Irish Music & Song Books

A unique collection of over 400 songs from Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Includes a diverse assortment of traditional music, plus a bonus selection of Irish popular songs.

An exciting collection of 29 traditional tunes from Ireland, arranged for easy Mandolin. All tunes are written clearly in standard notation as well as Mandolin tablature. An accompanying online audio recording contains all the tunes, played at a manageable speed, with Guitar accompaniment.

This comprehensive book is a facsimile edition of the original collection published in 1883. It has survived over the years because it is one of the richest and most interesting of the 19th century instrumental collections as well as a resource for students of American vernacular music. Examining the cultural exchange between minstrel show, ethnic music and even classical music influenced some of the genres of what we now call American music.

The Banjo Play-Along Series will help you play your favorite songs quickly and easily. Just follow the banjo tab, listen to the audio to hear how the banjo should sound, and then play along using the separate backing tracks. The book includes access to audio tracks online for download or streaming featuring Playback+, a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down the audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right. This volume includes: Billy in the Low Ground · Cluck Old Hen · Devil's Dream · Fisher's Hornpipe · Little Maggie · Over the Waterfall · The Red Haired Boy · Soldier's Joy.

World traveling fingerstyle guitarist Pat Kirtley presents 17 solo guitar arrangements of traditional Irish tunes including a few original compositions in the same vein by himself, Pierre Bensusan, and Duck Baker. As all of the tunes in this 1997 recording were arranged in altered tunings (DADGAD, EADEAE or DADEAD), each appears in both standard notation and tablature with insightful performance notes. In general, these transcriptions from Pat Kirtley's 1997 album of the same title are extremely accurate: The Red-Haired Boy, however, played as a duet with Steve Rector on the album - appears as a solo arrangement in this book. Recommended for the intermediate to advanced player,the author provides insightful performance notes for each tune.

In this book you'll learn creative, fun techniques and ideas on playing backup. Playing backup means responding in a sensitive manner with singers and other musicians. So let's take a serious look at what to do when you're not soloing. The question is: to play or not to play?

15 favorites arranged for solo guitar in notes and tab, including: Down by the Salley Gardens · The Foggy Dew · The Galway Piper · The Gypsy Rover · Londonderry Air · Molly Malone · Sweet Rosie O'Grady · Water Is Wide · The Wearing of the Green · When Irish Eyes Are Smiling · Whiskey in the Jar · Wild Rover · and more.

This fingerstyle guitar collection features 20 engaging lyrical tunes from England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales plus three original pieces by accomplished guitarist, trumpeter and composer William A. Bay, president, and editor-in-chief at Mel Bay Publications. Tasked with writing intermediate-level arrangements in either standard or dropped-D tuning, guitarist/arranger Raymond Gonzalez displays uncommon music rethinking skills while preserving the plaintive and lilting nature of these enduring melodies. Unique to these settings, you will find sparse, open-chord harmonies accentuated by double hammer-ons and pull-offs, and the odd harmonic mixed with normal tones within a melodic line— all reminiscent of gentle waves washing up against a rocky island shore. Conceived to be played on either steel or nylon-string guitar, these pieces are written in both standard notation and tablature. Includes online access to the author’s own audio recordings.

This book is a complete guide to traditional Irish music. It contains fifty tunes, advice on alternate tunings, chord substitution, technique for accompaniment and solo playing and much more. It also has a bibliography,discography, and Sections On Irish music in general. The book is complete with an accompanying demo CD which features Paul de Grae playing thirty-one tunes from the book.

The Old Swan Band Tunebook presents a selection of 191 traditional tunes from Britain, Ireland, Mainland Europe, North America and Australia played and recorded by the band over five decades. The tunes are accompanied by interesting footnotes as to there origins. The book is ideal for musicians seeking repertoire for English pub sessions and ceilidh bands.

A collection of 191 tunes recorded by The Old Swan Band.

The collection comprises of 35 reels, 21 jigs, 10 hornpipes, 5 slip jigs and 4 set-dances.