It's now over 30 years since Shaskeen first formed and are still going strong. Over the years they have made many albums; more session tunes from 2 of them can be found in this book. With chords, photographs, copious notes etc..

Karen is accompanied by Seamus O'Sullivan (piano), Gordon Tyrrall (guitar) and Peter Houlahan (bodhran) on two specially prepared soundtracks.

Karen's mastery of the piano accordion defies belief. She has prepared a beautiful selection of Irish session tunes, suitable for all instruments, with chords, tips and anecdotes. It includes her own versions of several of her favourites along with a healthy selection of session standards.

Gordon has produced two excellent soundtracks to accompany his book. He plays flute, tin whistle and guitar. He is joined by Peter Houlahan on bodhrán.

Gordon Tyrrall, an accomplished player of the wooden flute, tin whistle and guitar, presents a selection of his personal favourites reflecting his maturing as a musician, playing at the phenominal number of sessions occuring in Leeds. Included are Chords and a discourse on wooden flute.

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Measured in tunes to the pound, dollar or euro this book is an absolute bargain, it contains no less than 298 Irish dance tunes, with chords, transcribed from 10 albums (find them in Other Categories – CDs) by button accordeon player Matt Cunningham. Reels, jigs, polkas, hornpipes, marches and waltzes all abound here.

As well as being a fantastic source of repertoire, this CD by Matt Cunningham is also a must for dancers of Irish sets. In fact it has been specially designed for those who wish to learn set dancing. Each set is introduced and played to its proper length and tempo. The sets on this album are: The Mazurka Set, An Stacin Eorna, Verse of Vienna (Shoe the Donkey), The Schottische (Heel and Toe), The High Cauled Cap, TheFairy Reel, TheSweets of May, TheBridge of Athlone, The Cashel Set.

As well as being a fantastic source of repertoire, this CD by Matt Cunningham is also a must for dancers of Irish sets. In fact it has been specially designed for those who wish to learn set dancing. Each set is introduced and played to its proper length and tempo. The sets on this album are: The Paris Set, The Connemara Set, The Labasheeda Set, TheSouth Kerry Set.

As well as being a fantastic source of repertoire, this CD by Matt Cunningham is also a must for dancers of Irish sets. In fact it has been specially designed for those who wish to learn set dancing. Each set is introduced and played to its proper length and tempo. The sets on this album are: The Corofin Plain Set, The Military Two Step, The Gay Gordons, The Monaghan Set, The Black Valley Square Jig Set.

As well as being a fantastic source of repertoire, this CD by Matt Cunningham is also a must for dancers of Irish sets. In fact it has been specially designed for those who wish to learn set dancing. Each set is introduced and played to its proper length and tempo. The sets on this album are: The Newport Set, The Melleray Lancers (Co Waterford), The Skibbereen Set, The Three Tunes (Figure Dance), The Newport Set (Beginners Pace), A Waltz Selection.

As well as being a fantastic source of repertoire, this CD by Matt Cunningham is also a must for dancers of Irish sets. In fact it has been specially designed for those who wish to learn set dancing. Each set is introduced and played to its proper length and tempo. The sets on this album are: The South Sligo Lancers, The Valentia Set, The Gillen Set, TheFermanagh Quadrilles, The Glencree Set, The Rosscahill Set.

Mick Bramich presents a systematic approach to playing the Anglo concertina, Irish style. His method is one of the most efficient ways of exploiting the peculiar nuances of this instrument. Keys are taken in order of difficulty and all types of tunes are tackled.

Mick Bramich presents a systematic approach to playing the Anglo concertina, Irish style. His method is one of the most efficient ways of exploiting the peculiar nuances of this instrument. Keys are taken in order of difficulty and all types of tunes are tackled.

The recording is presented as an essential companion to the book because of the difficulty in trying to convey all of the elements of any (rhythm) guitar style solely in written form. I felt that the recording would transmit such elements as the exact accenting of some rhythms in a more comprehensible way than any amount of dots, lines and numbers would do. Also, hearing the accompaniment in place with some excellent melody players will give you a clear picture of what it is supposed to sound like.

An in depth look at playing the bodhrán. Peter Houlahan takes the absolute beginner to professional status in this easy to follow tutorial. All Irish dance rhythms are explained in detail, reels, jigs, hornpipes, polkas, slides, marches and slip jigs. Both left and right hand techniques are explained. Foreword from Brian Finnegan.

