IRISH SESSIONS1st and 3rd Sundays 8:00 - 11:00pm
1st Sundays: TUNE LEARNING SESSION
3rd Sundays: REGULAR SESSION
TUNE LEARNING SESSIONThe purpose of this is to enable more people to learn tunes in common which in time will strengthen the Irish session community. Sessions are always the most fun when several people join in the tunes, not just a single player running through tunes that no one else knows. We have compiled sets of tunes from volumes 1,2, and 3 of the "Tunes for the T.I.M.E.S." created by the O'Flaherty's Irish Music Retreat. Special thanks to O'Flaherty's for their permission to use their materials. The CDs will be given out for free in the shop or at our sessions and the sheet music for the tunes can be downloaded for free on the O'Flaherty's website at http://www.oflahertyretreat.org/resources.htmThe CD has tunes played regular tempo on the odd numbered tracks and played slowly on the even numbered tracks. COME BY AND PICK UP A FREE CD
At the teaching sessions we will progress in order through the CD. We'll do two (maybe three) tunes each time. The tunes are presented REALLY SLOW, phrase by phrase until everyone has at least a rough grasp of the tune to work on at home. Then we'll spend some time playing over the previously taught tunes and just having an easy session.
Remember: This is a learning session, so it's totally ok to do things that probably would not work in a real session, such as playing tunes many, many times or working through tunes that you don't quite have polished yet. How else are you going to learn?Check back here to find out in advance what tunes will be covered and you can go over them ahead of time. You will get a lot more out of the teaching session if you already are familiar with the tunes.
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Tune Teaching Calendar
The numbers in parentheses are the track numbers from the CD "Fiddler's Green volume 1"
December 4th
Calliope House (1,2)
Aaron's Key (3,4)
Sean Ryan's (5,6)
January 8th (moved from January 1st for New Year's)
Bold Doherty (7,8)
Con Cassidy (9,10)
Eavesdropper (11,12)
February 5th
Stack of Wheat (13,14)
Kitty's Wedding (15,16)
Snowy Path (59,60)
March 11th *
(* We moved the session from March 4th
due to the North Texas Irish Festival in Dallas, which everyone should go to!)
Bank of Ireland (17,18)
Crock of Gold (19,20)
April 1st
Peeler's Jacket (21,22)
Roscommon (23,24)
May 6th
Fermoy Lasses (25,26)
Galtee Ranger (27,28)
| "Fiddler's Green Volume 1" CD
CD's are free and available at the session or in the shop
Track numbers
1. Calliope House
2. Calliope House (slow)
3. Aaron's Key
4. Aaron's Key (slow)
5. Sean Ryan's
6. Sean Ryan's (slow)
7. Bold Doherty
8. Bold Doherty (slow)
9. Con Cassidy
10. Con Cassidy (slow)
11. Eavesdropper
12. Eavesdropper (slow)
13. Stack of Wheat
14. Stack of Wheat (slow)
15. Kitty's Wedding
16. Kitty's Wedding (slow)
17. Bank of Ireland
18. Bank of Ireland (slow)
19. Crock of Gold
20. Crock of Gold (slow)
21. Peeler's Jacket
22. Peeler's Jacket (slow)
23. Roscommon
24. Roscommon (slow)
25. Fermoy Lasses
26. Fermoy Lasses (slow)
27. Galtee Ranger
28. Galtee Ranger (slow)
29. Dowd's #9
30. Dowd's #9 (slow)
31. Miss Thornton's
32. Miss Thornton's (slow)
33. Cuz Teahan's
34. Cuz Teahan's (slow)
35. Merry Blacksmith
36. Merry Blacksmith (slow)
37. Sheila Coyle's
38. Sheila Coyle's (slow)
39. Within a Mile of Dublin
40. Within a MIle of Dublin (slow)
41. Glen of Aherlow
42. Glen of Aherlow (slow)
43. The Woman of the House
44. The Woman of the House (slow)
45. Dick Gossip's
46. Dick Gossip's (slow)
47. White Petticoat
48. White Petticoat (slow)
