Would anyone care to share some thoughts on tunes commonly encountered in sessions? I know there have been discussions here previously regarding tunes for the flute, but , as a new player, I am particularly interested in working on tunes that would be useful in a group setting. What are the first ten or fifteen tunes that everyone ought to have in their pockets? Thanks for your help.
I have several tunebooks I’ve compiled from our local sessions on my website:
Go to the Irish music page.
Hope you find it useful.
Cheers,
Michael
Buy every Kevin Burke solo album album available. Learn every tune on them. That’ll give you a considerable leg up.
Fiddlers rule most sessions - get used to it and start learning lots of tunes in A. 
Cheers,
Jamie.