Irish Music for Mandolin Made Easy

irish mandolin
By Philip John Berthoud
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 CD contains all the tunes, played at a manageable speed, with guitar accompaniment.

The collection contains airs, well known songs, polkas, slip jigs, slides, double jigs, hornpipes and reels, all of which are specially arranged by the author with the beginning/intermediate mandolinist in mind. On the CD, the tunes are played 2 or 3 times, so you can really get into the feel of the tune, when playing along. The speed of the tunes is quite slow, but not so slow as to take away from the essential feel of the music.

Irish music is rightly popular all over the world. The haunting beauty of the slow airs and infectious foot-tapping rhythms of jigs and reels are here to be discovered in this selection of great traditional music.
Song Titles
Calioope House   The Irish Washerwoman 
Carolan's Dream   The Jolly Beggarman
Factory Girl   The Merry Blacksmith  
John Ryan's   The Parting of Friends  
Kerry Polka   The Rakes of Mallow  
Miss McLeod's Reel   The Rakes of Westmeath 
Oh! The Britches Full of Stitches   The Rights of Man 
Paddy's Green Shamrock Shore   The road to Lisdoonvarna 
Planxty Irwin   The Rocky Road to Dublin 
Sergeant Early's Jig   The Runaway Jig 
Tatter the Road   The Star of Munster  
The Boys of Malin   The Star of the County Down 
The Butterfly   The Wren Hornpipe  
The Cliffs of Moher   Whiskey in the Jar  
The Derry Air  

Book/CD Set
13.16
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