your current favorite Flute tunes?

Ben Shaffer · Post by **Ben Shaffer** » Sat Aug 23, 2008 1:33 pm

Im guessing every Flute Player has a bunch of tunes that they just like to play, that seem to just flow well on the Flute.....often an easy tune, that may or may not even be played at your local sessions.I'm talking about those tunes that you play everyday day in day out and just don't seem to get tired of.
I've got some here I'll list and would really love to hear from other C&F Flute Players about their favorite Tunes. I keep a big list of these Tunes so they'll come to mind when I'm playing. I haven't looked, but I'd guess alot of these Tunes would be in the Session Tune section.
I find all of these Tunes just wonderful to play on the Flute
BenS

Ambrose Moloney
Duke of Leinster
Pile Of Bricks
Lady On The Island
Morning Star
John Egan Reel
Green Fields Of Rosbeigh
Knotted Cord
Mountain Road
Martin Wynne
Jackie Coleman
Milltown Jig
Gone For His Tea
Silver Spire
Boyne Hunt
Camererion
Choice Wife
Glass Of beer
Coal Miner
Tim Maloney
Boy In The Boat

claudine · Post by **claudine** » Sat Aug 23, 2008 1:51 pm

here is a set of jigs that I had been wanting to play for years, but as I had only a keyless flute I couldn't. But now with my new Murray flute I began to work on this set that I learned from Cathal McConnell (actually from his CD only, not from the man himself): Scotland-Ireland / The Hangover / The Fermanagh Curves.
I love Cathal, would marry him any day if he would have me

matahari_1946 · Post by **matahari_1946** » Sat Aug 23, 2008 1:53 pm

I don't know most of those tunes on your list, Mr. Fandango, but you've got some good ones listed there. A few of my flute favorites at the moment, in no particular order:

Gone for His Tea
Maggie's Pancakes (taught to me by Eilam)
The Reconciliation (in G major)
Gravelwalk
The Flogging Reel, cause I love throwing that F natural in the 3rd part

Calum Iain (a nice Scottish tune I just learned)
Humors of Tullycrine (in G minor so I can use my lovely keys)
The Golden Castle (also in G minor, I think)
Jenny's Chickens
The Cow That Ate the Blanket

*Edited for spelling mistake

Ben Shaffer · Post by **Ben Shaffer** » Sat Aug 23, 2008 2:10 pm

"I love Cathal, would marry him any day if he would have me"

Claudine,
does he clean bathrooms though? and would he wear those Toe Puppets?:D
BenS

claudine · Post by **claudine** » Sat Aug 23, 2008 2:18 pm

well i could still wear the toe puppets myself and move my toes rhythmically while he plays the flute.

Wormdiet · Post by **Wormdiet** » Sat Aug 23, 2008 2:37 pm

Heya Ben,

Let's see. . . .

The Ivy Leaf
Ormond Sound
Connaught Heifers
Heathery Breeze
The Merry Harriers
Jenny tie Your Bonnet

Sourced from a combination of tunes picked up in East Durham classes and/or recent CD acquisitions at East Durham.

Carey · Post by **Carey** » Sat Aug 23, 2008 2:58 pm

I'm just having such a good time with:

Cooley's Hornpipe
Battle of Aughrim
Out on the Ocean
Give Me Your Hand
Croppy Boys March

and played as a set:

Foggy Dew and King of the Faries

There's more I like, but where do you stop listing them?

Could you to post a clip of "Glass of Beer"? That's on my list to learn.

eilam · Post by **eilam** » Sat Aug 23, 2008 3:01 pm

Cathal McConnell (actually from his CD only, not from the man himself): Scotland-Ireland / The Hangover / The Fermanagh Curves

i love that set as well.

sbfluter · Post by **sbfluter** » Sat Aug 23, 2008 5:07 pm

I've been enjoying playing some hornpipes. Not enough hornpipes are played, in my opinion. Those fiddle players are always horning in with reels reels reels. Not enough slip jigs, either.

Lee Stanford · Post by **Lee Stanford** » Sat Aug 23, 2008 5:45 pm

The Wise Maid/Jenny's Wedding/Phyllis's Wedding

Shliabh Russel/Jimmy Ward's jig

The cat that ate the candle/the banshee

These sets are pretty nice, I think.

greenspiderweb · Post by **greenspiderweb** » Sat Aug 23, 2008 11:21 pm

One's been stuck in my head for a little bit now (the way I learn tunes-like taking in a stray cat-when a tune wanders into my mind, I just go with it), and I'm working it out now; I like it a lot, ever since I heard him play it: Molloy's version of Dunmore Lassies from The Chieftains' Long Black Veil cd.

Ben Shaffer · Post by **Ben Shaffer** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 8:17 am

I was on the Comhaltas website and was listening to 3 teenagers play Hunters House(#238)
This tune is really nice and the kids did an awesome job! Will I ever play that well?

The dots are on the session website, the B part of the tune is a little tricky with a jump from low B to high G back to low b to high A back to low B up to high G again and back again to low B....whew!.... the kids of course play it effortlessly:o
I hope to learn this tune and get admiring looks from people at the next session

BenS

by the way, that B part is similiar to the 4th part of Gravel Walks with the high G,then A and back to high G thing, except you are dropping down to the low B in between instead of C like you do in Gravel Walks.

jemtheflute · Post by **jemtheflute** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 9:03 am

My current favourite slow tune - a Welsh air Lliw Lili Ymysg Y Drain - link to one of the video demos I did for Doug Tipple recently. No time now to do a list like some above (some good stuff there!), but a particular favourite reel is The Gooseberry Bush (also on my YouTube page).

kenny · Post by **kenny** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 12:11 pm

http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/8750

jim stone · Post by **jim stone** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 12:13 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fh2Z1JY3h9w

Not that these 'roll off the flute,' but they fascinate
me, especially the first.