I've been a jazz musician all my life, but I recently started playing fiddle. My family's from County Clare, but we got run out of Ireland long ago.
My grandma and all my old aunties used to tell me about all of the fiddle players in our family and how my great grandma taught violin when she first came to America. It was a big deal for them that I became a musician here in the states.
It's a shame that my grandma is gone now. She would have loved to hear me play these tunes. somehow I think she's the one who is sitting on my shoulder whispering the melodies to me while I play.
People play for a lot of reasons, but I play this music to be close to her again as we all miss her very much.
Tunes in Nate Ryan's tunebook: 29
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| Name | Type | Key |
|---|---|---|
| The Butterfly | slip jig | Eminor |
| The Cat In The Corner | jig | Dmixolydian |
| Drowsy Maggie | reel | Edorian |
| The Ewe | reel | Gmajor |
| Father Kelly's | reel | Dmajor |
| Garrett Barry's | jig | Gmajor |
| The Harvest Home | hornpipe | Dmajor |
| The Humours Of Tulla | reel | Dmajor |
| The Kerfunken | jig | Dmajor |
| The Little Stack Of Wheat | hornpipe | Gmajor |
| The Morning Dew | reel | Edorian |
| The Mountain Road | reel | Dmajor |
| The Mug Of Brown Ale | jig | Adorian |
| My Love Is In America | reel | Dmajor |
| Off To California | hornpipe | Gmajor |
| Out On The Ocean | jig | Gmajor |
| Paddy Fahy's | reel | Gmajor |
| The Pigeon On The Gate | reel | Edorian |
| The Pipe On The Hob | jig | Dmixolydian |
| Poll Ha'Penny | hornpipe | Amixolydian |
| Rolling In The Barrel | reel | Adorian |
| Ryan's | polka | Dmajor |
| Sean Ryan's | jig | Adorian |
| The Silver Spear | reel | Dmajor |
| The Sligo Maid | reel | Adorian |
| The Tap Room | reel | Eminor |
| Tell Her I Am | jig | Gmajor |
| The Trip To Athlone | jig | Dmajor |
| The Wind That Shakes The Barley | reel | Dmajor |