Mel Bay Publications

While the wooden simple-system flute is traditionally used in playing Irish music, a growing number of folk players have adopted the silver flute as a viable alternative. Here for the first time, The Complete Irish Flute Book presents the silver or Boehm flutist with a method for learning authentic Irish ornamentation! This thorough guide provides detailed fingering charts, exercises, and technical essays for learning to execute ornaments in the in the Irish style. Through a wealth of hornpipes, reels, jigs, set dances, and slow airs and songs. This book focuses not only on musical accuracy, but stylistic authenticity as well. The companion CD contains 26 of the 101 tunes from the book.

Captain Kelly's Reel
Come Along With Me
Cronin's Rambles
Early In The Morning
Galway Bay
General Monroe's Lamentation
Jack Of All Trades
Jackson's Bottle Of Brandy
Little Heathy Hill
Miss Brown's Fancy
The Blackberry Blossom
The Bloom Of Youth
The Dublin Lasses
and many more