Fast paced jigs and reels

talimirr743 · Post by **talimirr743** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 7:12 pm

I need some good fast paced jigs and reels. Any suggestions?

StewySmoot · Post by **StewySmoot** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 7:15 pm

Sure.
Get Mary Bergins music off emusic.com, a tweaked E flat whistle and start playing along.

You will learn a lot.

Congratulations · Post by **Congratulations** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 7:52 pm

StewySmoot wrote:Sure.
Get Mary Bergins music off emusic.com, a tweaked E flat whistle and start playing along.

You will learn a lot.

He said fast, not break-neck!

Skyclad01 · Post by **Skyclad01** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 7:52 pm

Joanie Madden - Hyness March/Johnny Harlings/The Lasses Of Ballintra

Mary Bergin - Richard Dwyers

slowair · Post by **slowair** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 8:15 pm

Red Haired Boy and Geese in the Bog are nice and quick.
Never seizes to amaze me that I can even play them.
And you can get Julia Delaney moving as well. You'll need a C whistle though.
Hope this helps.
Mike

Unseen122 · Post by **Unseen122** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 8:27 pm

Where to start. You want sheet music or CDs?

talimirr743 · Post by **talimirr743** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 8:59 pm

Sheet.

Unseen122 · Post by **Unseen122** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 9:08 pm

Well Palmer's Gate is a great reel. The Roaring Barmaid is one of my favorite Jigs.

FJohnSharp · Post by **FJohnSharp** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 9:20 pm

Try playing cut number 5 on Lunasa's Kinnity Sessions CD. There's some speed in that one.

colomon · Post by **colomon** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 9:47 pm

talimirr743 wrote:Sheet.

Errr.... you do realize they go as fast as you play them, yes? While there are certainly some jigs and reels that sound nice slow, in general, they can all be played at a good clip.

brewerpaul · Post by **brewerpaul** » Thu Nov 03, 2005 4:59 am

Sean sa Ceo (John In The Fog) is a great 3 part reel that I like to use to check out new whistles. Sounds great as fast as you can play it, anthough it's pretty good slower too.

fearfaoin · Post by **fearfaoin** » Thu Nov 03, 2005 8:01 am

colomon wrote:Errr.... you do realize they go as fast as you play them, yes? While there are certainly some jigs and reels that sound nice slow, in general, they can all be played at a good clip.

Yeah, my response was going to be "all of them". Can you narrow the
field any? Is there a particular application you're interested in? Any
key? Single jigs, double jigs, slip jigs?

For reels, I'm partial to Cooley's, Sheehan's, Cup of Tea, Dick Gossip's
For jigs, I like Morrison's, Swallowtail, Atholl Highlanders, Kid on a Mountain

Most of these can be found here

Congratulations · Post by **Congratulations** » Thu Nov 03, 2005 8:44 am

fearfaoin wrote:
colomon wrote:Errr.... you do realize they go as fast as you play them, yes? While there are certainly some jigs and reels that sound nice slow, in general, they can all be played at a good clip.
Yeah, my response was going to be "all of them". Can you narrow the
field any? Is there a particular application you're interested in? Any
key? Single jigs, double jigs, slip jigs?

For reels, I'm partial to Cooley's, Sheehan's, Cup of Tea, Dick Gossip's
For jigs, I like Morrison's, Swallowtail, Atholl Highlanders, Kid on a Mountain

Most of these can be found here

Interestingly enough, that version of Dick Gossip's on that site has the A and B parts switched from the way I learned it.

Tyghress · Post by **Tyghress** » Thu Nov 03, 2005 8:47 am

Try Gravel Walk. . .always a nice one for blazing speed.

Wormdiet · Post by **Wormdiet** » Thu Nov 03, 2005 9:27 am

Tyghress wrote:Try Gravel Walk. . .always a nice one for blazing speed.

killer tune- wolvy and I had a long discussion about it in one of the other fora. It's tricky until the octave jumps get comfortable though.

One that works really well fast but is fairly easy is the 2nd tune called "Robbie Hannan's Jig" from Jerry O'Sullivan's album The Invasion