Description

Description

This is the CD to accompany the book of the same name.

Dave Mallinson has been known as Mally since his first day at school. He has been involved in music since the age of nine, when he learned to play the recorder. In his mid teens he played the pop music of the era on guitar, but his interest was always little more than half-hearted. In his late teens he discovered folk music but still the guitar was unable to inspire him.
At the age of twenty two, Mally discovered the melodeon and immediately felt the musical stimulation he had unconsciously been seeking for many years. Practice was no longer a chore, it was his favourite occupation, an addiction even.
Although starting late in life makes virtuoso status unattainable, it is still possible to reach a good standard. Mally, through lengthy practice, hard work and dogged determination, has managed to achieve a high level of competence and has become a well respected player. However, his constant struggle to maintain his skill makes his days as a beginner never seem far away. He is well able to recognise, and is very much aware of, the problems and difficulties facing beginners and novices.
During the early days of learning a musical instrument, many budding musicians fall by the wayside. They soon tire of playing the same half dozen tunes over and over again and, because they are unable to find other suitable melodies to sustain their interest, they drop out. To prevent boredom getting the upper hand, it is necessary to quickly build up a reasonably sized repertoire. Mally has identified 101 relatively simple, but interesting, Irish tunes and presents them here, in graded order, to increase your chances of success. This book will help you quickly boost your repertoire and get you up and running in the Irish sessions in no time, giving you many hours of enjoyment in the process.
The tune settings in this book are all ‰Û÷session friendly‰۪, i.e. you can learn them exactly as written and know that you will have a perfectly acceptable version. However, it can be unwise to learn a tune from only one source and, when possible, it‰۪s best, when learning a new tune, to pay heed to other books, recordings and live performances.
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 this book is directly proportional to the number of hours a day you spend practising.
Chord arrangements are more or less as played on the soundtrack, but nevertheless, are only suggestions.

Contents

All the Way To Galway

Another Jig Will Do

Anything for Jonjo?

Ballydesmond Polka, The

Barnacle Redowa, The

Barney Brannigan

Believe Me, If All Those Endearing Young Charms

Bill Harte‰۪s Jig

Black Velvet Band, The

Blackthorn Stick, The

Boolavogue

Boys of Bluehill

Boys of Wexford, The

Britches Full of Stitches, The

Brosna Slide, The

Buachaill On Eirne

Bunratty Boys

Butterfly, The

Captain White

Cockles and Mussels

Dennis Enright‰۪s Slide

Dennis Murphy‰۪s Polka

Derry Boat, The

Din Tarrant‰۪s Polka

Dingle Regatta

Donegal Mazurka

Down By the Sally Gardens

Drops of Brandy

Drowsy Maggie

Egan‰۪s Polka

Enniskillen Dragoon, The

Far From Home

Fine Toast to Hewlett, A

Finnegan‰۪s Wake

Foggy Dew, The

Foxhunters‰۪ Jig

Frost is all Over

Green Grow the Rushes-O

Harp That Once Through Tara‰۪s Halls, The

Harvest Home

Hills of Tara, The

I‰۪ll Tell Me Ma

Irish Washerwoman, The

John Egan‰۪s Polka

John Ryan‰۪s Polka

Johnny Mickey Barry‰۪s Polka

Kathleen Hehir‰۪s Slide

Kelly, the Boy from Killan

Kerry Polka Number 1, The

Kerry Polka Number 2, The

Kesh Jig, The

Lakes of Sligo, The

Lannigan‰۪s Ball

Leather Away the Wattle-O

Leg of the Duck, The

Leslie‰۪s Hornpipe

Little Diamond

Madame Bonaparte

Maggie in the Wood

Magic Slipper, The

Merrily Kissed the Quaker

Mickey Chewing Bubble Gum

Mountains of Mourne, The

Muirsheen Durkin

New Rigged Ship, The

O‰۪Connor‰۪s Polka

O‰۪Donnell Abu

Off She Goes

ÌÒrÌ_ ‰Û÷S̩ Do Bheatha ‰Û÷Bhaile

Planxty Fanny Power

Planxty Irwin

PortlÌÁirge

Rakes of Kildare

Rakes of Mallow

Rattlin‰۪ Bog

Road to Lisdoonvarna, The

Rocky Road to Dublin, The

Rosin the Beau

Saddle the Pony

Saint Mary‰۪s Polka

Scartaglen Polka, The

Scattery Island Slide, The

Sean South of Garryowen

Shoo the Donkey

Si Bheag, Si Mhor

Some Say the Devil‰۪s Dead

Sonny‰۪s Mazurka

South Wind, The

Spancil Hill

Spanish Lady

Stack of Wheat, The

Star Above the Garter, The

Sweets of May, The

Tenpenny Bit

Tralee Gaol

Tripping Upstairs

Tureengarbh Glen

Waxies‰۪ Dargle, The

Wearing of the Green, The

Wild Colonial Boy, The

Wild Rover, The