Here is a very handy tune book (2) check it out, look at the tunes and bring the ones you want to play together.
I'll make an event page on facebook with the ARTS FOR EARTH FOUNDATION page. join and message if you can make it. See you on the 20th of January for our 2nd session
all the best,
Mic
photo by John K. Golson
Blarney Stone Pub Session Tunebook
compiled by Michael Eskin
Preface
I came to Irish session music only quite recently in my musical lifetime. It became clear to me very quickly that it can be very difficult for beginning players to bootstrap themselves into becoming participating members of a session. So often the tunes go by so quickly, and it seems that nobody knows the names.
What I felt was needed was a book of the tunes played in our session, in the order that they are commonly played. Many times I have watched beginners, (myself included) desperately flipping through books trying to find a tune being played, only to have the group move on to another tune just when its been found in the book, or worse, never finding it at all so that there isn't a chance that they will be able to play it the following week.
Using this book and some practice, new players should be able to become participating members of the session in just a few weeks.
These are the tunes we most often play at the pub, in the order that they are usually played.
Thank you to Masato "Nishi" Nishimura, Steve Glass, and Declan for giving me the list of songs that made this possible!
The tunebook in Adobe Acrobat Reader 3.0 format may be downloaded by clicking below:
bstunebook.pdf (4.0 Megabyte, Adobe Acrobat Reader 3.0 format)
Here's a few more tunes:
bstunebook2.pdf (400 kilobyte, Adobe Acrobat Reader 3.0 format)
If you have trouble downloading the tunebook files:
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To read or print the file you will need to have the Adobe Acrobat Reader. Click below to download your free copy:
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Click here for the Tunebook Revision History
For more information on the .abc file format used to exchange traditional tunes on the internet, click below:
Click here for the ABC Home Page
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