tunes with leaps

[sackbut]

Rather than highjack a thread, I thought it would be best to start a new thread to follow up this idea:

Working on breath control by playing tunes with leaps between the octaves

How about a few suggestions for good examples?

I'll kick off with Ian Mackintosh of Pine House (jig)

[Innocent Bystander]

The Belfast Polka
The Winding Road (which I know better as The Cordial Jig)
The Lisburn Lasses
The Magic Slipper

Not sure how good these would be as exercises, but they all have octave jumps in them.
To be honest, I find shorter jumps can be more demanding.
Examples?

Crested Hens
Cooley's
O'Rourke's
Johnny Mickey Barry's

[DrPhill]

Bottom of the punch bowl? The first part has a couple of octave changes.

http://www.folktunefinder.com/tune.php?id=12282

Grumbling old woman with an octave fold?
viewtopic.php?f=1&t=66505

[fearfaoin]

Tarbolton Lodge
Trip to Sligo
Haste to the Wedding
Dusty Windowsills

[sackbut]

Very sorry to those who read my first post and know Ian Mackintosh of Pine House - they must think I'm mad.
I actually meant a different jig in the same set I sometimes try & play: The Family Pride.

to add a few more:

Jigs:
The Pentland Jig
Patricia Ann Douglas

Reels:
Hurlock's Reel
Mrs Monair of Bruach
Leveneep Head

Strathspeys:
Lady Charlotte Campbell
Link Him Doddie

The above are I think all Scottish; others are posting Irish tunes so here are a couple of Tyneside hornpipes:
The Marquis of Waterford's
The Old Church Hornpipe

Of course not all octave jumps are equally difficult; it depends on the context. I find octave down harder than octave up, especially if the note you're coming down from is near the top of the range.

[FJohnSharp]

shorter leaps are harder for me too.

Reconciliation
Mooncoin jig
Dick Gossips

[WyoBadger]

Dusty Windowsill
Toss the Feathers

[celticmodes]

I like Dusty Windowsills cause of the roll into the octave jump. I think it's my favorite section of any song.

[eskin]

The Gravel Walks

[Thomaston]

I actually use the octave jump in Dusty Windowsills as a test with any whistle I'm trying for the first time. That's likely my own shortcomings as a player, but if I can't play that part relatively easily, I don't consider the whistle a good match for me.

[TheSpoonMan]

Mason's Apron, for the starting notes... it's simple, even if you do the full octave leap and not some filler notes, but it's easy to screw up too. the jumps in the second part can be challenging too.

[kenny]

"Pipe Major George Allan" - "Glasgow City Police Pipers" - both by PM Donald McLeod.
"The Clumsy Lover" - by Neil Dickie.
Very common in Scottish pipe tunes, especially some of the recent compositions.

[kenny]

"Jenny's Chickens" - "Musical Priest".

[Dameon]

Tam Lin has lots of octave leaping, as well as The Gravel Walks and Farewell to Erin.

[PhilO]

Musical priest is a personal favorite, but I never thought of the octave jumps as difficult.

The Glass of Beer is interesting because of the octave jumps with legato tonguing (that's what I prefer) which makes it a bit more difficult still.

Philo