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Celtic Orbis

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"Hawk on the Glove" mp3 from 'the Dagda's Cauldron' now playing... more tracks HERE

 

  1. Old Pipe On The Hob (Jig) Uilleann pipes mp3 recording here
  2. The Wind that Shakes the Barley(Reel)
  3. Garryowen (Air/Jig)
  4. Tie the Ribbons (Reel)
  5. Hare in the Corn
  6. Craigs Reel
  7. Craig's Reel (No.2)
  8. Bimis ag ol is ag pogadh na mban
  9. The Boys Of Ireland (Slow Air)
  10. The Blarney Pilgram (Jig)
  11. Gander in the Prattie Hole(Jig) Uilleann pipes mp3 recording here
  12. the Sunny Banks (Reel)
  13. Tobin's (Jig)
  14. Down the Back Lane (Jig)
  15. the Maid of Tramore (Jig)
  16. Coleman's Cross (Jig)
  17. La Volta (Old French Waltz)
  18. the Rambler (Jig)
  19. Breton Wedding March (Uilleann Pipes recording here)
  20. Lark in the Morning
  21. Where did you find her? (Hornpipe)
  22. The Planting Stick (Jig/Set Dance)
  23. Jenny Nettles (Reel)
  24. Leave that as it is (Air)
  25. Sandy O'er the Lea (Reel)
  26. the Northern Road (Single Jig)
  27. The Malindhu Reel
  28. The Old Grey Goose (Jig)
  29. the Shaskeen Reel
  30. Dress Her Out In Fine Clothes (Slip Jig)
  31. When Sick Is It Tea That You Want (Jig)
  32. The Butterfly (Slip Jig)
  33. The Sporting Boys (Reel)
  34. Dever the Dancer (Slip Jig)
  35. The Cliffs of Moher (Jig)
  36. Miss Monaghan (Reel)
  37. Tiocfaidh Tu (Jig)
  38. Terry Heigh Ho the Grinder(Slip Jig)
  39. Hardiman the Fiddler(Slip Jig)
  40. Old Joe's (Jig)
  41. The Ladies of Leinster (Reel)
  42. When the Cock Crows It Is Day (Slide)
  43. The Road to Lisdoonvarna (Reel)
  44. Kid On The Mountain (Slip Jig)
  45. Sir Philip McHugh (Slip Jig)
  46. The Boyne Hunt (Reel)
  47. Spot the Wallop (Jig)
  48. Jackson's Bottle of Brandy (Reel)
  49. Stirling Castle (Strathspey)
  50. Cock In The Heather (Slip Jig)
  51. O'Rourke's Reel
  52. Give us a Drink of Water (Slip Jig)
  53. Give us a Drink of Water(2) (Slip Jig
  54. The Tar Road to Sligo (Jig)
  55. the Longford Collector (Reel)
  56. Johnny McGreavy's (Jig)
  57. Drops of Spring Water (Slip Jig)
  58. The Donegal Reel (Or Strathspey)
  59. Brian Boro's March
  60. Navvy On The Line (Reel)
  61. East At Glendart (Jig)
  62. Mug of Brown Ale (Jig)
  63. The Floggin' Reel
  64. The Ship's In Full Sail (Jig)
  65. The Primrose Lass (Reel)
  66. Hunting the Hare (Slip Jig)
  67. Leave My Way (Reel)
  68. The Hag With The Money (Jig)
  69. The Silver Slipper (Slide)
  70. Kitty of Oulart (Jig)
  71. Coppers and Brass (Jig)
  72. Canny Sugach (Reel)
  73. Garret Barry's (Jig)
  74. the Avonmore Reel
  75. Skiver the Quilt (Jig)
  76. Wasn't She Fond of Me (Jig)
  77. Sixpenny Money (Jig)
  78. The Geese In The Bog No.2(Jig)
  79. the Old Bush (Reel)
  80. Wink And She'll Follow You (Slip Jig)
  81. The Lasses of Sligo (Slip Jig)
  82. Off She Goes (Slip Jig)
  83. Stattia Donnelly's (Jig)
  84. Pat Ward's (Reel)
  85. Rolling On The Ryegrass (Reel)
  86. Give Us Another (Reel)
  87. Dan the Cobbler (Jig)
  88. Glen Ogle (Reel)
  89. Glen Lyon (Reel)
  90. the Cutty Sark (Reel)
  91. The Green Fields of Erin (Reel)
  92. The Teetotaller Reel
  93. Jackson's Jig
  94. Biddy Of Sligo (Jig)
  95. Harvest Home (Hornpipe)
  96. The Rights Of Man (Hornpipe)
  97. Rover Through The Bog (Hornpipe)
  98. Blackberry Blossom (Hornpipe)
  99. Saddle the Pony (Jig)
  100. The Milltown Jig
  101. The Arklow Jig
  102. Jenny's Wedding (Reel)
  103. The Job of Journeywork (Set Dance)
  104. the Walls of Liscarrol (Jig)
  105. Kitty in the Lane (Reel)
  106. Banish Misfortune (Jig)
  107. Bill Collin's (Jig)
  108. Touch Me If You Dare (Reel)
  109. Dublin Streets (Slip Jig)
  110. The Scattery Island Slide
  111. Maggie in the Wood (Polka)
  112. The Athlone Jig
  113. Billy Brocker's (Reel)
  114. Sir Roger de Coverley (Slip Jig)
  115. The Maid Of The Spinning Wheel (Jig)
  116. Pigeon On The Gate (Reel)
  117. Ballingarry (Jig)
  118. Off to California (Hornpipe)
  119. The Silver Tip (Reel)
  120. Behind the Haystack (Jig)
  121. Sweeping the Cobwebs out of the Sky (Jig)
  122. the Dusty Miller (Single Jig)
  123. the Cup of Tea (Reel)
  124. the Humors of Comer (Jig)
  125. the Sligo Maid (Reel)
  126. Cronin's Hornpipe
  127. A Whack at the Whigs (Slip Jig)
  128. the Salamanca Reel
  129. Grandfather's Pet (Jig)
  130. the Highlander (Jig)
  131. the Stack of Wheat (Hornpipe)
  132. the Gold Ring (Jig)
  133. Within a Mile of Dublin (Reel)
  134. Ships Are Sailing (Hornpipe)
  135. Beauty in Tears (Planxty)
  136. a Highland Pibroch
  137. the Yellow Wattle
  138. Kitty got a Clinking(comin from the Races) (Reel)
  139. Jenny Picking Cockles (Reel)
  140. Miss Wallace (Reel)
  141. Glengarrif Bay (Hornpipe)
  142. Michael Gormans (Waltz)
  143. Marie's Wedding (Polka or March)
  144. the Queen of the Fairies (Hornpipe)
  145. the Ulster Hornpipe
  146. Song of the Chanter (March)
  147. the Queen's Shilling (Reel)
  148. the Kilfenora Reel
  149. Old Hag in the Kiln (Slide/Single Jig)
  150. Oh Hag You Have Killed Me (Jig)
  151. Paddy Whack (Jig)
  152. Jerry's Beaver Hat
  153. A Trip to the Cottage(Jig)
  154. the Flags of Dublin (Reel)
  155. the First of May (Hornpipe)
  156. Hag By The Fire (Reel)
  157. The Black Mountain Jig (Kevin McAlea)
  158. Loves Young Dream (Single Jig)
  159. Will you come down to Limerick Slip Jig
  160. Over the Bridge to Peggy Reel
  161. Turkey in the Straw Reel
  162. The Dundrod Races Fling(K.McAlea)
  163. Youghal Harbour Hornpipe
  164. The Dingle Regatta (Jig)
  165. The Hileantora Kneebuckle (Reel)
  166. The Smith's a Gallant Fireman (Strathspey)
  167. Patsy Geary's (Slide/Jig)
  168. The Leitrim Jig
  169. Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine (Hornpipe)
  170. Big Kirsty (Strathspey)
  171. The Flowing Bowl (Reel)
  172. The Fermoy Lasses (Reel)
  173. My Love Is In America (Reel)
  174. The Dukes Dang Ower His Daddy (Jig)
  175. Italian Monfrina (Country Dance/Jig)
  176. Tomorrow Morning (Reel / Hornpipe)
  177. Moll Roe in the Morning (Slip Jig)
  178. Open the Door (Slip Jig)
  179. Banks of the Nile (Hornpipe)
  180. Maid Behind the Bar (Reel)
  181. Woo'd and Married and A' (Slip Jig)
  182. Carolans Draught Planxty
  183. The Heather Breeze Reel
  184. Planxty Lady Athenry
  185. Roaring Jelly (Jig)
  186. The Rambling Pitchfork (Jig)
  187. Colliers Reel
  188. Tear the Calico
  189. Planxty Hewlett
  190. All The Way To Galway
  191. I Loe Na A Laddie (Jig)
  192. Con Casey's Jig
  193. Lomanach Cross (Reel)
  194. Nell Flaherty's Drake (Jig)
  195. The Woodcock (Jig)
  196. Willie Walsh's (Jig)
  197. The Carrick Races (Jig)
  198. Miss Langford (Reel)
  199. Stagger the Buck (Jig)
  200. the Wedding Reel
  201. Thomas Leixlip the Proud (Planxty)
 
