I was feeling self-conscious about learning mostly reels recently. Talking about it with someone else in our session, he commented that he had played at a session regularly at which other people did not like to play reels, so he's wanted to play lots of reels ever since.
A few of my favorites: Rose in the Heather, Apples in Winter, White Petticoat, Tobin's Favorite, Irishman's Heart to the Ladies.
We tend to play Jump at the Sun as well as Calliope House a bit. Also Princess Nancy
Slip jig--I've been playing the Boys of Ballysodare a lot recently.
Willie Coleman's, The Swedish Jig, the Thirty Year Jig, Timmy Clifford's, A Short Journey I and II, The Jig Runrig, Tripping Up the Stairs, Professor Delbert's Birthday, Pancake Tuesday, James O'Byrne's, Stan Chapman's, Tom Busby's, Monaghan's, Kilavil, and Have a Drink on Me. That'll do for starters.
My favourite jigs would be piper's jigs. Among them: I Buried my Wife and Danced on Top of her Grave, Pipe on the Hob No. 1 and 2, Humours of Ballyloughlin, Luck Penny, Garrett Barry's, Hag's Purse, Hag at the Churn, Hag with the Money, Oh Hag You have killed me and Walls of Liscaroll.
Aside from Piper's jigs I love: The Killavil, Cliffs of Moher, Humours of Ennistymon, Dan the Cobbler, Coleman's (The Promenade), Tenpenny Bit, Phil's Jig, Willie Coleman's and Mist Covered mountain.
There's lot's more and it's all to do with personal preferance. Keep searching around for jigs and when you find one YOU like, go and learn it. There's a whole database here to look in so just leave the search engine blank and choose jigs in the drop down. If there's any preferred key, choose it, and by the way, piper's jigs are most commonly in Dmix.
Went to Corofin - wall to wall reels hour after hour. We set up an alternative session where only jigs, hornpipes and polkas were played which went down well with the old-timers - the youngsters just wanted reels.
Banish Misfortune.
As a set "Health to the Ladies/Connaughtman's Rambles/My Darlin's Asleep" (sometimes simplicity is best!)
And Blarney Pilgrim.
And of course, the best tune in the world, Out on the Ocean!!!!
Jigs anyone?
Jigs anyone?
I realised that I basically only know reels. Does anyone know the names of some cool jigs?
# Posted on July 20th 2006 by banana512
Re: Jigs anyone?
I was feeling self-conscious about learning mostly reels recently. Talking about it with someone else in our session, he commented that he had played at a session regularly at which other people did not like to play reels, so he's wanted to play lots of reels ever since.
A few of my favorites: Rose in the Heather, Apples in Winter, White Petticoat, Tobin's Favorite, Irishman's Heart to the Ladies.
We tend to play Jump at the Sun as well as Calliope House a bit. Also Princess Nancy
Slip jig--I've been playing the Boys of Ballysodare a lot recently.
# Posted on July 20th 2006 by dwdeacon
Re: Jigs anyone?
Willie Coleman's, The Swedish Jig, the Thirty Year Jig, Timmy Clifford's, A Short Journey I and II, The Jig Runrig, Tripping Up the Stairs, Professor Delbert's Birthday, Pancake Tuesday, James O'Byrne's, Stan Chapman's, Tom Busby's, Monaghan's, Kilavil, and Have a Drink on Me. That'll do for starters.
# Posted on July 20th 2006 by Zazzaliss
Re: Jigs anyone?
I love the Exile's Jig
# Posted on July 20th 2006 by MidnightSun02
Re: Jigs anyone?
Another Jig Will Do.
# Posted on July 20th 2006 by cathrynb
Re: Jigs anyone?
Garret Barry's, Pipe on the Hob, The Cat in the Corner, Castle Jig, A Thousand Farewells, are a few of my recent favorites.
# Posted on July 20th 2006 by Andee
Re: Jigs anyone?
Lark in the morning, geese in the bog, Old Joe's, Tobins Favourite, Lilting Banshee, Boys of the town, Battering ram
# Posted on July 20th 2006 by ceolgal
Re: Jigs anyone?
The Blooming Meadows, the whistler at the wake, the haunted house, Get up 'ole woman and shake yourself.....
the list goes on.
# Posted on July 20th 2006 by blas
Re: Jigs anyone?
Two of my favourite sets are;-
Bill Collins; Killmovee and Dan the Cobbler
Old Kilfenora; Club Céilí and Jim Wards (a very popular selection around Kilfenora and in North Clare).
# Posted on July 20th 2006 by Bannerman
Re: Jigs anyone?
My favourite jigs would be piper's jigs. Among them: I Buried my Wife and Danced on Top of her Grave, Pipe on the Hob No. 1 and 2, Humours of Ballyloughlin, Luck Penny, Garrett Barry's, Hag's Purse, Hag at the Churn, Hag with the Money, Oh Hag You have killed me and Walls of Liscaroll.
Aside from Piper's jigs I love: The Killavil, Cliffs of Moher, Humours of Ennistymon, Dan the Cobbler, Coleman's (The Promenade), Tenpenny Bit, Phil's Jig, Willie Coleman's and Mist Covered mountain.
There's lot's more and it's all to do with personal preferance. Keep searching around for jigs and when you find one YOU like, go and learn it. There's a whole database here to look in so just leave the search engine blank and choose jigs in the drop down. If there's any preferred key, choose it, and by the way, piper's jigs are most commonly in Dmix.
# Posted on July 20th 2006 by PaddyCmusic
Re: Jigs anyone?
Bannerman, did you write the Fionn Seisun books or something? You really like to plug the sets don't you?
# Posted on July 20th 2006 by Dow
Re: Jigs anyone?
Only half guilty this time Dow as the Old Kilfenora/Club Céilí/Jim Wards are not a Foinn Seisiún set, although they would have made a great one!
# Posted on July 20th 2006 by Bannerman
Re: Jigs anyone?
Went to Corofin - wall to wall reels hour after hour. We set up an alternative session where only jigs, hornpipes and polkas were played which went down well with the old-timers - the youngsters just wanted reels.
# Posted on July 20th 2006 by geoffwright
Re: Jigs anyone?
Banish Misfortune.
As a set "Health to the Ladies/Connaughtman's Rambles/My Darlin's Asleep" (sometimes simplicity is best!)
And Blarney Pilgrim.
And of course, the best tune in the world, Out on the Ocean!!!!
# Posted on July 21st 2006 by AlBrown
Re: Jigs anyone?
thanks everyone I shall look them up
# Posted on July 22nd 2006 by banana512
Re: Jigs anyone?
ya probibly don't need any more jiggey type tunes,
but 'The luck penny' is an exellent tune.
# Posted on July 24th 2006 by BE