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Thursday, May 17, 2012
The “Yellow Tinker” is a tune in the G mixolydian mode. In other words the scale used is a C Scale but played in t..
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Thursday, May 17, 2012
The “Swedish Jig", sometimes known as Arthur Darley’s, is a most unusual tune.
In the first part of the tune a time ..
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Thursday, May 17, 2012
Polish in origin, mazurkas are not very common in Irish music.
Sonny’s Mazurka is arguably the most well known of the mazu..
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Thursday, May 17, 2012
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This tune is one of those lo..
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Thursday, May 17, 2012
One of the better-known compositions of the great Turlough O'Carolan.
Tony has set this arrangement in 4/4 rather than 2/2 or &l..
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Sunday, January 8, 2012
Tony learned this lovely 3-part polka from the playing of New York button accordionist Patty Furlong.
48-bar polkas are not comm..
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Monday, January 2, 2012
This is an often-played polka, normally in the key of G.
Polkas, like marches, are in 2/4 time. That is, there are two groups of..
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Saturday, December 24, 2011
This is one of Tony's own compositions, which he wrote in honour of his friend Jim Connolly, an accordion player from Rossinver ..
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Sunday, December 18, 2011
There are two jigs that carry the name “The Gold Ring” (“An Fáinne Óir” in Irish). One is ..
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Saturday, December 10, 2011
A delightful jig with a strong underlying rhythm, which is probably why it is quite often used for playing at céilithe (s..
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Sunday, December 4, 2011
Marches usually have a 2/4 time signature, but this tune is one of a number of tunes designated as a march, but carrying a 6/8 t..
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Monday, November 28, 2011
The most challenging tune in Book 4, this is totally unrelated to "Farewell to Ireland". It's not at all unknonwn to encounter s..
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Sunday, November 20, 2011
This well known tune comes in the standard 32-bar format, with two parts, each played twice.
It is an ideal tune to play if a ho..
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Monday, November 14, 2011
As the highest note in this tune is the F on the first string you will not have to concern yourself with left hand positioning.
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Sunday, November 6, 2011
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