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FAQs about Irish Flute Tunes:How many episodes does Irish Flute Tunes have?The podcast currently has 927 episodes available.
January 25, 2016The Gates of Mullagh (reel)Here's a reel composed by Josephne Keegan. I can't tell you much about the title though I know that a gate is like a door with the outside on its inside and outside; a Mullagh (or mullach) is a hilltop and so lots of hilly places are named after this feature:http://www.teanglann.ie/en/fgb/mullach. Here are some dots: https://thesession.org/tunes/2243...more3minPlay
October 05, 2015The One Horned Cow (reel)Here's a reel which was included in O'Neill's Dance Music of Ireland in 1907 as 'An Bhó Mhaol / The Hornless Cow' but was recorded by Liam Walsh in 1933 as 'The One Horned Cow' https://archive.org/details/LiamWalshTheFairyReelTheOneHornedCowTheLimestoneRock. The beast must have sprouted a bit in the intervening 26 years; unless 1930s Waterford had a population of bovine unicorns - possibly only visible to Uilleann Pipers. Maybe it still does.(There's a baby battering a table in the background of this recording - more in time than many percussionists). Here are the cow's dots.https://thesession.org/tunes/2825...more2minPlay
September 21, 2015The Lonesome JigHere's a Lonesome Jig. It only has 681 companions on this site so far - no wonder it feels a bit isolated....more2minPlay
May 16, 2015The Blarney Pilgrim (jig)Here's a tune I've managed to overlook during the years I've been putting tunes on this site. It refers to the Blarney Stone the kissing of which is reputed to leave a great facility for fine talk on the lips which were in contact with said stone. I was taken for my contact with the Blarney Stone when I was a child, though I think I was held the wrong way up and the incorrect bit of me made contact with the little rock of eloquence.You can find the dots here:https://thesession.org/tunes/5...more3minPlay
July 15, 2014Mama’s Pet (3)I've just got my nice old flute back from a period in a flute hospital so felt inspired to post a tune on it before I break it again.This tune appears to be the third Mama's Pet I've posted here so she'll maybe able to open a small zoo. I'm not sure what species this pet is or even how many limbs it has, if any, or whether it has fur or just skin or scales. The details I could find are here:http://tunepal.org/tunepal/show_tune.php?tunepalid=1290-12.abc-1-Mama~s~Pet...more2minPlay
July 15, 2014Mama’s Pet (3)I've just got my nice old flute back from a period in a flute hospital so felt inspired to post a tune on it before I break it again.This tune appears to be the third Mama's Pet I've posted here so she'll maybe able to open a small zoo. I'm not sure what species this pet is or even how many limbs it has, if any, or whether it has fur or just skin or scales. The details I could find are here:http://tunepal.org/tunepal/show_tune.php?tunepalid=1290-12.abc-1-Mama~s~Pet...more2minPlay
May 08, 2014The Shamrock BarndanceHere's a tune popular among some fiddle players in Donegal. I'm not sure whether it is unpopular among everyone else in that county but I'll maybe avoid playing it there just to be on the safe side.There is a version of it here: http://thesession.org/tunes/11250 taken down from the fiddle playing of Vincent Campbell (presumably one of the Donegal fiddle players amongst whom this tune is popular). I've also heard a recording of John Doherty playing it and I first learned it from another fiddle player, i.e. Paul O'Shaughnessy who has a keen awarness of the Donegal fiddle zeitgeist....more3minPlay
April 05, 2014The Walls of Limerick (Reel)Just grabbing a rare moment in the house when not being entertained / attacked (it's a fine line) by children. The first 2 minutes of that moment have been used up by playing this reel. www.tunepal.org told me it is called the Walls of Limerick. I have it on a recording of John McKenna on the flute with Michael Gaffney (I think) on the banjo. The notes at http://tunepal.org/tunepal/show_tune.php?tunepalid=266-hnr2.abc-2-Walls~of~Limerick%2C~The look very like it. I'm sure all will be revealed and explained when 'Imminent' becomes 'Recent' in a while ... http://www.johnmckenna.ie/irish-time/....more2minPlay
February 06, 2014Down The Meadow - ReelHere's a tune which John McKenna recorded. To hear it played properly in digitised ex-shiny-shellac format you'll soon be able to buy the CD referred to here:http://www.johnmckenna.ie/irish-time/The notation here isn't too far off the way McKenna had it (closer that I could manage in any case).http://thesession.org/tunes/12577...more3minPlay
January 14, 2014Last Night’s Joy (reel)Here's a reel I just heard on a recording of the Donegal fiddle maestro John Doherty.There are a few written versions here: http://tunepal.org/tunepal/search_titles_new.php?q=last+night%27s+joyAs for the title - I think mine was finding half a packet of Kettle Chips and only being beaten 9:3 at Connect Four by my phone....more3minPlay
FAQs about Irish Flute Tunes:How many episodes does Irish Flute Tunes have?The podcast currently has 927 episodes available.