101 Easy Irish Session Tunes

GM08051: 101 Easy Irish Session Tunes
A collection of Ireland's easiest, most played and best known tunes by Mally. Made in United Kingdom

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• Made in: United Kingdom
• Product Identifier: 9781899512782
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• Dave Mallinson has been known as Mally since his first day at school. He has been involved in music since the age of nine, when he learned to play the recorder. In his mid teens he played the pop music of the era on guitar, but his interest was always little more than half-hearted. In his late teens he discovered folk music but still the guitar was unable to inspire him.
  
  At the age of twenty two, Mally discovered the melodeon and immediately felt the musical stimulation he had unconsciously been seeking for many years. Practice was no longer a chore, it was his favourite occupation, an addiction even.
  
  Although starting late in life makes virtuoso status unattainable, it is still possible to reach a good standard. Mally, through lengthy practice, hard work and dogged determination, has managed to achieve a high level of competence and has become a well respected player. However, his constant struggle to maintain his skill makes his days as a beginner never seem far away. He is well able to recognise, and is very much aware of, the problems and difficulties facing beginners and novices.
  
  During the early days of learning a musical instrument, many budding musicians fall by the wayside. They soon tire of playing the same half dozen tunes over and over again and, because they are unable to find other suitable melodies to sustain their interest, they drop out. To prevent boredom getting the upper hand, it is necessary to quickly build up a reasonably sized repertoire. Mally has identified 101 relatively simple, but interesting, Irish tunes and presents them here, in graded order, to increase your chances of success. This book will help you quickly boost your repertoire and get you up and running in the Irish sessions in no time, giving you many hours of enjoyment in the process.
  
  The tune settings in this book are all ‘session friendly’, i.e. you can learn them exactly as written and know that you will have a perfectly acceptable version. However, it can be unwise to learn a tune from only one source and, when possible, it’s best, when learning a new tune, to pay heed to other books, recordings and live performances. 
  
  Books will only help you to learn the notes of a tune. To pick up the rhythm of Irish music you must devote a large amount of time listening to both recordings and live musicians. Of greatest importance, you must practise; the value of this book is directly proportional to the number of hours a day you spend practising.
  
  Chord arrangements are more or less as played on the soundtrack, but nevertheless, are only suggestions.
   
  Contents
   
  All the Way To Galway
  Another Jig Will Do
  Anything for Jonjo?
  Ballydesmond Polka, The
  Barnacle Redowa, The
  Barney Brannigan
  Believe Me, If All Those Endearing Young Charms
  Bill Harte’s Jig
  Black Velvet Band, The
  Blackthorn Stick, The
  Boolavogue
  Boys of Bluehill
  Boys of Wexford, The
  Britches Full of Stitches, The
  Brosna Slide, The
  Buachaill On Eirne
  Bunratty Boys
  Butterfly, The
  Captain White
  Cockles and Mussels
  Dennis Enright’s Slide
  Dennis Murphy’s Polka
  Derry Boat, The
  Din Tarrant’s Polka
  Dingle Regatta
  Donegal Mazurka
  Down By the Sally Gardens
  Drops of Brandy
  Drowsy Maggie
  Egan’s Polka
  Enniskillen Dragoon, The
  Far From Home
  Fine Toast to Hewlett, A
  Finnegan’s Wake
  Foggy Dew, The
  Foxhunters’ Jig
  Frost is all Over
  Green Grow the Rushes-O
  Harp That Once Through Tara’s Halls, The
  Harvest Home
  Hills of Tara, The
  I’ll Tell Me Ma
  Irish Washerwoman, The
  John Egan’s Polka
  John Ryan’s Polka
  Johnny Mickey Barry’s Polka
  Kathleen Hehir’s Slide
  Kelly, the Boy from Killan
  Kerry Polka Number 1, The
  Kerry Polka Number 2, The
  Kesh Jig, The
  Lakes of Sligo, The
  Lannigan’s Ball
  Leather Away the Wattle-O
  Leg of the Duck, The
  Leslie’s Hornpipe
  Little Diamond
  Madame Bonaparte
  Maggie in the Wood
  Magic Slipper, The
  Merrily Kissed the Quaker
  Mickey Chewing Bubble Gum
  Mountains of Mourne, The
  Muirsheen Durkin
  New Rigged Ship, The
  O’Connor’s Polka
  O’Donnell Abu
  Off She Goes
  Óró ‘Sé Do Bheatha ‘Bhaile
  Planxty Fanny Power
  Planxty Irwin
  Portláirge
  Rakes of Kildare
  Rakes of Mallow
  Rattlin’ Bog
  Road to Lisdoonvarna, The
  Rocky Road to Dublin, The
  Rosin the Beau
  Saddle the Pony
  Saint Mary’s Polka
  Scartaglen Polka, The
  Scattery Island Slide, The
  Sean South of Garryowen
  Shoo the Donkey
  Si Bheag, Si Mhor
  Some Say the Devil’s Dead
  Sonny’s Mazurka
  South Wind, The
  Spancil Hill
  Spanish Lady
  Stack of Wheat, The
  Star Above the Garter, The
  Sweets of May, The
  Tenpenny Bit
  Tralee Gaol
  Tripping Upstairs
  Tureengarbh Glen
  Waxies’ Dargle, The
  Wearing of the Green, The
  Wild Colonial Boy, The
  Wild Rover, The