Matt Cranitch - The Irish Fiddle Book (Audio Access Included)

CONTENTS

PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
Irish Traditional Music, The Fiddle

MUSIC NOTATION
Notes, Note-Values, Time-Signatures, Sharps and Flats, Key-Signatures

GETTING STARTED
Holding the Fiddle, Holding the Bow, Tuning the Fiddle, Starting to Play

FIRST TUNES
Fainne Geal an Lae, Nil se ina La, A Kerry Polka, The Munster Cloak,
Baidin Fheilimi, Eibhlin, a Ruin, Amhran Dochais, Dalaigh's Polka, Tuirne Mhaire, Planxty Irwin, One Day for Recreation, Da bhFaighinn mo Rogha

JIGS
The Connachtman's Rambles, Old John's Jig, Gallagher's Frolics, The Hag's Purse, The Rambling Pitchfork, The Lark on the Strand,
The Rose in the Heather, The High Part of the Road, Give Us a Drink of Water

SLIDES AND POLKAS
Mick Duggan's Slide, Denis Murphy's Slide, The Brosna Slide,
The Scartaglen Slide, The Clog, The Top of Maol, Sean McGovern's Polka,
Art O'Keeffe's Polka, Dalaigh's Polka, The Lakes of Sligo, The Scartaglen Polka

HORNPIPES
The Boys of Bluehill, The Little Stack of Barley, Cronin's Hornpipe,
Chief O'Neill's Favourite, The Kildare Fancy, Rodney's Glory

REELS
Anything for John Joe?, The Peeler's Jacket, The Old Copperplate,
Jackie Coleman's Reel, Drowsy Maggie, The Humours of Tulla,
The Woman of the House, Dublin Porter, The Humours of Carrigaholt,
The Moving Bog, The Man of the House, The Piper's Despair,
The Old Pigeon on the Gate, The Pretty Girls of Mayo, Rolling on the Ryegrass

AIRS
Sheebeg and Sheemore, Carolan's Draught, Planxty Drury, Cait Ni Dhuibhir, Amhran na Leabhar, An Goirtin Eornan, Aisling Gheal, Sliabh na mBan

PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER
The Cordal Jig, The Wheels of the World, O'Callaghan's Hornpipe, The Fairy Queen, Miss Langford, The Red-Haired Lass, Caoineadh an Spailpin, Denis Murphy's Slide, The Dark Girl, The Cliffs of Moher, Doctor Gilbert, Lucy Campbell

APPENDIX A
101 Selected Tunes

APPENDIX B
Bibliography

APPENDIX C
Discography

INDEX OF TUNES