A Complete Guide to Learning The Irish Flute – Fintan Vallely (Audio Included)

Description

A unique visual and descriptive ‘method’ for all levels of learning and playing on the keyed and unkeyed ‘Irish’ wooden flutes!

The book covers breathing and ornamentation techniques, has a hundred and five notated tunes and a companion CDs with 180 tracks of tuition, ornamentation and music examples. This ‘method’ is perfectly suited too to the tin whistle!

Contents:

• Reels:  
  • The Bellharbour Reel
  • The Boy in the Gap
  • The Boys of Ballysodare
  • Castle Kelly
  • The Chicago Reel
  • Christmas Eve
  • The Earl’s Chair
  • The Galtee Reel
  • George White’s Favourite
  • The Green Fields of Rossbeigh
  • The Humours of Lissadell
  • The Humours of Loughrea
  • The Ivy Leaf
  • The Killarney Boys of Pleasure
  • The Knotted Cord
  • The Lads of Laois
  • The Limestone Rock
  • The Longford Collector
  • The Maid of Mount Kisco
  • McKenna’s No. 1
  • The old Maids of Mayo
  • Paddy Taylor’s
  • The Reel of Ryo
  • The Repeal of the Union
  • Return to Camden Town
  • The Sailor’s Bonnet
  • Spindle Shanks
  • Sporting Paddy
  • The Stone in the Field
  • The Tarbolton

• Hornpipes:
  • The Boys of Blue Hill
  • Chief O’Neill’s Favourite
  • The Fairy  Hornpipe
  • The Harvest Home
  • Kitty’s Wedding
  • McGivney’s Hornpipe
  • Pretty Maggie Morrissey
  • The Tuamgraney Hornpipe
  • The Wind That Shakes the Barley

• Highlands:
  • The Fermanagh Highland
  • Neillidh Boyle’s Highland
  • Jimmy Lyons’ Highland

• Double Jigs:
  • An Port Ard
  • Banish Misfortune
  • The Battering Ram
  • Bill Harte’s Jig
  • The Blackthorn Stick
  • Cailleach an Airgid
  • Coileach ag Fogairt an Lae
  • The Jug of Brown Ale
  • The Lark in the Morning
  • The Lark in the Strand
  • The Monaghan Buttermilk
  • Scatter the Mud
  • The Ship in Full Sail (in G)
  • The Ship in Full Sail (in D, Low)
  • The Ship in Full Sail (in A)
  • The Ship in Full Sail (in C)
  • The Sligo jig
  • Winnie Hayes’ Jig

• Slides and Single Jigs:
  • Dan O’ Keefe’s Slide No. 1
  • Dan O’Keefe’s Slide No. 2
  • Denis Murphy’s Slide
  • Dingle Regatta (variant)
  • Behind the Bush in the Garden
  • Sergeant Cahill’s Favourite
  • Smash the Windows

• Slip and Hop Jigs:
  • The Boys of Ballysodare
  • Michael Coleman’s
  • Skin the Peeler
  • The Whinny Hills of Leitrim

• Slow Airs and Song Airs:
  • A Stor Mo Chroi
  • Ar Eirinn Ni nEosfainn Ce hi
  • The Banks of Sullane
  • Bheir Me O
  • Cuan Bheil Inse/Valentia Harbour
  • The Granemore Hare
  • The Limerick Rake
  • Mo Ghile Mear

• Polkas:
  • Denis O’Keefe’s
  • The Goats Polka
  • Joe Bane’s
  • John McKenna’s No. 1
  • John McKenna’s No. 2
  • The Kerry Polka
  • Ned O’Connor’s
  • Paudie O’Connor’s

• Barndances:
  • James Gannon’s Barndance
  • The Little Stack of Barley
  • Lucy Farr’s Barndance

• Harp Tunes:
  • The Rose in the Gap
  • Lord Inchquin
  • Shebeg and Sheemore

• Marches:
  • The Battle of Aughrim
  • The Shanghai March

• Set Dances:
  • The Blackbird
  • The Three Sea Captains
  • The Orange Rogue

• Strathspeys:
  • Miss Emilia Kerr’s Strathspey
  • Louden’s Bonny Woods and Braes

• Waltzes, Mazurkas
  • Over the Hill
  • Thugamar Fein An Samhradh Linn
  • Sonny’s Mazurka