Forget Me Not
A Collection of 50 Memorable Traditional Irish Tunes
by Séamus Connolly & Laurel Martin
Product Number: 98684BCD
ISBN: 0786657162
Publisher: Mel Bay Pub., Inc.
Difficulty Level: Beginning-Intermediate
Format: Book/2-CD Set
Séamus Connolly, a 10-time All-Ireland fiddle champion from County Clare, and Laurel Martin, a former prize pupil of Séamus and a highly respected teacher of Irish fiddling herself, have made Irish music thoroughly accessible to beginners and more advanced players alike in Forget Me Not: 50 Memorable Traditional Irish Tunes. The book's tunes are printed in basic and then in more ornamented notation, one after the other, and they are accompanied by two compact discs of playing, also in simple and then more-ornamented settings. This refreshing approach by Connolly and Martin enables individuals to learn and master the tunes at their own pace and interest level by sight, sound, or both, with one reinforcing the other for maximum retention and refinement. Complete with background notes on the tunes and a foreword from famed County Clare button accordionist Tony MacMahon, this impressive, practical, all-in-one package presents jigs, reels, hornpipes, marches, set dances, and slow airs in a way that's distinct from any other collection that's available today. It's a handy source of great Irish tunes and an invaluable resource for developing technique, something musicians can return to again and again for both instruction and enjoyment.
CONTENTS
A Note from Kevin Burke Foreword by Tony MacMahon Introduction by Séamus Connolly and Laurel Martin Acknowledgements About the Recording Index of Tunes The Tunes Background Information on the Tunes Biographies: Séamus Connolly and Laurel Martin
The Tunes: Astley's (Hornpipe) Brendan Mulhaire's (Reel) Bridge of Athlone (Hornpipe) The Collier's (Reel) Connolly's (Jig) The Doon (Reel) Eddie Moloney's (Jig) Eddie Moloney's Favourite (Jig) The Fairhaired Boy (Jig) Fare Thee Well Sweet Killaloe (March) Father Fielding's Favourite (Jig) Forget Me Not (Reel) The Good Woman's Lament for O'Connell (Air) The Great Northern Bands (March) The Hare in the Corn (Jig) Hickey's (Reel) Humours of Castle Bernard (Hornpipe) Jimmy O'Brien's (Jig) John Kelly's Concertina Reel (Reel) Kathleen Lawrie's Wedding (Reel) Kathleen O'Shea's or Ben Hill (Hornpipe) Kiss Me Sweetheart (Single Jig) Kiss the Bride (Reel) The Knockawhinna (Jig) Lad O'Beirne's (Reel) Marian McCarthy (Set Dance) Martin Ansboro's (Reel) The Meelick Team (Jig D minor) The Meelick Team (Jig E minor) Mick Collins' Reel (Reel) Minnie Foster's (Hornpipe) Molly on the Shore (Reel) The Morning Mist (Reel) The Mountain Top (Reel) Murphy's (Reel) No Surrender (Jig March) The Old Blackbird (Hornpipe) The Old Cross (March) The Old Dudeen (Reel) Old Ireland a Long Farewell (Air) O'Reilly's Greyhound (Reel) Paddy Fahey's (Reel) Paddy Kelly's (Reel) Pigeon on the Gate (Single Jig) Planxty Penny (Set Dance) The Second Wedding (Reel) Sixmilebridge (Reel) The Spindle Shanks (Reel) The Tempest (Reel) The Thrush in the Bush (Jig) Tommy Mulhaire 's (Jig)
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