 

 

uilleann pipes

If you are looking for books of tunes then any of the O'Neill books are a good start. However there is no substitute for listening . There are many ways to play a traditional tune, especially in the Irish style. Scottish style is more formalised due to the influence of competitions and classical music. Cape Breton style is closer to Scottish than Irish and the ornaments as used in Irish style are not used . Cape Breton fiddlers use vibrato which is avoided in Irish traditional music. Some of the ornaments (especially for Uilleann pipes) cannot be written down using conventional notation. The notes of an 'Irish Roll' are the same as the 'Turn' in classical music. The effect of the roll however is different, and sounds nothing like a turn. These ornaments can be difficult to learn, but are essential to the sound and must be mastered. The main ornaments are the ROLLS (various types) and the CRAN (piping) as well as many GRACENOTE types. The effect of these is sometimes the sound of notes being percussed by the previous note, which demands great accuracy to achieve the effect. As stated above, these ornaments cannot be musically notated using classical notation and must be learned from other players. So what you see written is often only a rough guide as to how it actually sounds and sometimes no guide at all! At first reading,the tunes look simple enough, but acquiring the skill to execute them in the traditional style is not so simple. You can replace a roll or cran in several ways. For example an A roll can be replaced with the three quaver notes A,B,A or A,A,A or whatever sounds good. Traditional Irish music was handed down orally for centuries and the attempt to collect and notate them is a fairly recent occurance(18th century). The Slow Airs generally are not in any strict time , that being up to the performer's discretion or mood at the time!

     
     

Tunes transcribed and notated by Kevin McAlea

Kevin McAlea