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The Complete Irish Tinwhistle Tunebook
Includes Book & Four CDs!

125 tunes (126 pages) - L.E. McCullough

 

From the cover:
125 Traditional session tunes arranged for tinwhistle. Four specially recorded CDs make learning the tunes easy and fun. In standard music notation with chord symbols for guitar or piano.

 

From the Author (L.E. McCullough):
"Perhaps the most challenging thing to master when learning to play traditional Irish music is the ability to play "in sync" with other musicians. The Complete Irish Tinwhistle Tunebook gives you the chance to do exactly that. It is a collection of 125 tunes that you're liable to hear at most traditional Irish music sessions. Once you have these tunes under your belt and in your fingers, you'll be able to sit down with a group of Irish musicians anywhere in the world and play with comfort and confidence."

 

The Complete Irish Tinwhistle Tunebook's 4 CD set is designed for easy learning. A tune is played slowly at first and with minimal ornamentation. The second time through, the tune goes a bit faster and with more ornaments and even some common variations, so you can experience some of the exciting unpredictability of a real session!




As mentioned above, each tune on the CD is played twice - once slowly, then again at full speed. Each version has its own separate track on the CD - all of them give you a "count in" (so that you don't have to guess when the tune is starting). Each tune in the book notes the CD and track numbers of both versions of the tune.

 

In addition to the 125 tunes, the book also contains:
~ An introduction and a brief discussion of Rolls by L.E. McCullough
~ A brief discussion on "Accompanying Irish Traditional Dance Tunes", by Don Meade
 

Tunes included:
 

Double Jigs:

Single Jigs:

Hornpipes:

Polkas:

Airs:
Battering Ram Maid on the Green Lisheen Slide No. 1 An Comhra Donn John Egan's Polka Caitlin Triall
Bímíd ag Ól The Monaghan Jig Lisheen Slide No. 2 Dunphy's Hornpipe Maggie Pickens The Flower of Magherally
Boys of the Town The Nefarious Jig O'Keefe's Slide The First of May Peg Ryan's Polka Spancil Hill
Cook in the Kitchen Old Man Dillon The Paper Plate Flowers of Edinburgh The Murroe Polka  
Drumshambo Jig Old Tipperary

 

 Greencastle Hornpipe  
Dusty Windowsill Paddy Clancy's Jig The Home Ruler

Misc.
East at Glendart Pull the knife and stick it again

Slip Jigs:

 Honeysuckle Hornpipe

Set Dances:

 Crested Hens
The Frost is All Over The Rambles of Kitty Barney Brallaghan Humours of Tullycreine Jockey at the Fair Green Grow the Rushes, O
Geese in the Bog The Rookery Dever the Dancer Lad O'Beirne's Hornpipe Madame Bonaparte Jackets Green
Gillian's Apples Rose in the Heather Hardiman the Fiddler Liverpool Hornpipe   The Kerry Mills
Hare in the Corn Scotsman over the Border The Swaggering Jig Pretty Maggie Morrisey O'Carolan's Draught
Killina Jig Thrush in the Straw   Where Did You Find Her? Slievenamon
Langstrom's Pony Tobin's Favorite  
Lark on the Strand Tom Billy's Jig
Maid at the Well Trip to Athlone

 

Reels
The Abbey Reel The Five-Mile Chase Maid in the Cherry Tree
The Ash Plant Fred Finn's Reel McFadden's Handsom Daughter
Boil the Breakfast Early Glen Allen The Merry Harriers
Boy in the Gap Green Mountain Miss Monaghan
The Broken Pledge Humours of Tulla Miss Thornton
Callaghan's Reel The Hunter's House Molloy's Favorite
Captain Kelly Jim Kennedy's Favorite Money in Both Pockets
Christmas Eve John Stenson's No. 2 Nine Points of Roguery
Connemara Stocking Johnny Cronin's Fancy Old Torn Petticoat
The Copperplate No. 1 Josie McDermott's Reel O'Rourke's Reel
The Copperplate No. 2 Kitty Gone A-Milking Otter's Holt
Craig's Pipes Lady on the Island The Pretty Girls of Mayo
Dick Gossip's Reel Last Night's Fun Rakish Paddy
The Doon Reel Longford Reel  
Duke of Leinster Lucy Campbell

Whistle: L.E. McCullough
Guitar: Don Meade
Piano: Brendan Dolan



You will need to have a Whistle in the key of D to make proper use of this book. All the tunes are written in keys that are meant to be played on a D whistle. Take a look at the Whistle Section of our online catalog if you need a D Whistle.

 

If you're also looking a tutorial for whistle, we'd recommend that you take a look at
L.E. McCullough's Complete Irish Tinwhistle Tutor

 

The Complete Irish Tinwhistle Tunebook

Book & 4 CDs, By L.E. McCullough

Catalog# OK65021 - Price $28.50

 

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