49. Mist on the Mountain
50. Mist on the Mountain (slow)
51. Cliffs of Moher
52. Cliffs of Moher (slow)
53. John Stenson's
54. John Stenson's (slow)
55. Primrose Lass
56. Primrose Lass (slow)
57. Ships Are Sailing
58. Ships Are Sailing (slow)
59. Snowy Path
60. Snowy Path (slow)
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Fiddler’s Green Sets
Black Rogue / Kerfunken / Spotted Dog
Castle Kelly / My Love is in America / Cup of Tea / Rip the Calico
Lilting Banshee / Brendan Tonra’s / Jimmy Ward’s
Club Ceili / Mouse in the Cupboard
Kitty Lie Over / Frost is all Over
Trip to Durrow / Banshee / Tilly Finn’s
Gravel Walks / High Reel
Humours of Glendart / Blarney Pilgrim / Rolling Wave
Fig for a Kiss / NaCheannabain Bheanna
Rambling Pitchfork / Rolling Waves / Rose in the Heather
Calliope House / Aaron's Key / Sean Ryan's Jig
Bold Doherty's / Con Cassidy's / Eavesdropper
Stack of Wheat / Kitty's Wedding
Snowy Path
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Fiddler's Green Tune List
These are the tunes we have taught in the past
Aaron's Key
Banish Misfortune
Banshee
Bill Sullivan's Polka
Black Rogue
Blarney Pilgrim
Bold Doherty's
Boys of Bluehill
Britches Full of Stitches
Calliope House
Castle Kelly
Con Cassidy's
Cup of Tea
Earl's Chair
Eavesdropper
Frost is All Over
Gravel Walks
High Reel
Humours of Glendart
Kerfunken
Kitty Lie Over
Kitty's Wedding
Longford Collector
Mick Finn's
Mist on the Mountain
Morning Lark
Mouse in the Cupboard
Mulqueen's
My Love is in America
Off to California
Peg Ryan's Polka (Kerry Polka)
Rambling Pitchfork
Rights of Man
Rolling Wave
Rolling Waves
Rose in the Heather
Tarbolton
Trip to Durrow
Sailor's Bonnet
Sean Ryan's Jig
Silver Spear
The Snowy Path
Spotted Dog
Stack of Wheat
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Traditional Irish Music
Recommended Listening
This
list is by no means complete. These are just some basic suggestions.
Do yourself a favor and delve as deeply as you can into this music.
Listening extensively is the best way to really learn how to play this
music
Kevin Burke and Michael O'Domhnaill - "Promenade", "Portland"
Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill - "Welcome here again", "Live in Seattle"
Matt Molloy and Donal Lunny - "Matt Molloy"
Altan - anything
Andy McGann
The Bothy Band - "The Best of the Bothy Band"
Brock McGuire Band - "Brock McGuire Band"
Bobby Casey
Brendan Begley and Caoimhin O' Raghallaigh - "A Moment of Madness"
Catherine McEvoy, Caoimhin O' Raghallaigh, Michael O' Raghallaigh - "Comb Your Hair and Curl It" (Awesome!)
Danu - "Think Before You Think"
Denis Murphy - anything
Dervish - "Midsummer's Night", "Live in Palma", "Playing with Fire" (My favorite group!)
Jackie Daly and Seamus Creagh - "Jackie Daly and Seamus Creagh"
Michael Coleman - greatest traditional Irish fiddler
Johnny Doran - greatest traditional uillean piper
Kitty Hayes
Liz Carroll and John Doyle - "In Play"
Lunasa - anything
Mick O'Brien and Caomhin O'Raghallaigh - "Kitty Lie Over" and "Deadly Buzz" (awesome!)
PJ Hayes and Martin Hayes - "Shores of Lough Graney" (smooth and gorgeous! One of my favorites!)
Planxty
Ronan Browne and Peter O'Loughlin - "The South West Wind"
Seamus Tansey
Sean Keane
Solas - their older stuff
Sean Ryan and P.J. Moloney - "Traditional Music of Ireland" (hard to find, but a classic)
Teada
Tommy Peoples - "An Exciting Session with one of Irelands Leading Traditional Fiddlers" (hard to find, but phenomenal!)
Tony McMahon and Noel Hill - "In Knocknagree"
Tulla Ceili Band
Willie Clancy
James Kelly
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