Hi Everybody, I've been reading this forum for a while but this is my first posting so, Hi, hope you're all well.
I've been backing tunes for quite a while now and have finally had to admit that it may be quite good fun to play a tune every now and then. So I bought a whistle and I was right, it is fun, I'm really enjoying it.
Now, in various sessions over the years I have heard melody players say, 'that's a flute/fiddle/pipe tune, it falls under your fingers.'
So D whistle players, could you suggest any tunes that just fall under your fingers?
Brosna
Saddle the Pony
The Temperance Jig
The Seven Stars
St Patrick's Day March
The first tune I learned was Planxty Hewlett. It took a while to get it to flow, although it's not a difficult tune. Maybe a certain level of expertise is needed before anything "falls under your fingers".
Tom Ward's Downfall, The Boys of Coomanore, Grogan's Jig, Shamrock Hill, Calliope House, Con Cassidy's (as played by Altan), Wedding Reel (how Lúnasa calls it) are tunes that fall under my fingers easily. The Gravel Walk is one of those I don't like to play on the flute since they somehow don't fit my fingers or something like that. Other people like it on the flute. I guess it's just me...
There's a Mel Bay book called the Deluxe Tin Whistle Songbook and I've found most of those tunes to be pretty friendly for whistle/flute. Not all, but most. Here's the list of tunes it has:
Contents:
Drowsy Maggie
The Connaughts Man's Rambles
The Green Groves Of Erin
The Greencastle
The Smithfield Haymen
Home Boys Home
Old Maid In A Garret
The Frost Is All Over
The Hare In The Corn
The Liverpool Hornpipe
The Ten Penny Bit
Brennan On The Moor
Smash The Windows
The Blackberry Blossom
Dicey Reilly
Roddy Mccorley
The Foggy Dew
The Pigeon On The Gate
Haste To The Wedding
The Galway Blues
Beir Me O
Love Is Teasin'
Saddle The Pony
The Flowing Bowl
The Kildare Hornpipe
The Rakes Of Mallow
The Rocky Road To Dublin
Terry's Fancy
The Dawning Of The Day
The Irish Washerwoman
The Stack Of Barley
I'll Tell Me Ma
Life Is All Checquered
St. Patrick's Day
The Butcher Boy
The Merry Plowboy
The Rising Of The Moon
Julia's Wedding
Shores Of Amerikay
The Old Woman From Wexford
Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms
Dumphy's Hornpipe
Spancil Hill
The Meeting Of The Waters
Tis The Last Rose Of Summer
Bonnie Kate
Saint Kevin's Bed
The Boys Of Blue Hill
The Golden Jubilee
The Wind That Shakes The Barley
Si Beag Si Mor
The Minstrel Boy
The Spanish Lady
The Wild Colonial Boy
Cockles And Mussels
Father O'flynn
Liz Coffey's Drake
Pet Of The Pipers
The Merry Blacksmith
The Londonderry Air
The Sally Gardens
The Wild Rover
Miss Mcleod's Reel
The Holy Ground
Baidin Fheidhilmid
The Galway Shawl
The Green Meadow
The Harvest Home
The Humours Of Bandon
The Ould Orange Flute
Whiskey In The Jar
Hello Im Ciaran I play mandolin the tunes that fell right under my fingers were "merrily kissed the quaker "and "the kesh jig" try them both in Gmajor real easy
Tunes that fall under your fingers.
Tunes that fall under your fingers.
Hi Everybody, I've been reading this forum for a while but this is my first posting so, Hi, hope you're all well.
I've been backing tunes for quite a while now and have finally had to admit that it may be quite good fun to play a tune every now and then. So I bought a whistle and I was right, it is fun, I'm really enjoying it.
Now, in various sessions over the years I have heard melody players say, 'that's a flute/fiddle/pipe tune, it falls under your fingers.'
So D whistle players, could you suggest any tunes that just fall under your fingers?
Cheers
# Posted on December 16th 2007 by packbacker
Re: Tunes that fall under your fingers.
Brosna
Saddle the Pony
The Temperance Jig
The Seven Stars
St Patrick's Day March
The first tune I learned was Planxty Hewlett. It took a while to get it to flow, although it's not a difficult tune. Maybe a certain level of expertise is needed before anything "falls under your fingers".
Enjoy your whistle!
# Posted on December 16th 2007 by Innocent Bystander
Re: Tunes that fall under your fingers.
Oh, yeah!
Planxty Miss Francis Power
# Posted on December 16th 2007 by Innocent Bystander
Re: Tunes that fall under your fingers.
A few personal favourites, all in D Major:
Easy and delightful slow tunes:
Blind Mary, Down By The Sally Gardens;
Jig:
The Lark In The Morning;
Slip Jig:
The Foxhunters';
Reels:
The Bucks Of Oranmore, The Mountain Road, The Wind That Shakes The Barley;
Hornpipes: The Boys Of Blue Hill, The Belfast (Sweep's);
Others: Si Bheag Si Mhor, Lord Inchiquin, Da Slockit Light.
