My name is Laurence and I have been playing piano (and bass, both acoustic and electric) for most of my life. I became interested in Irish music when I attended a workshop on Folk Keyboard at a Folk Festival in October 1981 which was taught by Triona ni Dhomhnaill (who played keyboard with the Bothy Band). After the workshop was over, I heard Triona perform with a band called Touchstone. This experience opened my eyes and my ears to the possibilities of the piano in this genre of music. ShortIy after the Festival, I bought a copy of O'Neill's and began trying to play some of the music in that collection. Until 1995, when some other local musicians started an Irish Session here, I had no one else to play this music with. Since 1995, I have been playing piano (and bass) more-or-less irregularly at the local Irish Session and enjoying it.
Tunes in fauxcelt's tunebook: 28
| Musician joke | June 17th 2008 |
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| Name | Type | Key |
|---|---|---|
| Old John's | jig | Adorian |
| Scotch Mary | reel | Adorian |
| The Boys Of Malin | reel | Amajor |
| The Clumsy Lover | reel | Amajor |
| Bourree | barndance | Aminor |
| The Toormore | slide | Bminor |
| O'Keefe's | polka | Bminor |
| I Have A House Of My Own With A Chimney Built On Top Of It | slip jig | Bminor |
| The Cuil Aodha | slide | Dmajor |
| Calliope House | jig | Dmajor |
| Mulqueen's | reel | Dmajor |
| The Shetland Fiddler | reel | Dmajor |
| The Dance Of The Honeybees | barndance | Dmajor |
| Rigaudon | reel | Dmajor |
| The Bad Turn | polka | Dmajor |
| Daisy Rose | reel | Dmajor |
| Poldwilly Bridge | reel | Dmajor |
| Down By The Glen | hornpipe | Dmajor |
| Air For A Whistle | reel | Edorian |
| Bundle And Go | jig | Eminor |
| The Lads Of Laoise | reel | Eminor |
| Sean Frank's | reel | Eminor |
| The Trip To Pakistan | reel | Eminor |
| The Champion | jig | Eminor |
| The Old Favourite | jig | Gmajor |
| Frances John McGovern | reel | Gmajor |
| Souvenir | hornpipe | Gmajor |
| The Mountain Stream | barndance | Gmajor |