All the tunes in this book are again firm session favourites, particularly the reels. It follows on from Essential and Enduring by providing another 100 of the most popular Irish session tunes. The book echos the format of a typical Irish session; lots of reels, some jigs and a few hornpipes. 100 tunes ( 65 reels, 25 jigs, 10 hornpipes) with chords, classified and alphabetical (with alternative titles) indexes. Important note from Mally The tune settings in this book are all 'session friendly', i.e. you can learn them exactly as written and know that you will have a perfectly acceptable version. However, I consider it unwise to learn a tune from only one source and I would suggest strongly that, when learning a new tune, you pay heed to settings in other books, on recordings and what you hear down the pub. It is important to note that the settings in this book are greatly influenced by the instrument I play, the D/G melodeon. I've made a conscious effort to allow this to happen in order to give the book its own unique character. The list below would constitute an excellent nucleus towards forming a valuable Irish music library, many of them are available from mally.com. When choosing books, take care not to be put off by the title; some of the best sources of tunes are from tuition books. Just because the book cover says 'Learn to Play the Banjo', don't think it's of no use if you play the tin whistle. Books will only help you to learn the notes of a tune. To pick up the rhythm of Irish music you must devote a large amount of time listening to both recordings and live musicians. Of greatest importance, you must practise; the value of these books is directly proportional to the number of hours a day you spend practising.

Contents

Reels 

Ah, Surely ...  Anderson's  Ash Plant  Big Reel of Callightown  Blackberry Blossom  Boy in the Gap  Boys of the Lough  Bunker Hill  Cameronian  Captain Kelly  Cathal McConnell's  College Groves  Connemara Stockings  Crossing the Shannon  Down the Broom  Duke of Leinster  Dwyer's  Fairy Reel  Far from Home  Five Mile Chase  Flax in Bloom  Flower of the Flock  Fred Finn's  Glentown  Grogan's Favourite  Hand Me Down the Tackle Holy Land  Humours of Carrigaholt  Humours of Lissadell  In the Tap Room  Jenny's Wedding  John Stenson's  Josie McDermott's  Kilfenora

Kilavel Fancy  Kiss Me Kate  Lads of Laois  Last Night's Fun  Maguire's  Maids of Castlebar  Maids of Mount Cisco  Man of the House  Master McDermott's  Matt Molloy's  Miss Johnston's  Miss Thornton's My Love is in America  O'Brien's  Oak Tree  Paddy Lynn's Delight  Patsy Campbell  Return to Camden Town  Sailor on the Rock Saint Ruth's Bush  Sandmount  Seán Sa Céo Sheila Coyle's  Sporting Paddy  Sword in Hand  Tim Moloney  Tommy Peoples'  Traveller  Travers'  Virginia  Within a Mile of Dublin  Jigs

Apples in Winter  Burnt Old Man

Coleman's Cross  Fair Haired Boy  Fraher's  Geese in the Bog  Happy to Meet, Sorry  Humours of Ballyloughlin  Jimmy Ward's Fancy  Knocknagow  Millpond  Mist Covered Mountain Monaghan  Old Grey Goose  Old Hag, You Have Killed  Paddy O'Rafferty  Patsy Geary's  Portarlington  Queen of the Fair  Swallow's Nest  Tatter Jack Walsh  Tell Her I Am  Trip to Athlone  Wandering Minstrel

Hornpipes 

Alexander's  Chief O'Neill's Favourite  Fairies' Fisher's  Friendly Visit  Honeysuckle  Japanese  Liverpool  Pretty Maggie Morrissey  Smell of the Bog