Got my copy through the "tunesforpractice" website. Nice people to deal with. This is an excellent resource for fiddlers - you could do worse than to (ahem) emulate Seamus Creagh's style, and the production here makes it easy enough to do just that. And I imagine it would be pretty useful for players of other melody instruments, too, for learning the tunes, of which there are quite a few. With material like this, who needs dots?

Good one.

# Posted on February 23rd 2009 by reedy grins

"Seamus Creagh: Tunes for Practice"

Seeing as how I'd forgotten to add ~ EXCELLENT! 8-)

Highly recommended, whatever your instrument... Seamus introduces each tune and plays it sweet and cleanly at a nice relaxed tempo, and if even a smidgen of it crosses the ether to lodge in your playing, well, that will be a good thing, lovely stuff... Thanks Seamus and a special thanks, a big hug and a kiss for Gretta...

I've already twisted a few arms to purchase this one and I'm not through with the twisting...

# Posted on February 26th 2009 by ceolachan

The Mug of Brown Ale linked to here is wrong.
It's this one that's played:
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/888

# Posted on May 12th 2010 by FiddleFancy

I got one of these as a gift for someone else. It is a real good collection of tunes and great to learn from. Thanks.

# Posted on July 17th 2010 by bigyabby

Track 8 Gan Ainm

Still being much the novice when it comes to the fiddle, I too have found the to be very valuable for learning tunes. Here is a transcription of the Gan Ainm tune from Kevin Burke that goes with Jessica's and the Finnish Polka:

|:D F/2A/2 df|ed Bd|A B/2A/2 FA|BA EF|
D F/2A/2 df|ed Bd|AF EF|1D2DA,:|2D2 D2||
|:fA df|e/2f/2e/2d/2 Bd|fA df|e2 d2|
fA df|e/2f/2e/2d/2 Bd|AF EF|1D2 D2:|2D2 DA,||

Any corrections are welcome.

# Posted on April 10th 2011 by zouk8

Track 8 Gan Ainm

I forgot to ask, does anyone have a name for this polka?

# Posted on April 10th 2011 by zouk8

Tunes for Practice ~ website update

http://www.tunesforpractice.com/

# Posted on June 5th 2011 by ceolachan

8c - Gan Ainm Polka

"Didi Cronin's Polka #2" or "The Ballygow Polka" or just plain old "Gan Ainm"

# Posted on June 6th 2011 by ceolachan

"Didi Cronin's Polka #2" or "The Ballygow Polka" or just plain old "Gan Ainm"

Submitted on December 28th 2007 by gian marco.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/8089

# Posted on January 19th 2012 by ceolachan

& "Didi Cronin's"

Submitted on November 14th 2010 by bogman.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/10819

# Posted on January 19th 2012 by ceolachan

"Seamus Creagh" ~ more from this fine fiddler & with friends

"Seamus Creagh: Came The Dawn"
http://www.thesession.org/recordings/display/2544

"Seamus Creagh & Jackie Daly: Jackie Daly and Seamus Creagh"
http://www.thesession.org/recordings/display/942

"Seamus Creagh & Aidan Coffey: Traditional Music From Ireland"
http://www.thesession.org/recordings/display/1451

"Seamus Creagh, Hammy Hamilton & Con O Drisceoil: It's No Secret"
http://www.thesession.org/recordings/display/515

"Seamus Creagh, Sean Keane, Kevin Burke & Paddy Glackin: An Fhidil, Sraith 2"
http://www.thesession.org/recordings/display/671

Seamus Creagh & Jackie Daly &

"Colm Murphy: An Bodhran: The Irish Drum" ~ tracks 5 & 8
http://www.thesession.org/recordings/display/536

"The 3rd Irish Folk Festival In Concert"
Seamus Creagh on his own - 16, 17 & 18; with Jackie Daly - 4 & 5, 19 & 20, & all together - 25, 26 & 27
http://www.thesession.org/recordings/display/1092

# Posted on January 21st 2012 by ceolachan