Hey up . . . I'm learning the Sunshine Hornpipe.It's a good title for the tune as its really jolly and bounces along smart.I've nearly managed to play the run of triplets in part B without making a mistake, WOW ! give the man a clap, or should that be a clip!
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I've got my mando on my knee ,and playing with my computer at the same time, nothing else better to do, except to go out for a pint before my sunday dinner . . what a life eh!
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Sunshine HP - a grand tune if there ever was was one! Cheating a bit here cos it's not really Irish - I'm learning '200th Birthday Jig' as played by Katherine Tickell. It's a lovely melody and I'm sure it's being done in sessions somewhere.
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Still going through workshop tapes from the Catskills. Think I'm up to about day 3. Just learned a second Paddy Cronin's jig yesterday, and today will tackle a Gan Ainm jig from is supposedly from one of Dervish's albums.
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Same as Jason G - tons of East Durham tunes from Messers McHale & Rafferty.
Mike McHale gave us a hornpipe called the Ballyoran Hornpipe. It is a Sean Ryan composition - and absolutely wonderful!
As for the Rafferty tunes - I'm still only on day two - lots of jigs. It typically takes a year for me to get thru my entire lesson tapes - just in time for a new workshop and a new batch of tunes!!!
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Learning Drowsie Maggie and continuing polish on Red Haired Boy/Danny Pearl's Favorite on the Concertina, and whatever is next in Brendan Power's book (just got it!) for the Harmonica.
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In the spring, my fife-&-drum group put together a medley of bawdy-titled tunes from various 17th & 18th Century English, Irish, and Scottish sources: Nine Inch Will Please A Lady (a/k/a Merrily Kissed [Danced] The Quaker's Wife) (6/8), How Will I Keep My Maidenhead (6/8), Who Will Dandle My Mary (9/8), Bump Her Belly (6/8), (four-measure drum break), closing with Clap Her Warm Thigh (4/4). Delightful tunes!
Now working on (among others) Chester Castle, Mrs. Baker's Hornpipe, Martilett, Hey Jenny Come Down to Jock, and Light Horse March. Great fun!
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Strayaway Child, Humours of Castlefin and Lafferty's, Gravel Walk and McMahon's hmm.... maybe I should concentrate on just one hmm... maybe that's why I don't actually "know" any tunes, just bits of a bunch of them. hmmm
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I bought a couple of Ceili Band compilation cds cheap in HMV recently and this made me try and play Cup of Tea at a decent pace and I've been bashing it out frantically on my mandolin trying to get it up to speed (not quite got the feel of the first bit yet) - also from there: the Quarrelsome Piper - excellent and cheerful triplet hornpipe (it's in O'Neill).
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Joyce
we're on the same wavelength, what a great tune, the Roscommon REel. Maria and myself played it recently in Drumshanbo followed by the Dublin reel because Dublin wre playing Roscommn in football that time.
I'm currently learning the Air Reel by Liz Carroll because everyone in Drumshanbo plays it. Also learning 3 Lunasa tunes because a friend plays them and I've grown to like them
jigs, can't remember names but one is Slieve Russell and one a lovely slip jig called Cathal McConnells. Also learning some of Josie McDermotts I don't know like Lansdowne Lassies.
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Harvest Home is a fun one Right now being when I have time I'm working on The Butterfly by Phillip John Berthoud. Very bouncyish (err...yeah, I said bouncyish)
What tune are you learning NOW . . this minute?
What tune are you learning NOW . . this minute?
Hey up . . . I'm learning the Sunshine Hornpipe.It's a good title for the tune as its really jolly and bounces along smart.I've nearly managed to play the run of triplets in part B without making a mistake, WOW ! give the man a clap, or should that be a clip!
# Posted on July 31st 2004 by Justintime
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None at all as I'm here talking to you.
I'll be getting back to them shortly, though.
# Posted on July 31st 2004 by Johnny Jay
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I've got my mando on my knee ,and playing with my computer at the same time, nothing else better to do, except to go out for a pint before my sunday dinner . . what a life eh!
# Posted on July 31st 2004 by Justintime
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Sunshine HP - a grand tune if there ever was was one! Cheating a bit here cos it's not really Irish - I'm learning '200th Birthday Jig' as played by Katherine Tickell. It's a lovely melody and I'm sure it's being done in sessions somewhere.
Jim
# Posted on July 31st 2004 by Worldfiddler
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Stewpot, I'm doing the same thing, learning Jerry's Beaver Hat which is horribly good fun.
# Posted on July 31st 2004 by sergeant fox
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I often play the mandolin and visit this site at the same time too. It's much more fun playing with your "plinker" rather than with your "plonker".
# Posted on July 31st 2004 by Johnny Jay
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I'll have a look for that one on this site and might have a go at it . . .
# Posted on July 31st 2004 by Justintime
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Yeh . . I get hand cramps too if I do it too much . .
# Posted on July 31st 2004 by Justintime
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Catharsis, which means I'm probably forgetting another one from way back.
Trevor
# Posted on July 31st 2004 by Trevor Jennings
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Farewell to Chernobyl, by Michael Ferry...not Irish but fantastic tune.
-Athena
# Posted on July 31st 2004 by act
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Alaistairs's vintage bar - by Chris Stout & Finlay MacDonald
# Posted on August 1st 2004 by allan21
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harvest home and the clare jig ( tom/john wards) on the pipes and the walls of liscaroll on fiddle
# Posted on August 1st 2004 by I_Fel
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The Japanese Hornpipe gets played in sessions here. It's a bit of a silly tune isn't it.
# Posted on August 1st 2004 by Dr. Dow
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I believe it's "Big in Japan".
Unlike "no photographs" 
# Posted on August 1st 2004 by Johnny Jay
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Ah so.
