people pick them up. The first one is usually fairly leisurely anyway.
Friday Mar 23, 2007
Amhrán an Tae / Denis Murphy's (jigs)
Friday Mar 23, 2007
Friday Mar 23, 2007
The first one is Amhrán an Tae (The Tea Song) and I've called the second one "Denis Murphy's". Considering the number of tunes the last Mr. Murphy knew, this title is usually a safe bet when you don't know the actual name.
Friday Mar 23, 2007
The House on the Hill / The Ashplant (reels)
Friday Mar 23, 2007
Friday Mar 23, 2007
The first tune is the House on the Hill. I think I've heard it called Miss Thornton's as well. I Think I first got it from a recording of Packie Duignan from Roscommon. My mis-spent late youth has probably corrupted my version of it since then. The second tune is called the Ashplant (I think). I know very little about this tune apart from approximately haw it goes (or how to spell "how" it would appear.
Friday Mar 23, 2007
Paddy Carty's / The Midsummer Night
Friday Mar 23, 2007
Friday Mar 23, 2007
The first one is an E minor version of a tune Paddy Carty played in D minor. The second one might be called by the name I've given it. On the other hand ...
Thursday Mar 22, 2007
Quinn's Reel / The Fox on the Town
Thursday Mar 22, 2007
Thursday Mar 22, 2007
For Quinn's reel see RTÉ CD of Pádraig O'Keefe and also Ceol Rince na hÉireann 2, number 171.
Thursday Mar 22, 2007
Thursday Mar 22, 2007
Humours of Drinagh (slowed down)
Thursday Mar 22, 2007
Thursday Mar 22, 2007
Here's the jig The Humours of Drinagh, slowed down to make it easier to learn.
Thursday Mar 22, 2007
The Mountain Top (normal speed)
Thursday Mar 22, 2007
Thursday Mar 22, 2007
Here's the Mountain Top reel again, this time at normal speed.
Thursday Mar 22, 2007
The Mountain Top (slow version)
Thursday Mar 22, 2007
Thursday Mar 22, 2007
Here's the Mountain Top Reel. I've slowed it down in case this helps people learn it.
Tuesday Mar 20, 2007
Contentment is wealth / Tom Billy's Jig
Tuesday Mar 20, 2007
Tuesday Mar 20, 2007
Here are 2 jigs - Contentment is wealth and Tom Billy's. The second part of the first one often varies. I've taken a sort of average.
Tuesday Mar 20, 2007
The Liffey Banks / The Shaskeen
Tuesday Mar 20, 2007
Tuesday Mar 20, 2007
The Liffey Banks and the Shaskeen (not sure whether the first one is usually played double or single - perhaps I should get out more and I might know - In fact I'll go out right now.)
Tuesday Mar 20, 2007
The Standing Abbey / Tomorrow Morning
Tuesday Mar 20, 2007
Tuesday Mar 20, 2007
The Standing Abbey / Tomorrow Morning (hornpipes). Shaky start - best learn them without the shakes.
Tuesday Mar 20, 2007
The Blackhaired Lass / Trim the Velvet
Tuesday Mar 20, 2007
Tuesday Mar 20, 2007
The Blackhaired Lass (name a bit unsure - aren't they all?) / Trim the Velvet
Tuesday Mar 20, 2007
An Rógaire Dubh / The Maho Snaps
Tuesday Mar 20, 2007
Tuesday Mar 20, 2007
An Rógaire Dubh (The Black Rogue) and The Maho Snaps
Monday Mar 19, 2007
Kenndy's Favourite / The Woman of The House
Monday Mar 19, 2007
Monday Mar 19, 2007
Here's Kennedy's Favourite and the Woman of the House. Best listen to a recording of Denis Murphy or Padraig O'Keefe at these to get them right. They're easy enough extracted from a flute.
Monday Mar 19, 2007
Three more Reels
Monday Mar 19, 2007
Monday Mar 19, 2007
These are Corney is Coming / The Humours of Scarriff (in G - more humane for flute players' hands) and the Cocktail Reel (a relation of the Dublin Reel but further north west)
Monday Mar 19, 2007
port gan ainm / Kitty's Rambles
Monday Mar 19, 2007
Monday Mar 19, 2007
Can't remember these too well but they might be some use to someone out there.
Sunday Mar 18, 2007
3 Irish reels
Sunday Mar 18, 2007
Sunday Mar 18, 2007
3 traditional Irish flute tunes (The Lady on the Island / The Copperplate ? Paddy Fahy's) I haven't got the hang of the technology yet (and arguably not of the flute either). Subsequent entries will be put on with a bit more care.
Sunday Mar 18, 2007