Irish Session Tune Book for Fiddle, Accordion, Tinwhistle, Tenor Banjo, Mandolin and Bouzouki

Irish Session
Tune Book
Fiddle, Accordion,
Tinwhistle, Tenor Banjo,
Mandolin and Bouzouki

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This book is the ideal primer for anyone wishing to participate in an "Irish session". This musical gathering is apparently quite different than a blues, jazz or bluegrass jam session in that it is customary at Irish sessions to play in tight unison with the other musicians, adapting appropriate tempos, rhythms, and ornaments in an attempt to fit in with the "groove".

The "Irish Session Tune Book" features 300 reels, hornpipes, polkas, slides, and slip-jigs written without chord symbols for the melody instruments commonly played in Irish Sessions.

The author shares a wealth of melodies collected over the past 10 years, the majority learned by ear at Irish sessions: fiddle, accordion, tinwhistle, tenor banjo, mandolin, bouzouki, etc. Authentic ornamentation is suggested for each tune with the admonition that ornamentation may vary from region to region and chorus to chorus.

Overall Difficulty: Intermediate

Ah Surely / Alexander's / An Irishman's Heart To The Ladies / Andy Defarlis / Andy Mcgann's / Atlantic Wave Martin Milhaire, / Balleydesmond Polkas / Ballybournie Polka / Banish Misfortune / Bank Of Ireland / Bank Of Turf / Banks Of Inberness / Banks Of Lough Gowna / Bare Island / Behind The Bush In The Garden / Behind The Haystack / Belfast / Bells Of Tipperary / Blackthorn Stick / Blarney Pilgrim / Boil The Breakfast Early / Boil The Breakfast Medley / Boy In The Boat / Boys Of Ballisodare / Boys Of Ballysadare / Boys Of Bluehill / Boys Of The Lough / Boys Of The Town / Britches Full Of Stitches / Bruce's / Bucks Of Oranmore / Burnt Old Man / Butcher's / Captain Byng / Carraroe / Castle Kelly / Charlie Harris / Chicago / Chicago Slide / Christmas Eve / Cliffs Of Moher / Coleraine / Con Cassidy / Concertina Reel / Congress / Connamara Stocking / Connaughtman's Rambles / Connie Walsh's Slide / Contentment Is Wealth / Convenience Reel / Crabs In The Skillet / Crowley's / Cup Of Tea / Dan Dowd's / Dancing Tables / Dear Lisa / Denis Murphy's Slide / Dick Gossip's / Dingle Regatta / Dinky's / Donneybrook Fair / Dr. O'neill / Drowsy Maggie / Drunken Landlady / Dublin Reel / Duke Of Leinster's Wife / Durang's / Dusty Miller / Eavesdropper / Eileen Curran / Fahy's / Fairy Reel / Farewell To Connaught / Father Kelly's / Father Kelly's Too / Fermoy Lasses / Finnish / First House Of Connaught / First Of May / Fisher's / Flowers Of Edinburgh / Flowing Tide / Foxhunter's / Fred Finn's / From Galway To Dublin / Galway / Galway Bay / Gander In The Pratie Hole / Geese In The Bog / Glass Of Beer / Glen Allen / Going To The Well For Water / Gold Ring / Golden Eagle / Golden Keyboard / Gravel Walk / Green Grow The Rushes / Greenfields Of America / Gregg's Pipes / Hardiman The Fiddler / Harvest Home / Haste To The Wedding / Heather Breeze / High Part Of The Road / High Reel / High Reel Too / High Road To Linton / Home Ruler / Humours Of Ballyloughlin / Humours Of Ennistymon / Humours Of Tulla / Humours Of Westport / Hunter's Purse / Irish Washerwoman / Jackie Coleman's / Jackson's / Jenny's Chickens / Jessica's / Jig Of Slurs / Joe Cooley's / John Bowes / John