The last of these contains a g# but being quite a slow tune is a good one on which to practise playing, or getting round, this note.
# Posted on December 16th 2007 by nicholas
Re: Tunes that fall under your fingers.
Happy to Meet and Sorry to Part.
# Posted on December 16th 2007 by Innocent Bystander
Re: Tunes that fall under your fingers.
Tom Ward's Downfall, The Boys of Coomanore, Grogan's Jig, Shamrock Hill, Calliope House, Con Cassidy's (as played by Altan), Wedding Reel (how Lúnasa calls it) are tunes that fall under my fingers easily. The Gravel Walk is one of those I don't like to play on the flute since they somehow don't fit my fingers or something like that. Other people like it on the flute. I guess it's just me...
# Posted on December 16th 2007 by s.g.
Re: Tunes that fall under your fingers.
The Blackthorn Stick is a jig that falls nicely under the ol' fingers, as I sit here and watch another six inches of snow come down...(sigh)
# Posted on December 16th 2007 by Greg the Piano Tuner
Re: Tunes that fall under your fingers.
Sally garden, the merry blacksmith, The monaghan jig, high reel, Em reels,
# Posted on December 16th 2007 by piobagusfidil
Re: Tunes that fall under your fingers.
Thanks everybody, that little lot should keep me busy for a while.
Any favourite sets?
# Posted on December 16th 2007 by packbacker
Re: Tunes that fall under your fingers.
Don't forget songs that are also tunes, they can be easier to get started on. I like this set, with two song/tunes up front:
Limerick Rake / Lanagan's Ball / Leitrim Fancy
If I can play them on whistle, anybody can.
# Posted on December 16th 2007 by John Galt
Re: Tunes that fall under your fingers.
Lilting Banshee, Haste To The Wedding, Maid On The Green for jigs....
# Posted on December 16th 2007 by whistler gan ainm
Re: Tunes that fall under your fingers.
The Banshee!!!
# Posted on December 17th 2007 by mehitabel23
Re: Tunes that fall under your fingers.
Stick your Boys to Bluehill with Off to California, it should be called the beginner whistler's hornpipe set.
# Posted on December 17th 2007 by SWFL Fiddler
Re: Tunes that fall under your fingers.
There's a Mel Bay book called the Deluxe Tin Whistle Songbook and I've found most of those tunes to be pretty friendly for whistle/flute. Not all, but most. Here's the list of tunes it has:
Contents:
Drowsy Maggie
The Connaughts Man's Rambles
The Green Groves Of Erin
The Greencastle
The Smithfield Haymen
Home Boys Home
Old Maid In A Garret
The Frost Is All Over
The Hare In The Corn
The Liverpool Hornpipe
The Ten Penny Bit
Brennan On The Moor
Smash The Windows
The Blackberry Blossom
Dicey Reilly
Roddy Mccorley
The Foggy Dew
The Pigeon On The Gate
Haste To The Wedding
The Galway Blues
Beir Me O
Love Is Teasin'
Saddle The Pony
The Flowing Bowl
The Kildare Hornpipe
The Rakes Of Mallow
The Rocky Road To Dublin
Terry's Fancy
The Dawning Of The Day
The Irish Washerwoman
The Stack Of Barley
I'll Tell Me Ma
Life Is All Checquered
St. Patrick's Day
The Butcher Boy
The Merry Plowboy
The Rising Of The Moon
Julia's Wedding
Shores Of Amerikay
The Old Woman From Wexford
Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms
Dumphy's Hornpipe
Spancil Hill
The Meeting Of The Waters
Tis The Last Rose Of Summer
Bonnie Kate
Saint Kevin's Bed
The Boys Of Blue Hill
The Golden Jubilee
The Wind That Shakes The Barley
Si Beag Si Mor
The Minstrel Boy
The Spanish Lady
The Wild Colonial Boy
Cockles And Mussels
Father O'flynn
Liz Coffey's Drake
Pet Of The Pipers
The Merry Blacksmith
The Londonderry Air
The Sally Gardens
The Wild Rover
Miss Mcleod's Reel
The Holy Ground
Baidin Fheidhilmid
The Galway Shawl
The Green Meadow
The Harvest Home
The Humours Of Bandon
The Ould Orange Flute
Whiskey In The Jar
# Posted on December 17th 2007 by sbhikes
Re: Tunes that fall under your fingers.
Hello Im Ciaran I play mandolin the tunes that fell right under my fingers were "merrily kissed the quaker "and "the kesh jig" try them both in Gmajor real easy
# Posted on December 20th 2007 by ciaran lane