Could you guys give me some links to some sheet music of traditional irish jigs? I’m a relative beginner(I can hit all notes except for the third D, I cando cuts and taps but Ican’t do rolls all that well)
So far the only songs I know are either
A) Rather slow, which gets boring after a while
B) By Flogging Molly
C) By Black Sabbath(don’t ask.)
So, help me if you can, I would be much obliged.
~Mreek
Well, now, here’s the problem. You really won’t find much if anything that tells you where/how to add ornamentation. Unlike pipe music whch can be very specific about ornamentation, Irish music is almost more like jazz n that such things are very much up to the individual.
If you’re looking for the tunes in mostly simple form, try
JC’s ABC Tune Finder
http://trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/findtune.html
or
Mudcat Cafe (Digital Tradition)
http://www.mudcat.org/
Go to Brother Steve’s site and study what he does with the jig examples. You will get a feel for adding in rolls and such and understand the uneven rhythms.
Hi Mreek
If you want to eventualy play at sessions here’s a few that most people know
The Blarny Pilgrim
The Kesh
Morrisons
The Pipe on the Hob
Tripping up the Stairs
These cover a lot of the range of tonalities and feel of the music.
Enjoy
John S
all the info you will ever need about ornamentation can be found in "ceol rince na heireann"that means dance music of ireland in gaelic. if you look these books up on the net you will be sorted. there are two things you need to know though. the first is how to read music and the second is that the gaelic word for whistle is feadog. the index of tunes is also in english so a knowledge of gaelic is not important. these books will make a huge difference to your playing,trust me i’m an irishman ( who is very,very new to this computer crack so i hope this posting is not to sloppy.if it is i apologise)
I would second the recommendation of Brother Steve’s site. And Swallowtail is as good a place to start as any.
There are also some nice tunes in the Tune of the Month archives. Go to the main page and scroll almost all the way down.
Some that I like and that I don’t think are all that hard –
The Blackthorn Stick
The Butterfly (slip jig)
Connaughtmans Rambles
Kesh
Shandon Bells
Enjoy.
Mreek, Black Sabbath on a whistle?
There are some PDF files at:
http://www.soltec.net/~jcolburn/ccitcol/index.htm
http://www.guitarnut.com/folktablature/oneills/index.html
Denny
We have some jig recordings at a moderate tempo on the Southern California Pipers Club site:
Ummm…where are you located? It may be possible for you to find a living, breathing teacher who’s only been playing the music all of his/her life and might have some repertoire and a firm idea about how it’s supposed to sound. The teacher need not be a flute or whistle player, either, any trad instrument will do. Ask around, it’s worth the trouble. All of your best trad players had personal instruction on a frequent basis early in their careers.
Just trying to help…
That would be really good, but Dallas, Texas is not exactly the best resource for whistle teachers, you know?
http://www.thesession.net you might need a membership if you do it is worth it they have almost any tune I can think of and many people to aid with any problems you might have with ITM (Irish Traditional Music) in general and also if any of those Flogging Molly songs have sheet music on the computer (you know .gif or.jpg or something if not scanning is not that hard) could you send them to me if you need my email PM me.