Palm Sunday (jig)
Here's a popular jig. I'm sure I heard it on a well known record of a very recognizable musician but my memory seems to have fled my head.
May 28, 2007•2 min
Irish Flute Tunes
Traditional Irish Tunes Played on the Flute (iflute@googlemail.com)
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Mary of The Grove
Here's another request. I'm afraid I don't know it too well and I just nicked it from the notes on the net.
May 28, 2007•2 min
Martin Wynne's
Here's one I was asked to play. It sounds like Martin wins here but it sounds very unlikely that I will. I'm a bit rusty on this tune so I looked it up. I wouldn't swear by this version, or at it, I hope.
May 28, 2007•3 min
Gan Ainm (Molloy's Favourite?)
Here's a popular tune. It might be called "Molloy's Favourite" but I know at least one other reel with that name but a different set of notes. It's probably really got the same set of notes but in a different scatter pattern. I'm probably sounding as if I'm playing the flute with a mouthful of spiders (both in mine and the flute's mouth). I hope the tune is discernible amongst all the effey hisses. Is that in Turkey? Maybe someone can come up with a reliable name.
May 27, 2007•2 min
The Duke of Leinster
This is a good insistent sort of sounding reel.
May 27, 2007•3 min
Miss McLeod's Reel
Here's the commonest reel of them all. I managed to make a Mess McLeod's out of it towards the end but there are hopefully enough intact bits left to cobble a tune out of.
May 27, 2007•3 min
The Ballintra Lasses
This is a nice tune for the flute without too many twiddly bits. There's a version if it in Ceol Rince na hÉireann 5, number 192.
May 27, 2007•2 min
Jackson's Morning Breeze
Here's a very melodic jig. Mr. Jackson never let the midday pass him without his brush and his breeze.
May 27, 2007•2 min
The Blacksmith's Favourite
Here's a good reel from the Donegal fiddle playing repertoire. P.S. I'm sorry I've nothing to write about this batch of tunes. I recorded them all early this afternoon and was full of inspiration and of comments. The site was down at my time of greatest need and now, on my and its return, I'm just full of pints of stout and without a word in me to get out of me.
May 26, 2007•2 min
Gan Ainm
Here's a great flute tune. There's a version of it in Ceol Rince na hÉireann vol 5, No. (# - I hope I didn't make a hash of my attempt to be trans Atlantic) 197.
May 26, 2007•2 min
Wallop the Spot
Here's a tune with a great name.
May 26, 2007•2 min
The Long Drop
Here's a tune I was asked to record. I looked up its name on the internet and found on www.thesession.org. I don't know it and I'm sort of rubbish at reading music but here's an attempt. It's on a Kevin Crawford CD so maybe that's a good place to go to hear it if you don't trust this version (I wouldn't trust me at all). I'm fairly poorly stocked in the flute CD department but I'll maybe go out and get that one myself. I hope this effort is of some use.
May 26, 2007•3 min
The Mouse in The Cupboard
I prefer mine in a sandwich. Here's a nice traditional sort of tune.
May 25, 2007•2 min•Ep. 1
The First House in Connacht
Here's a good standard reel which is kind to flute players.
May 25, 2007•3 min
Larry O'Gaff
Here's a jig which is found on a lot of old recordings. I doesn't seem just as common now. I've yet to hear it on anything more recent than the latest Iron Maiden CD. (They made a great job of it).
May 25, 2007•2 min
The Dublin Reel
Here's a popular three part reel. I don't know much about it but believe it to be named after a city in the eastern part of Ireland. I'm meant to be doing something else at the moment and so had better go and attend to that thing.
May 24, 2007•3 min
Come West Along The Road
I'll have to follow that instruction shortly. In the meantime, here's a reel.
May 24, 2007•2 min
The Fisherman's Lilt (The Kerryman's Daughter)
Here's a common reel with at least two names. I don't know what county the fisherman was from.
May 24, 2007•2 min
The Abbey Reel
Here's a good tune. My favourite thing about it is that is has hardly any notes in it. I always think of "ABCD Goldfish" when I hear this reel. Google will know what I mean.
May 24, 2007•2 min
Kevin Burke's Reel
Here's another tune I found behind the sofa. I think I hadn't put it on the site due to the mess I made of playing it. At the moment I haven't a whole pile to choose from so here it is anyway. As I said just now, there'll be better efforts on soon. Promises promises. (Honest, Guv).
May 23, 2007•2 min
Murphy's Reel ????
I don't think this really is Murphy's Reel. It's a common enough reel but I've forgotten its name. Can someone enlighten me? What with one thing and another I've not had a chance to put on tunes today. I have just found this one lurking on my computer from when I put it there ages ago. I'll hopefully get a chance to record a few more in the next couple of days. After that I'll have more time. Thanks for your patience.
May 23, 2007•2 min
Over the Moor to Maggie
Here's a very popular reel. I'm trying to pick tunes than don't have names starting with "The". I'm sorry for messing up the index with all the thes. As for going over the moor; I think a few bog-holes got me an the way. I seem to have fallen foul of a hummock or two too. I can't settle today. Hopefully normal service will resume shortly.
May 22, 2007•3 min
Down The Broom
Here's a real flute / fiddle tune. I'm not sure how I ended the last part first time round. I think there's maybe a better variation the next time. I can't bear to listen to it myself. I don't know what "Down The Broom" is meant to mean. Maybe it's a bit like sword-swallowing with bristles.
May 22, 2007•3 min
Fergal O'Gara
Here's a reel called Fergal / Farrel / Fearghal / Anyone You Want O'Gara. It's a popular tune in sessions under all of its guises.
May 22, 2007•2 min
The Earl's Chair
I think one of its legs came off when I was playing it. Maybe I'll be able to get it made into a flute.
May 21, 2007•3 min
Páidín Ó Raifeartaigh (2)
The Rafferty's seem to have had a flair for picking names. Here's another Páidín. There were a few more of them as well.
May 21, 2007•2 min
Páidín Ó Raifeartaigh (1)
Here's the commonest Páidín from this family.
May 21, 2007•3 min
McDermott's Reel
I usually associate this tune with Seán McGuire. For one of Seán's offerings, it's a bit tame but that's a great help to those of us with fingers only numbered in single figures unlike dodecadigital demons of the late, great Mr. McGuire's ilk.
May 20, 2007•3 min
McGovern's Favourite
Here's a reel which I heard on a Paddy Killoran record. I'm not sure how well I learned it but here is an approximation of how it goes.
May 20, 2007•3 min
The Connemara Stockings
I've not played much clothing related material so far. Here's a good garment based reel. I've played it double here. I'm not sure whether that's the proper way but it seemed appropriate for stockings.
May 20, 2007•3 min
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