Karen's mastery of the piano accordion defies belief. She has prepared a beautiful selection of Irish session tunes, suitable for all instruments, with chords, tips and anecdotes. It includes her own versions of several of her favourites along with a healthy selection of session standards.

Karen is accompanied by Seamus O'Sullivan (piano), Gordon Tyrrall (guitar) and Peter Houlahan (bodhran) on two specially prepared soundtracks.

Gordon Tyrrall, an accomplished player of the wooden flute, tin whistle and guitar, presents a selection of his personal favourites reflecting his maturing as a musician, playing at the phenominal number of sessions occuring in Leeds. Included are Chords and a discourse on wooden flute.

Gordon has produced two excellent soundtracks to accompany his book. He plays flute, tin whistle and guitar. He is joined by Peter Houlahan on bodhrán.

First published in the early 1950s and now re-printed with chords, The Fiddler's Tune-Book was a landmark collection, edited by veteran folklorist and collector Peter Kennedy. This book is crammed with 200 core repertoire tunes for all traditional musicians. If you have no traditional music books, this is the first one you should buy.

Accurate and extremely clear guitar transcriptions, comprehensively notated in tablature from ex-Albion Band guitarist Keith Hinchliffe, taken from his album of 19 tracks of tunes by the renowned Irish harper Turlough O'Carolan.

As well as being a fantastic source of repertoire, this CD by Matt Cunningham is also a must for dancers of Irish sets. In fact it has been specially designed for those who wish to learn set dancing. Each set is introduced and played to its proper length and tempo. The sets on this album are: The Walls of Limerick, The Siege of Ennis, The Kerry Set, The Haymaker’s Jig, Barn Dance, The Galway Set and The Caledonian Set.

As well as being a fantastic source of repertoire, this CD by Matt Cunningham is also a must for dancers of Irish sets. In fact it has been specially designed for those who wish to learn set dancing. Each set is introduced and played to its proper length and tempo. The sets on this album are: The Plain Set, The Cavan Set, Stack of Barley (Slow Tempo), The Verse of Vienna (Slow Tempo), The Schottische (Slow Tempo),The Donegal Set, The Sliabh Luachra Set, The Trip to the Cottage.

As well as being a fantastic source of repertoire, this CD by Matt Cunningham is also a must for dancers of Irish sets. In fact it has been specially designed for those who wish to learn set dancing. Each set is introduced and played to its proper length and tempo. The sets on this album are: The Aran Set, The Auban Set, The Clare Lancers, The Derada Set.

As well as being a fantastic source of repertoire, this CD by Matt Cunningham is also a must for dancers of Irish sets. In fact it has been specially designed for those who wish to learn set dancing. Each set is introduced and played to its proper length and tempo. The sets on this album are: The Jenny Ling Jig Set, The Waltz Cotillion, The Orange & Green (Co Clare), The Sliabh gCua Set, The Mazurka Set (Beginners Pace).

As well as being a fantastic source of repertoire, this CD by Matt Cunningham is also a must for dancers of Irish sets. In fact it has been specially designed for those who wish to learn set dancing. Each set is introduced and played to its proper length and tempo. The sets on this album are: The Durrow Threshing Set (Co. Laois), The Fermanagh Set, The Caragh Lake (Jig) Set (Co. Kerry), The Ballycommon Set.

Presented in this book are 108 tunes attributed to, or written in the style of, the Irish harper and composer Turlough O’Carolan. They are presented in keys which reflect present day Irish music sessions; mainly G, D, A, Am, Em, and Bm; plus a few in the less popular keys of F, C, Dm and Gm. The tunes are arranged in lines of 4 or 8 bars to make reading as easy as possible. Chord suggestions have been added as a guide for accompanists.

This companion CD contains all the tunes in the tuition section of the book The Irish Concertina.

Frank Kilkelly has designed this book for guitarists who want to understand how to accompany Irish music. Frank assumes an understanding of the guitar but no knowledge of Irish music. He delves into DADGAD, dropped D and double dropped D tunings.

Frank Kilkelly has designed this book for guitarists who want to understand how to accompany Irish music. Frank assumes an understanding of the guitar but no knowledge of Irish music. He delves into DADGAD, dropped D and double dropped D tunings.