04 June 2023 - I've just noticed that the index has been upgraded from 'Muddled Up' to 'Deleted'.I am in the process of adding the tune types to a drop down list at the top of the page. This process is incredibly boring (or maybe just predic
Here's another tune from O'Neill's Dance Music of Ireland. I hadn't noticed it before, despite its being there since 1907. I don't remember ever seeing a wren either. Maybe because they're so small.
Tune number 748 from O'Neill's Dance Music of Ireland - 1001 gems There are 1000 tunes in this book with better names but only some of them are better tunes.
Here's another tune from Francis O'Neill's 'Dance Music of Ireland - 1001 Gems'.My understanding of 'gem' in today's context is a tune without syncopation and notes keeping close company with other notes they don't get on with.
As requested, here's an attempt at a flute version of a steadfastly fiddle tune.X: 1T:Jackson's Reel (sort of flute-friendly'ish)R: reelM: 4/4L: 1/8K: Dmaj|:F|D2FD EDFE| DEFD EAcE|GE ~E2 GABd| ceAc dBAF|D2FD EDFE| DEFD EFGE| ABce d
Here's a tune I was asked to post here. It's a great tune but I can't play polkas, so I never play them, so I can't play them, so I never play them, so ...The associated polka dots are here: https://thesession.org/tunes/1560
Here's a tune which Tom Morrison recorded i 1928. London clogs are probably mainly fatbergs in the sewers these days.Here it is played properly:https://archive.org/details/TomMorrisonTheLondonClogHere it is written out badly:
Here's a tune I first heard from a recording of John McGuire - Seán's father. The guy in the photo was Jack Rowe - looks like he could blow a flute with the back of his neck. Some feat. Some neck.
Here's a reel which you can hear Denis Murphy playing at: Mount Collins Reel / Doon Reel. There are special wobbles in the second tune which, according to the info at archive.org, are due to a hole being 'punched slightly off-center'. I'd imagi
I've been living in a teeny weeny flat in Luxembourg for the last three weeks and have been afraid to play in case the people in the teeny weeny flats above and beside me objected. I finally got playing last night in a pub at a session with 4
I've been living in a teeny weeny flat in Luxembourg for the last three weeks and have been afraid to play in case the people in the teeny weeny flats above and beside me objected. I finally got playing last night in a pub at a session with 4
This jig is also known as 'Health to the Ladies'. It's a good tune for getting used to playing in A as it doesn't need any G sharps.As for the identity of Sweet Biddy Daly: I think she was the alter ego of Sour Suzie Knightly.https://the
Here's a reel composed by Josephne Keegan. I can't tell you much about the title though I know that a gate is like a door with the outside on its inside and outside; a Mullagh (or mullach) is a hilltop and so lots of hilly places are named af
Here's a reel which was included in O'Neill's Dance Music of Ireland in 1907 as 'An Bhó Mhaol / The Hornless Cow' but was recorded by Liam Walsh in 1933 as 'The One Horned Cow' https://archive.org/details/LiamWalshTheFairyReelTheOneHornedCowThe
Here's a tune I've managed to overlook during the years I've been putting tunes on this site. It refers to the Blarney Stone the kissing of which is reputed to leave a great facility for fine talk on the lips which were in contact with said
I've just got my nice old flute back from a period in a flute hospital so felt inspired to post a tune on it before I break it again.This tune appears to be the third Mama's Pet I've posted here so she'll maybe able to open a small zoo. I'm
I've just got my nice old flute back from a period in a flute hospital so felt inspired to post a tune on it before I break it again.This tune appears to be the third Mama's Pet I've posted here so she'll maybe able to open a small zoo. I'm no