Any favourite tunes?

Cernunnos · Post by **Cernunnos** » Wed May 09, 2007 5:26 am

A pointless topic, but whatever...

Which ones are your favourite Irish tunes?

Personal favourites of mine are "The Foggy Dew" and "Road to Lisdoonvarna".

daveboling · Post by **daveboling** » Wed May 09, 2007 6:52 am

Trim the Velvet
Bucks of Oranmore
Foxhunter's Reel
Corner House
King of the Piper's
Corney is Coming

First one's that jumped into the space betwixt me ears.

dave boling

colomon · Post by **colomon** » Wed May 09, 2007 8:02 am

Hornpipe: Lad O'Beirne's
Reel: Kiss the Maid Behind the Barrel
Slide: Dark Girl in Blue (as played by Paddy Cronin)
Jig: The Platinum Ring (sentimental favorite)

Bonus Newfoundland tunes:
Single: Six-Handed Reel
Double: Payne's Choice
Reel: Jim Hodder's

What a perfectly meaningless yet vaguely nice way to pass the time until my emergency dentist appointment....

flutey1 · Post by **flutey1** » Wed May 09, 2007 2:44 pm

picking favorites is so hard... currently some favorites are:

Road to Errogie (in G, not B)
Tommy Mulhaire's/Paddy McMahon's (jigs)
The Silver Spire (reel)
Cuilfhionn
Dunmore Lassies (reel)

cheers,
Sara

colomon · Post by **colomon** » Wed May 09, 2007 7:42 pm

flutey1 wrote:Cuilfhionn

That's the one from Fit? (And the melody to "Corrievrechan"?) That's a great tune.

flutey1 · Post by **flutey1** » Wed May 09, 2007 8:15 pm

colomon wrote:
flutey1 wrote:Cuilfhionn
That's the one from Fit? (And the melody to "Corrievrechan"?) That's a great tune.

yep, that one

FJohnSharp · Post by **FJohnSharp** » Thu May 10, 2007 6:58 am

Lately, when I want to entertain myself with a sweet tune, I play Tobin's Favorite (or Favourite) followed by Tongs by the Fire, which don't necessarily go together but I like 'em.

Jayhawk · Post by **Jayhawk** » Thu May 10, 2007 10:00 am

I really like Tobin's, too.

I'm really enjoying this set of reels right now:

Blackthorne Stick/Lisdoonvarna

And I've become addicted to Fig for a Kiss.

Eric

Wormdiet · Post by **Wormdiet** » Thu May 10, 2007 10:17 am

Sligo Maid
The Holly Bush

dwinterfield · Post by **dwinterfield** » Thu May 10, 2007 10:25 am

We're doing There She Goes with Tobin's.

Other cliched favorites

Rights of Man
Trip to Kilavil
Wee Johnny

ISU Trout Bum · Post by **ISU Trout Bum** » Fri May 11, 2007 12:38 pm

Wow - a good list of tunes.

I like:

Reels: Cup of Tea (with Silver Spear a VERY close 2nd)
Jigs: Milltown (with Ingenish a close 2nd - seemingly simple tune, but really nice)
Hornpipes: Off to California (just has great swing, I think anyway)
Slip Jigs: The Butterfly (but I also love Fig for a Kiss)
Polka: Britches Full of Stitches
Marches: Return from Fingal (as played by Lunasa)
Airs: Song of Kelpie (Solas) tied with The Parting of Friends (Matt Moloy)
Song: 3 Ravens by Malinky (unbelievable if you've not heard it!!)

All that said, ask me again in 6 months - it's sure to change.

Tia · Post by **Tia** » Sun May 27, 2007 7:53 pm

hmm at the moment

hornpipe- harvest home
jig- mug of brown ale
air - lament for the lost books, (favourite of them all)

cant really think of any others at the moment, those would have to the top 3, the rest I like but dont stand out as much

Innocent Bystander · Post by **Innocent Bystander** » Tue May 29, 2007 5:46 am

Reel: Cooley's
Jig: The Blarney Pilgrim
Slip Jig: Sir Roger de Coverley
Polka: The Belfast Polka
Hornpipe: The Home Ruler (Daniel O'Connell)

Currently learning "The Magic Slipper". Another Polka. Help! The Polkas are taking over! ...where did all the slides go to?

Cathy Wilde · Post by **Cathy Wilde** » Tue May 29, 2007 9:45 am

flutey1 wrote: Road to Errogie (in G, not B)

Sara, if you have an F flute/whistle you can finger it in G and still play along with Brian (or in my case, TRY to play along with Brian, but it's great fun).

Wormdiet · Post by **Wormdiet** » Tue May 29, 2007 10:06 am

I've been unintentionally picking stuff off the John Skelton/ Kieran O'Hare disk lately. Those Lucy Farr jigs are . . . .luscious.