Top 5 tunes - what are yours?

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Tell Laura I Love Her
Johnny Remember Me
The Kite Song
Something for the Weekend
Money (Pink Floyd)
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Ormond Sound
Master McDermott's
Ambrose Maloney's
Fred Finn's
Sister's Reel (Mary McMahon's)
..well, my top 5 reels at least...
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Victory Reel
The Highest Hill in Sligo
O'Dea's Jig
Hanley's Tweed
An Buchaillin Ban

...at the moment...
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Thanks for the link. I should've thought to check his signature!
I still need to get that cd. To be honest, it was on my to-do list and I kinda forgot about it. Of course, that thread is from around the same time my son was born, so I was a bit distracted for a while.:wink:
Anyway, back on topic...
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ah, so after 4 months .... is it starting to seem like you have time to do something else?


this one http://music.rumgumption.com/ is also very good.
It has another C&F lurker on it. :D
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Ah, it's always a work in progress...
Well, currently:

Mutt's Favorite
Sheep in the Boat
First two tunes of a Bohola set (don't have the names or the cd from which I got the recording, though I believe it's the first one)
The Holly Bush
The Naked Chicken (Asher Grey)
Arbo
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This is fun:)

Caucus Reel
Ballina Lasses Reel
Buried my Wife & Danced on Her Grave Jig (My wife loves that one!)
Trip to Athlone Jig into Up and About in the Morning Jig
Set I learned from playing of Marcus Hernon, I believe it's Kevin Ryan's into Ivy Leaf
But then again, there's Sporting Nell and Kerry Reels......oh-
I give up!
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Here are my top 5 favorite tunes - at the moment - they are always changing:

In the Alehouse - a jig I learnt from Terry Bingham's recording
The Galway Bay hornpipe - learnt from Paddy Carty
Paddy Kelly's Reel - as above
The Roseland Barndance - composition of Joe Derrane?
The Bucks of Orranmore - I have never bored of this tune
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I'll mend your pots & kettles'O / Sufferin' Ducks

Tom Wards Downfall/Maud Miller

Lad O'Beirne's/Palmer's Gate




oops....that's 6....but in 3 sets that I like to play :)
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Currently attempting to learn the ENTIRE Stony Steps album (except the aires -- I HATE learning aires). Never learned a whole album before, and this is the first Molloy I've ever attempted. So far I have the first track, last track, and title track pretty much down (though much polishing and practice awaits). That would include the following reels:

McFadden's Favourite
Sean Maguire's
Jackson's Favourite
Stony Steps
Michael Dwyer's Favourite
Griffin From The Bridge
Johny Watt Henry's Favourite
Handsome Sally

(Sorry, I guess that's more than five.)
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I'll see your Butterfly and King of the Fairies (which were added to my favorites thanks to the inspirational YouTube videos of Hatao resp. Celticmodes) and raise you The Gravel Walks as a favourite practice piece. The last two entries are outside of the traditional traditionals, and can be found in my .sig . The first one is a Belle and Sebastian song with a strong Irish suggestion, and the second one is an An Dro from the Belgian ball-folk band Naragonia.

I do like playing along with any music I have on (howdy, upstairs neighbour!), but I never would have guessed that Pink Floyd's Money would be a fluter's favourite.
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"The Farewell" [ by William Marshall ]
"Colonel Fraser"
"The Graf Spee"
"Kiss The Maid Behind The Barrel"
"Escape From Spiddal"
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Escape From Spiddal
That one piqued my interest. Must dig out the McKenna's lp now and listen to it ;-)
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The drunken sailor HP
The 4 part gold Ring Jig
The pipers despair, reel,
Paddy Faheys Gm Jig
Galway Rambler in F..
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Heres a few tunes round a table, first three sets;

http://soundcloud.com/fiddlerwill/werty
http://soundcloud.com/fiddlerwill/jigs-willie
http://soundcloud.com/fiddlerwill/jigs
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The International .......... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DTbashs ... re=related
When I'm 64.................. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCss0kZXeyE
Midnight on the Water....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuFZVVrZ ... re=related
Brahms Clarinet Quintet..http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCwj_nAB3xI
Der Rebe Elimelech.........http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12yWbOkR ... re=related
This one gets two. It was a favorite of my father, der chazzen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAoG68hg ... re=related

All right, so some tunes are songs. Stretch a little. It couldn't hurt.
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