Comments on tunes

Close. I hear something else, sometimes simpler: more…

Being explicit about the c#'s and cnat's. This is what hear on Martin Hayes's recording of this tune, though I've shifted it up four steps from his key of C dorian. more…

Greetings, more…

Nice tune to play on fiddle. Any info on the composer? more…

Bill, wish I could say that this is my composition but that honour goes to Alasdair Fraser. I tend to play it slowly first time through and pick up the tempo after that. For me it works equally well as a slow air or a lively jig. more…

I have been trying to figure out the chords for this lovely air. I know these don't do it justice, but am I close? Thanks. more…

This is another nice tune from Collin Farrel. I have put it in G here although in D an octave lower than the tune above it is also lovely. Originally recorded in E flat. On the B/C accordion in G it is very easy and all on the C row. more…

Hello. more…

This is one of my favorite jigs. On the 1974 album "Lark in the Clear Air", it is known as "The Prize Jig" for some reason. more…

You can hear them playing it here: more…