Biblio Ireland

Introduction

Foreword

CHAPTER ONE Traditional Music
The Oral Tradition
Ceili Houses
Local Styles

CHAPTER TWO Dancing
Solo Dancing
Ceili Dancing
Story: The Fairy Dance

CHAPTER THREE The Music
Flesh and Bones
The Parts of a Tune
The Names of Tunes
Story: The Fairies’ Hornpipe
Who Composes the Tunes?
Types of Tunes: Jigs, Reels, Hornpipes
Other Types of Tunes: Mazurkas, Polkas, Strathspeys
Story: The Piper and the Pooka

CHAPTER FOUR The Instruments
The Fiddle
The Pipes
The Tin Whistle
The Flute
The Harp
The Banjo
The Hammered Dulcimer
The Jaw’s Harp
The Mouth Organ
The Concertina
Accordions
Accompaniment: The Piano, The Guitar, The Bouzouki, The Bodhran, The Bones
Story: The Magic Fiddle

CHAPTER FIVE Past Masters

CHAPTER SIX Present Players

CHAPTER SEVEN On Stage

THE TUNES
Last Night’s Fun
Who’ll be King but Charlie?
Behind the Bush in the Garden
Johnny Going to the Ceili
The Enchanted Lady
Casey the Whistler
The Kid on the Mountain
The Fairies’ Hornpipe
The Stack of Barley
The Brosna Slide
The Boys of Our Town
Comb Your Hair and Curl It
The Boyne Hunt
The Glen Road to Carrick
The Boys of Bluehill
Hugh Gillespie’s Mazurka
All the Ways to Galway
The Iron Man
The Black Rogue
Hardiman the Fiddler
The Piper’s Despair
Casey the Whistler
Planxty Irwin
Strike the Gay Harp
Ring the Banjo
The Concertina Reel
Delaney’s Drummers
Jack’s Delight
Jack Won’t Sell His Fiddle
As I Went Out upon the Ice
The Hens’ Schottische
When Sick is it Tea You Want?
The Gooseberry Bush
The Eel in the Sink
Tit for Tat
Jumping Geordie
The Morning Mist
The Wandering Minstrel

ISBN: 0862785588