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'Irish Fiddle Tunes' contains 62 traditional tunes including jigs, slides, slip jigs, polkas, reels, hornpipes, set dances and airs. All of the pieces are written for solo violin, with many including guitar chords for accompaniment.
Experienced Irish fiddle player Matt Cranitch provides notes on all of the types of pieces, as well as playing tips, technical advice, and tune-set suggestions. German and French translations of all texts are available as pdf downloads from the Schott Music website.
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Jigs: The Miller of Glanmire
The Butcher's March
The Humors of Glendart
The Girls of Banbridge
The Munster Jig
The Humours of Drinagh
Katie's Fancy
The Leitrim Fancy
Michale Burke's Jig
Pádraig's Lark in the Morning
Tom O'Connor's Jig
Slides: The Ceannguilla Slide
The Gleanntán Frolics
Paddy O'Keeffe's Favourite
Nelly Mahony's Slyde
Art O'Keeffe's Slide
The Star above the Garter
Taidhgín an Asail's Jig
Slip Jigs: The Swaggering Jig
Dever the Dancer
Polkas: Johnny O'Leary's Polka (1)
Johnny O'Leary's Polka (2)
John Brosnan's Polka
The Rambling Sailor
The Gullane Polka
Mrs. Crowley's Polka
The Glen Cottage Polka (1)
The Glen Cottage Polka (2)
The Annaghberg Polka
Pete Bradley's Polka
The Gleanntán Polka
Reels: The Limerick Lasses
The Blacksmith's Reel
The Trip to Durrow
The Earl's Chair
Farewell to Connacht
The Killavil Fancy
The Banks of the Ilen
Tom Billy's Reel
The Miller's Maid
The Star of Munster
The Galtee Rangers
The Gleanntán Reel
McDonagh's Reel
Peg McGrath's Reel
Martin Mulvihil's Reel
Hornpipes: Pádraig O'Keeffe's Hornpipe
Mickey O'Callaghan's Fancy
Flatherty's Hornpipe
Murphy's Hornpipe
An Trí is a Rian
Set Dances: The Three Sea Captains
The King of the Fairies
Airs: Iníon an Fhaoit' ó'n nGleann
Éamonn a'Chnoic
Slán le Máigh
John O'Connor
Lord Inchiquin
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