Publisher: Mel Bay Publications, Inc.
Authors: Seamus Connolly and Laurel Martin
Level: Beginning-Intermediate
Pages 132

Seamus Connolly and Laurel Martin have made Irish music accessible to beginners and more advanced players alike.

The book's tunes are printed in basic and then in more ornamented notation, one after the other, and they are accompanied by an extended length CD recording of playing, also in simple and then more-ornamented settings.

This package presents jigs, reels, hornpipes, marches, set dances, and slow airs in a way that's distinct from any other collection that's available today. It's a handy source of great Irish tunes and an invaluable resource for developing technique.


The Tunes:

• Astley's (Hornpipe)
• Brendan Mulhaire's (Reel)
• Bridge of Athlone (Hornpipe)
• The Collier's (Reel)
• Connolly's (Jig)
• The Doon (Reel)
• Eddie Moloney's (Jig)
• Eddie Moloney's Favourite (Jig)
• The Fairhaired Boy (Jig)
• Fare Thee Well Sweet Killaloe (March)
• Father Fielding's Favourite (Jig)
• Forget Me Not (Reel)
• The Good Woman's Lament for O'Connell (Air)
• The Great Northern Bands (March)
• The Hare in the Corn (Jig)
• Hickey's (Reel)
• Humours of Castle Bernard (Hornpipe)
• Jimmy O'Brien's (Jig)
• John Kelly's Concertina Reel (Reel)
• Kathleen Lawrie's Wedding (Reel)
• Kathleen O'Shea's or Ben Hill (Hornpipe)
• Kiss Me Sweetheart (Single Jig)
• Kiss the Bride (Reel)
• The Knockawhinna (Jig)
• Lad O'Beirne's (Reel)
• Marian McCarthy (Set Dance)
• Martin Ansboro's (Reel)
• The Meelick Team (Jig D minor)
• The Meelick Team (Jig E minor)
• Mick Collins' Reel (Reel)
• Minnie Foster's (Hornpipe)
• Molly on the Shore (Reel)
• The Morning Mist (Reel)
• The Mountain Top (Reel)
• Murphy's (Reel)
• No Surrender (Jig March)
• The Old Blackbird (Hornpipe)
• The Old Cross (March)
• The Old Dudeen (Reel)
• Old Ireland a Long Farewell (Air)
• O'Reilly's Greyhound (Reel)
• Paddy Fahey's (Reel)
• Paddy Kelly's (Reel)
• Pigeon on the Gate (Single Jig)
• Planxty Penny (Set Dance)
• The Second Wedding (Reel)
• Sixmilebridge (Reel)
• The Spindle Shanks (Reel)
• The Tempest (Reel)
• The Thrush in the Bush (Jig)
• Tommy Mulhaire 's (Jig)