If you've ever walked eagerly into an Irish music session, your flute under your arm, your whistle in your top pocket, then felt the smile drain from your face as one tune after another swept by you into oblivion... don't despair! With this repertoire of tunes, you will no longer find yourself trapped at the bar with the resident conversationalist, or forced into drinking far more than you intended. The great majority of the tunes in this book are popular session tunes. The selection of tunes found here should enable players of any melody instrument to contribute to music sessions; it is also a sound base for building a personal repertoire.
Irish music sessions have been a feature of the traditional music scene for years now and show no signs of abating. Many players have honed their skills among them first before bringing what they have learned to the concert platform.
Irish music is not a static, it is constantly changing. The influence of recordings by Matt Molloy, The Bothy Band, Planxty etc. has had a major impact in recent years however, the tunes in this book have stood the test of time and fashion and they're sure to remain firm favourites for many years to come.
Gordon Tyrrall is an accomplished player of the wooden flute, tin whistle and the guitar, this book and its accompanying recordings are are his selection of personal favourite Irish tunes; it reflects his maturing as a musician being involved in the phenomenal number of sessions that have taken place in and around Leeds over the last three decades.
The book contains 101 tunes, chords, drawings by Gordon, notes on the tunes, a discography, a biography, explanation of technique and a discourse on the wooden flute.
Contents
Reels
Belles of Tipperary
Bird in the bush
Boyne hunt
Christmas eve
Craig's pipes
Cup of tea
Dogs among the bushes
Dublin reel
Duke of Leinster
Fairy reel
First house in Connaught
Fisherman's island
Five mile chase
Flowers of Edinburgh
Gilbert Clancy's reel
Gol & gaire na hÉireann
Green mountain
Humours of Lissadel
Hunter's purse
Ivy leaf
Jack McGuire's
Jenny's chickens
Kerry reel
Killavel fancy
Knotted cord
Maid behind the bar
Maid of Mount Cisco Man of Aran
Maple leaf
Maud Miller
McDermott's
Morning dew
Morning star
Old blackthorn
Pigeon on the gate
PulletA Rainy day
Rakish Paddy
Road to Knock
Rolling in the ryegrass
Roaring Mary
Seán McGuire's
Seán McKenna's no. 1
Seán McKenna's no. 2
Skylark
Sligo maid
Sligo reel
Tarbolton lodge
Tie the bonnet
Tom Billy's
Toss the feathers no. 1
Trip to Birmingham
Jigs
Banish misfortune
Bank of turf
Battering ram
Blarney pilgrim
Cliffs of Moher
Cornelius Curtin's balloon
Ducks and the oats
Dusty windowsills
Flail
Kesh
Killavel
Langstrom's pony
Lark on the strand
Leitrim fancy
Maid in the meadow
Monaghan jig
Morrison's
Paddy Taylor's
Queen among the rushesRose among the heather
Scotsman over the border
Tom Billy's jig no. 1
Tone Rowe's
Tune the fiddle
Up Sligo!
Willie Clancy's
Willie Coleman's
Hornpipes
Byrne's
Fairies' hornpipe
Flowing tide
Joe Burke's
Fort of Kincora
Friendly visit
Horse and jockey
Kitty's wedding
Rights of man
Seán Ryan's
Smell of the bog
Miscellany
Barnacle redowa
Branch line
Drops of brandy
Foxhunter's jig
Kerry no. 2
Man from Skye
March of King of Laoise
Mick Coen's
O'Keeffe's
Over the hills to glory
Scartaglen
Weaver's
Gordon Tyrrall's Irish Choice Book - Gordon Tyrrall
Gordon Tyrrall, an accomplished player of the wooden flute, tin whistle and guitar, presents a selection of his personal favourites reflecting his maturing as a musician, playing at the phenominal number of sessions occuring in Leeds. Included are Chords and a discourse on wooden flute.