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: 32
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| Name | Type | Key |
|---|---|---|
| Sean Ryan's | jig | Adorian |
| The Sligo Maid | reel | Adorian |
| Rolling In The Barrel | reel | Adorian |
| The Mug Of Brown Ale | jig | Adorian |
| Poll Ha'Penny | hornpipe | Amixolydian |
| The Harvest Home | hornpipe | Dmajor |
| The Mountain Road | reel | Dmajor |
| My Love Is In America | reel | Dmajor |
| The Wind That Shakes The Barley | reel | Dmajor |
| The Kerfunken | jig | Dmajor |
| The Silver Spear | reel | Dmajor |
| The Humours Of Tulla | reel | Dmajor |
| Ryan's | polka | Dmajor |
| Father Kelly's | reel | Dmajor |
| The Trip To Athlone | jig | Dmajor |
| The Pipe On The Hob | jig | Dmixolydian |
| The Cat In The Corner | jig | Dmixolydian |
| Drowsy Maggie | reel | Edorian |
| The Morning Dew | reel | Edorian |
| The Pigeon On The Gate | reel | Edorian |
| Cooley's | reel | Eminor |
| The Butterfly | slip jig | Eminor |
| The Tap Room | reel | Eminor |
| The Frog In The Well | jig | Eminor |
| Off To California | hornpipe | Gmajor |
| Out On The Ocean | jig | Gmajor |
| Paddy Fahy's | reel | Gmajor |
| Tell Her I Am | jig | Gmajor |
| Garrett Barry's | jig | Gmajor |
| The Little Stack Of Wheat | hornpipe | Gmajor |
| The Ewe | reel | Gmajor |
| Father Kelly's | reel | Gmajor |