Jenny's Wedding
I great piping reel. Sure, the flute's only a wooden pipe anyway.
Jun 24, 2007•3 min
Irish Flute Tunes
Traditional Irish Tunes Played on the Flute (iflute@googlemail.com)
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When Sick is it Tea You Want?
It probably is ... G & T (I'm sorry if I've played this already, although I don't think I have)
Jun 23, 2007•2 min
The Chattering Magpie
Here's a fairly melodic reel. I can never make out what they're chattering about.
Jun 23, 2007•2 min
The Moving Bog
It can be a bit inconvenient when they do that.
Jun 22, 2007•2 min
Walsh's Hornpipe
Here's a nice hornpipe from the South West.
Jun 21, 2007•2 min
Nine Pint Coggie
I heard this reel from the fiddle playing of John Doherty. He played it in "G". I've tried it in "G" and then "A". I'm told a nine pint coggie is a vessel which holds nine pints of beer. I know a few two-legged coggies (although the number of legs diminishes as the pint count increases).
Jun 20, 2007•2 min
Fasten The Leg in Her
I've never investigated what this name is about. It's probably just "Fasten the Legging" but even that's quite far from the first think I'd look up in a phrasebook prior to going on holiday.
Jun 20, 2007•2 min
The Durrow Reel
A nice simple reel.
Jun 19, 2007•3 min
Cronin's Hornpipe
Here's a Sliabh Luachra thing, I think.
Jun 18, 2007•3 min
The Rakes of Kildare
A gardening Jig
Jun 17, 2007•2 min
The Pride of The Bronx
Here's a good reel for the flute.
Jun 17, 2007•2 min
Shandon Bells
A ringing jig.
Jun 16, 2007•2 min
Haste to the Wedding
Don't be late.
Jun 16, 2007•2 min
Donal a' Clumper's Reel
Here's a Denis Murphy tune with a great name.
Jun 15, 2007•2 min
Saddle The Pony
Here's a good standard jig. It seems to get a bit neglected these days.
Jun 14, 2007•2 min
The Salamanca Reel
I've always wanted this to be the salamander reel. The picture is of a salamander from the Spanish Armada. Maybe it came from Salamanca. It was very kind of the Ulster Museum to lend it to me.
Jun 14, 2007•3 min
The New Century Hornpipe
I have fairly vague memories of the lats time there was a new century. I suspect the title of this tune refers to the one before that. The absence of my having been born adds to my amnesia regarding that event. I hope I've at least remembered the tune. I think it is in O'Neill's and on the "Contentment is Wealth" record of Sean Keane and Matt Molloy. You could check those sources for a bit of reassurance.
Jun 13, 2007•2 min
Connolly's Reel (The Whistling Postman)
A version of his tune is in Ceol Rince na hÉireann 3 under this name. I've never heard a name for it in "real life" or "reel life".
Jun 13, 2007•3 min
The Limerick Lasses
This is what this reel is called on Noel Hill and Tony McMahon's LP. I have the end a bit iffy ish - especially the first time round. I think it recovers after that but I then smelt my dinner when I was nearly finished and my mouth began to water. I'm a fairly bad cook (potatoes, tinned tuna and the rest of yesterday's packet of salad) but I was hungry. That'll learn me. I hope the tune's nicer than my meal.
Jun 12, 2007•3 min
Creamer's Reel
Here's a particularly flutey reel.
Jun 12, 2007•2 min
The Old Concertina Reel
There aren't all that many notes in this tune. I sometimes think that makes it a bit tricky but most of the time I'm not thinking about anything at all. It can be found on Noel Hill and Tony McMahon's i gCnoc na Graí record. They seem to have been able to work it out OK.
Jun 12, 2007•2 min
Patsy Hanley's Reel
Here's a reel associated with the Roscommon flute player of this name.
Jun 12, 2007•2 min
The Glentaun Reel
Here's the one after "The Galtee Rangers".
Jun 11, 2007•2 min
The Crosses of Annagh
Here's a popular reel.
Jun 11, 2007•2 min
Johnny When You Die (The Old Maids of Galway)
I was asked by David T to play this tune. He heard it from a Cd of Harry B who called it "The Old maids of G". I learned it years ago from a book by Brian V under the name "Johnny When You D".
Jun 10, 2007•2 min
The Galtee Rangers
Here's a Sliabh Luachra reel. It's name makes me hungry and I'm away to fry some breakfast.
Jun 10, 2007•2 min
Mike Flanagan's Reel
Here's one I heard on a record of Frankie Gavin and Paul Brock. I think it's also on Frankie Gavin's flute LP which is one of the best commercial flute recordings I've encountered. I don't spend all my time encountering commercial flute recordings. If I did I don't know what my opinion would be.
Jun 10, 2007•2 min
Sheehan's Reel
This tune sometimes gets "Wellington's" reel and probably other names to boot. It's also in "A" on occasions. I've played it in "G" here. An easy life is often best. (Fiddle players don't necessarily like "A" either as it makes them drop the fiddle trying to reach the higher notes.
Jun 08, 2007•3 min
John Brennan's Reel
Here's what I remember of this tune.
Jun 08, 2007•3 min
The Monaghan Twig
I'm not sure whether the title refers to a penny dropping in Castleblaney or to something sticky. Which ever if the above (or adjacent) is true, the tune seems to have stuck the years OK.
Jun 07, 2007•2 min
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