Multi part reels and jigs
Hi!
I realised that my favorite reels and jigs were always with 3 or more parts.
So I’m looking for some multi part reels and jigs, could you guys help to make a list of them?
Hi!
I realised that my favorite reels and jigs were always with 3 or more parts.
So I’m looking for some multi part reels and jigs, could you guys help to make a list of them?
A few common ones that spring to mind…
Reels:
The Bucks of Oranmore
The Foxunter’s
The Humours of Ballyconnell
The Mason’s Apron
The Flogging
The Longford Tinker
McFadden’s Handsome Daughter
Lucy Campbell
Lord MacDonald’s
The Dublin
The Boys of Ballysodare
The Limerick Lasses
The Cup of Tea
The Morning Dew (The Hare in the Heather)
The Boys of Malin
The Nine Points of Roguery
The Glen Road to Carrick
The Four Courts
Jigs:
The Lark in the Morning
The Old Grey Goose
The Monaghan
The Humours of Ennistymon
The Battering Ram
The Blarney Pilgrim
The Maid at the Spinning Wheel
The Pipe on the Hob https://thesession.org/tunes/81
The Cook in the Kitchen
Banish Misfortune
The Luck Penny
The Atholl Highlanders
Strike the Gay Harp
The Gold Ring https://thesession.org/tunes/37
The Gold Ring https://thesession.org/tunes/1351
The Gold Ring https://thesession.org/tunes/1371
The Kilfenora https://thesession.org/tunes/949
Colonel Fraser
The Graf Spee
Kiss The Maid Behind The Barrel [ there is also a 6-part version from Kerry ]
The Humours Of Swanlinbar
Farewell To Ireland
The Boy In The Gap
The "Paddy Taylor’s" reel sometimes called "McCabe’s",
https://youtu.be/sR9ppZQUW8Y
…. too many to list, really.
The Gooseberry Bush
The Morning Thrush
An Phis Fhliuch
The Spike Island Lasses
Larry’s Favourite
…
The Oak Tree
The Stormy Night
The Humours of Ballyloughlin
Gillian’s Apples
Mayor Harrison’s Fedora
The Limerick Tinker
The Mossy Banks
Lesley’s March
Trip to Pakistan
The Mouth of the Tobique
Covering ground
The foxhunters
Helvic head
Some three-part reels I’ve been enjoying lately:
* Mayor Harrison’s Fedora: https://thesession.org/tunes/367
* La Cosa Mulligan: https://thesession.org/tunes/1665
* Spike Island Lasses: https://thesession.org/tunes/737
* The Bunch Of Green Rushes: https://thesession.org/tunes/1335
Most of my favorites already posted but I could add these - Jenny’s Welcome to Charlie - Kid on the Mountain -Jig of Slurs - Strayaway Child - Craig’s Pipes. You didnt mention hornpipes but Johnny Cope is a cracker - I can’t actually remember how many parts it has but I’ve never successfully learnt them all!
Some have already been mentioned (e.g. Strayaway Child, Glen Road to Carrick, Monaghan, Kilfenora #2…). These are some of my regulars:
JIGS
Doorus Mill - https://thesession.org/tunes/1309
Bill the Weaver’s (a.k. Munster Storyteller etc.) - https://thesession.org/tunes/11060
An Siocán Sneachta - https://thesession.org/tunes/16902
The Wanderer - https://thesession.org/tunes/2312
The Key of the Convent - https://thesession.org/tunes/1707
Doctor O’Neill - https://thesession.org/tunes/1304
Tuhy’s Frolics - https://thesession.org/tunes/15111
The Rakes of Cashel (setting #1) - https://thesession.org/tunes/12766
Gráinne’s - https://thesession.org/tunes/488
Ohm’s Law - https://thesession.org/tunes/20915
REELS
Lord Gordon’s - https://thesession.org/tunes/1774
BARNDANCE
Kitty O’Shea’s (Kitty O’Neill’s) - https://thesession.org/tunes/1221
A few favorites I didn’t see listed:
Reels
The Yellow Tinker
Christmas Eve
Jigs/Slip Jigs
Frieze Britches
Merrily Kissed the Quaker
Dusty Windowsills
Langstrom’s Pony
Mooncoin
Da New Rigged Ship
Barney Bralligan
Drunken Gauger (well technically it has a 2x long B part)
Y’all are good, I could only think of a few that haven’t already been mentioned:
REEL
Gravel Walks
HORNPIPE
The Drunken Sailor
Johnny Cope
Of course there are a bunch of Scottish reels like this. The ones I play are a few Duncan favorites like Ian Greene of Greentrax, Zeeto the Bubbleman, The High Drive.
There is no need to mention all multi-parters out there, but I forgot the reels Noon Lasses ( https://thesession.org/tunes/1729 ), Miss Ramsey ( https://thesession.org/tunes/2982 ), Bunker Hill (https://thesession.org/tunes/207 ), and the slip jig Gusty’s Frolics ( https://thesession.org/tunes/169 ). And the jig Helvic Head - https://thesession.org/tunes/3110 .
Another great 3 part jig:
The Coming of Spring
Campbell’s Farewell To Red Gap (march?)
Jig of Slurs
This is great! Now let’s break out the five plus parters! Those are my real favorites. ❤️🎶❤️🎶❤️
Just remembered a lovely 3 part jig in A mix that I havent played for years - Tom Billy’s. Its on an early De Dannan recording.