Brennan's / John Dwyer's / John Whelan's / John Whelan's Too / Johnnie Mickey's / Jordan Farm / Julia Delaney / Kathleen Brennan / Keith Murphy / Kerry Polka / Kesh / Kid On The Mountain / Kildare Fancy / Killarney Boys Of Pleasure / Killavil Fancy / Killavil Postman / Killfodda / Kitty's Gone A-Milking / Kitty's Wedding / Knotted Cord / Lad O'beirne's / Lady Anne Montgomery / Langstrom's Pony / Lannigan's Ball / Lark In The Morning / Lark On The Strand / Larry O'gaff / Leather Away The Wattle-O / Leitrum Fancy / Lilting Banshee / Liverpool / Longford Tinker / Lucy Campbell / Maggie Brown's / Maggie In The Woods / Maid At The Spinning Wheel / Maid Behind The Bar / Maid In The Blue Bonnet / Maid Of Ardagh / Maid Of Mt. Kisco / Maids Of Castlebar / Mamma's Pet / Martin Wynne's / Martin Wynne's Too / Mason's Apron / Master Crowley / Mcdermitt's Fancy / Mcdermott's / Mcmahon's / Merrily Kiss The Quaker's Wife / Micky Chewing Bubblegum / Miss Johnson / Miss Mcleod / Miss Monaghan / Mist On The Mountain / Morning Dew / Morrison's / Mountain Road Michael Gorman, / Moving Clouds / Mug Of Brown Ale / Mulvihill's / Munster Buttermilk / Musical Priest / Newmarket / Nine Points Of Roguery / O'keefe's Slide / O'rourkes / Off She Goes / Off To California / Old Bush / Old Grey Goose / Old Hag You Have Killed Me / Old Man Dillon / Old Woman Tossed Up In A Blanket / Out On The Ocean / Over The Moor To Maggie / Paddy Clancy's / Paddy Fahy's / Paddy O'brien's / Paddy On The Railroad / Paddy On The Turnpike / Paddy's Trip To Scotland / Palm Sunday / Patsy Geary's / Pay The Reckoning / Peter Street / Pigeon On The Gate / Pinch Of Snuff / Pipe On The Hob / Plains Of Boyle / Poppy Leaf / Primrose Lass / Providence / Rakes Of Clonmel / Rakes Of Kildare / Rakish Paddy / Rambling Pitchfork / Rambling Pitchfork Too / Ray's Favorite / Redican's / Reel Of Mullinavat / Return To Miltown / Richard Brennan's / Richard's / Rights Of Man / Road To Lisdoonbarna / Road To Rio / Rolling Waves / Rose In The Heather / Ryan's / Saddle The Pony / Sailor On The Rock / Salamanca / Sally Gardens / Scottish Polkas / Sean Ryan's / Sean Ryan's Too / Sergeant Early's Dream / Shannon Bells / Shannon Breeze / Shaskeen / Sheehan's / Sheila Coyles / Ships Are Sailing / Showman's Fancy / Silver Spear / Silver Spire / Sliebe Russel / Sligo Maid / Smash The Windows / Snug In The Blanket / Spellan The Fiddler / Sporting Nell / Sporting Pitchfork / Stack Of Barley / Stack Of Wheat / Star Of Munster / Stoney Steps / Swallowtail / Swedish Jig / Sweeney's / Sweeney's Dream / Sweeney's Wheel / Swinging On A Gate / Tam Lin / Tar Road To Sligo / Tarbolton / Tea Song / Tear The Calico / Tell Her I Am / Temperance Reel / Tenpenny Bit / The Boyne Hunt / The Butterfly / The Cameronian / The Earl's Chair / The Gallowglass / The Gobby, O / The Master's Return / The Mountain Top / The Parish Jig / The Reconciliation / The Scholar / The Skylark / The Swaggering Jig / The Traveller / Tobin's Favorite / Tom Billy's / Tom Billy's / Tongs By The Fire / Top Of Cork Road / Toss The Feathers / Touch Me If You Dare / Trim The Velvet / Trip To Athlone / Trip To Durrow / Trip To Sligo / Tripping Upstairs / Walls Of Liscarroll / West Clare Jig / When Sick Is It Tea You Want? / Whinny Hills Of Leitrim / Willy Coleman's / Wise Maid / Woman Of The House / Yellow Tinker