# Posted on August 1st 2004 by Dr. Dow
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Still going through workshop tapes from the Catskills. Think I'm up to about day 3. Just learned a second Paddy Cronin's jig yesterday, and today will tackle a Gan Ainm jig from is supposedly from one of Dervish's albums.
# Posted on August 1st 2004 by Jason G
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Kylebrack Rambler. Stunning.
# Posted on August 1st 2004 by petemay
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The two Tunes in Ciarán's Capers from Runaway sunday on my zouk... whee!
# Posted on August 1st 2004 by Pádraig
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Right now I'm learning O'ot Be Est Da Vong a Shetlands tune.
# Posted on August 1st 2004 by Ani Trec-Noc
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Same as Jason G - tons of East Durham tunes from Messers McHale & Rafferty.
Mike McHale gave us a hornpipe called the Ballyoran Hornpipe. It is a Sean Ryan composition - and absolutely wonderful!
As for the Rafferty tunes - I'm still only on day two - lots of jigs. It typically takes a year for me to get thru my entire lesson tapes - just in time for a new workshop and a new batch of tunes!!!
# Posted on August 2nd 2004 by browndog
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The Mossy Banks.
# Posted on August 2nd 2004 by Max Becher
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The Dusty Miller jig. Had to rewrite it for my small pipes but I'm haveing fun now.
# Posted on August 3rd 2004 by baglady
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Merrily Kiss the Quaker's Wife, Paddy Taylor's and a Welsh one called Tom Jones
# Posted on August 3rd 2004 by cariad
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Roscommon reel
# Posted on August 3rd 2004 by JMH
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Lark in The Morning and the Road to Lisdooonvarna (to play for a friend who loves them and doesn't play herself).
Sara◊
# Posted on August 3rd 2004 by sara g
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something called Shanendoah Falls..hand copied by a questionable xource so i really dont know much about it..
# Posted on August 3rd 2004 by vboyd100
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Learning Drowsie Maggie and continuing polish on Red Haired Boy/Danny Pearl's Favorite on the Concertina, and whatever is next in Brendan Power's book (just got it!) for the Harmonica.
# Posted on August 3rd 2004 by Dave Weinstein
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The Marquis Of Waterford in Bb as opposed to G which is what I knew it in before. I know I know, but it's so much sweeter in Bb.
# Posted on August 3rd 2004 by Dr. Dow
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In the spring, my fife-&-drum group put together a medley of bawdy-titled tunes from various 17th & 18th Century English, Irish, and Scottish sources: Nine Inch Will Please A Lady (a/k/a Merrily Kissed [Danced] The Quaker's Wife) (6/8), How Will I Keep My Maidenhead (6/8), Who Will Dandle My Mary (9/8), Bump Her Belly (6/8), (four-measure drum break), closing with Clap Her Warm Thigh (4/4). Delightful tunes!
Now working on (among others) Chester Castle, Mrs. Baker's Hornpipe, Martilett, Hey Jenny Come Down to Jock, and Light Horse March. Great fun!
# Posted on August 3rd 2004 by Dwatted Wabbit
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Right now I'm learning Catharsis. It is SUCH a cool tune, but the B part is such hard work on the fingers....
# Posted on August 3rd 2004 by Joe CSS
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I already know them all. ;0)
# Posted on August 3rd 2004 by showaddydadito
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lessee...there's "Gan Ainm", and uh, "Gan Ainm", and what's the other one? Oh yeah, "Gan Ainm". Don't ask me fer abcs.
# Posted on August 3rd 2004 by Hanley
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The Stride, written by Wini Horan
# Posted on August 3rd 2004 by seng
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Ashokan Farwell. I had it down for the English Concertina, but it is not well suited to B\C button accordion. It's a challenge.
# Posted on August 3rd 2004 by meowguy
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Lady on the Island.
# Posted on August 3rd 2004 by jdave
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I'm stuck on Jerry Holland's Cranking it out - also messing with a Liz Carroll untitled reel she taught at Swannanoa . Jennifer
# Posted on August 3rd 2004 by Jenthur
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Strayaway Child, Humours of Castlefin and Lafferty's, Gravel Walk and McMahon's hmm.... maybe I should concentrate on just one hmm... maybe that's why I don't actually "know" any tunes, just bits of a bunch of them. hmmm
# Posted on August 4th 2004 by ANNY
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I bought a couple of Ceili Band compilation cds cheap in HMV recently and this made me try and play Cup of Tea at a decent pace and I've been bashing it out frantically on my mandolin trying to get it up to speed (not quite got the feel of the first bit yet) - also from there: the Quarrelsome Piper - excellent and cheerful triplet hornpipe (it's in O'Neill).
# Posted on August 4th 2004 by RichardB
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Joyce
we're on the same wavelength, what a great tune, the Roscommon REel. Maria and myself played it recently in Drumshanbo followed by the Dublin reel because Dublin wre playing Roscommn in football that time.
I'm currently learning the Air Reel by Liz Carroll because everyone in Drumshanbo plays it. Also learning 3 Lunasa tunes because a friend plays them and I've grown to like them
jigs, can't remember names but one is Slieve Russell and one a lovely slip jig called Cathal McConnells. Also learning some of Josie McDermotts I don't know like Lansdowne Lassies.
# Posted on August 4th 2004 by MollyB
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Harvest Home is a fun one
Right now being when I have time I'm working on The Butterfly by Phillip John Berthoud. Very bouncyish (err...yeah, I said bouncyish)
-z
# Posted on August 6th 2004 by zehlyah
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Right now I'm learning The Swallows Tail (reel) on my new Overton whistle.
# Posted on August 13th 2004 by banjo billy