These 300 tunes, selected from among the author\u2019s favorites, are notated in a style that makes them equally accessible to players of fiddle, flute, whistle, accordion, concertina, harp, keyboard, guitar, mandolin, banjo, uilleann pipes \u2013 to all melody players.<\/p>\n
The author designed the sequence of jigs, reels and hornpipes such that good medleys result when you play consecutive tunes one after another. We’re not aware of tune collections by other authors that offer such medley suggestions.<\/p>\n
In this book you’ll find:<\/p>\n
Audio of all 300 tunes<\/strong>\u00a0is available separately, either as a set of 4 CDs\u00a0or as a downloadable set of 300 MMP3s<\/a>.\u00a0Grey Larsen plays them on Irish flute, tin whistles and anglo concertina.<\/p>\n Please note: 251 of these 300 recordings are identical to ones that are included on the CDs that come with the books\u00a0150 Gems of Irish Music for Tin Whistle<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0150 Gems of Irish Music for Flute<\/a>. If you already have these books and their companion CDs and wish to purchase\u00a0only<\/strong>\u00a0the 49 recordings that are\u00a0not<\/strong>\u00a0included on those CDs, you may purchase these as a downloadable set of 49 MP3s<\/a>.<\/p>\n Many of the transcriptions pay homage to recordings by famous Irish musicians and groups such as Matt Molloy (of the Chieftains), Martin Hayes, Sharon Shannon, Mary Bergin, Kevin Burke, James Kelly, Willie Clancy, Altan, the Bothy Band and the Mulcahy Family, as well as early 20th century recordings from revered Irish masters Michael Coleman, Paddy Killoran, Dennis Murphy, Bobby Casey, Paddy Canny and others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Grey Larsen. eBook (PDF file), 120 pages<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n You will be directed to the Mel Bay Publications website to purchase this eBook. It is in the PDF file format. The eBook is less expensive than the physical book<\/b>, and of course there is no shipping cost. (Shipping the physical book outside the US can be rather expensive.)<\/span><\/p>\n These 300 tunes are notated in a style that makes them equally accessible to players of fiddle, flute, whistle, accordion, concertina, harp, keyboard, guitar, mandolin, banjo, uilleann pipes \u2013 to all melody players.\u00a0Audio of all 300 tunes is available separately as downloadable MP3s or as a set of 4 CDs<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n The author designed the sequence of jigs, reels and hornpipes such that good medleys result when you play consecutive tunes one after another. We’re not aware of tune collections by other authors that offer such medley suggestions.<\/p>\n