Comments on tunes

This is the slip jig 'Gan Ainm' from Pádraig O'Reilly's album "Highly Strung!". The one previously linked is a barndance. I love slip jigs generally, and there just aren't enough of them. So when you find one that doesn't seem well known, you just need t... more…

Sorry JackB, but although you have posted it as being in G maj with a G key sig your notation is in D. (And nae chance o me singing it that high!) more…

Simple but beautiful. more…

Beautiful jig. more…

I should have linked Syndey Pittman's in the first comment: https://thesession.org/tunes/12486 more…

A fun little hornpipe by Steve "Maddog" Ross. more…

Learned this lovely little tune at the Lake school of Celtic music here in Australia just a few months ago. The version we were taught has a couple of different notes, but overall the same. We added some lovely harmonies to it too. Thinking of putting it ... more…

Ah, that mystery jig again! At least two discussions last September/October. We played it last weekend. more…

Lúnasa's version (without the variations). more…

Song by Mozart (Magic Flute) sung by Papageno. It also became a popular folk tune - with different words. I heard it as a child on the family's musical box and tried it on the fiddle about 4 years back. An easy one to play though I got it with a slightl... more…