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Help with Chieftians tune

I would like to learn the first tune on the Chieftians 8 CD. It is labelled "The Session". They start it by playing tin whistles and I need help identifying the key of the tune and whistles being used at the beginning of this nice tune. Thanks

# Posted on February 7th 2003 by Madharp

The first tune on "The Session" is Elizabeth Kelly's Delight. You would want to play it on a D whistle. It's in A minor, but you need to get down to the D at the bottom of the whistle. The same tune appears again in a higher key (D minor) later in the set (immediately following Fraher's Jig). I would use a C whistle in order to play the high F without having to half-hole it.

# Posted on March 5th 2004 by turophile

Three polkas?

Can anyone tell what are the titles of the three polkas on track 6?

# Posted on May 10th 2007 by f.pellerin

Three Polkas

The second one is Maggie in the Wood - as billed.

The third sounds a bit like The Maids of Ardagh.

The first one I've never heard before. Good, isn't it? Could it be related to the English Polka "Dark Girl Dressed in Blue"?

# Posted on October 18th 2007 by LowProfile

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