For celtic band:
-Chicago Reel (like Bloom said it has those Cnat pedal notes, and that’s the only thing that’s holding me up with that)
-Reconcilliation (the reel -in A- darn fully chromatic instruments and their G#s)
For me:
-The Dusty Windowsill- really cool little jig
-Christmas Eve (on flute)
-The Green Gates
-The Lady on the Island
AGREED!
‘The Steamboat’ is a great, fun tune. Do know of anyone doing it on a recording?
INtereting to see whqt differet folks consider worth learning. I’m working on polishing up Laides Step Up To Tea and Comb Your Hair And Curl It. Also learning Clumsy Lover (jig version) and Hears Good Health To The Piper, Broken Pledge (not sure I’m that fond of this one)
At the moment, I am finding the “the nine points of roguery” quite intoxicating, the first time i saw it i was slightly underwhelmed, but now i really like the tune,
I have been having fun with the donegal reel also
As for jigs well…jump a the sun, snug in the blanket, the athol highlanders,
If you like polkas check out the aikendrum polka on jc’s …great tune and not hard to play,
learnt the ashokan farewell recently…just beautiful 
Regards
David
Lord Mayo - great tune! Is it technically a march or a reel?
On the jiggy side of things, I picked up Rolling Waves recently (easy to play but much fun) and am now trying to reconfigure Langstrom’s Pony for flute, from GHB.
Man, I don’t know what it is about the arpeggios in the B part of Athol Highlanders, but I just
can’t seem to keep up with them. It sounds really muddy (especially the Adf part). That song is
my nemesis!
I can relate! That is a TOUGH passage. It still hangs me up. I think it’s because that particualr sequence is just not very common. For me it feels like a ‘muscle memory’ hurdle.
So, I’m driving myself DAFT playing it over and over and over and over… Trying to get it.
but, it still trips me.
Limerick Lassies and Buckley’s Fancy…sandwiched around Old Copper Plate.
I also have my eye on Jenny’s Chickens…haven’t really had a good go at it yet.
I also need to ‘acquire’ Spey and Spade (or however its called) and The Gladstone.
Over the Moor to Maggie, in honor of my grandaughter whose name is, coincidently, Maggie.
And I am trying to re-learn Cathleen Heier’s Slides. Very simple melody but playing up to speed is a challenge I have not yet met.
Recent (last 6 months): In the Tap Room, The Peeler’s Jacket (reels) and Rights of Man (hornpipe)
Mike
working on transferring all the tunes i have on various instruments to the tenor banjo. since i’ve played mandolin for many years it’s going pretty well, but interestingly enough certain tunes which i know well and can play at a good clip on whistle are giving me some trouble… “Fermoy Lasses”, for instance, not a hard tune but for some reason i have a hard time getting it to go on banjo…
the Athol highlanders is usually played in the key of A which is a real bear, you are right about those arpeggios, but i cheated, and transposed the whole tune into the key of D, you will be amazed how much easier it is
X: 1
T: Athol Highlanders Jig
M: 6/8
R: jig
K: D
F/G/|A3 AFD| AFD EFG| A3 AFD| EFG FED|
A3 AFD| AFD EFG| AAA BAG| FGE D2:|
|:
D| DFA DFA| EGB EGB| DFA DFA| EFG FED|
DFA DFA| EGB EGB| AAA BAG| FGE D2:|
|:
d3A AGF| d3A AGF| d3A AGF| EFG FED|
d3A AGF| d3A ABc| d3 AAB| GFGE D2 
|:
A| FDF FDF| GEG GEG| FDF FDF| EEE EEE|
FDF FDF| GEG GAG| AAA ABG|1 FGE D2:|2
ABc .d z|] "go out on"x D4|]
let me know what you think, substitude the triples for roll if you choose, thats what i do
Regards
David
No surprise there – the D fingerings must be much closer to the way it would have originally have been played on Highland bagpipes. (And if you play it that way on an A whistle, it will come out in the normal key signature.)
thought I’d try The Gravel Walk but how do I deal with those 5 second octave a’s in a row? The middle three being a triple.
Brian
Every time this tune comes up in a session a little voice in my head says “Play this! You know it!” so I start playing along. I’m fine for a few measures and then I start using GHB fingerings (IE transposing the whole thing down to D), and often cause a train wreck. For some reason other tunes I first learned on GHB don’t cause this.
So I wimped out and ordered a low A flute. 
thought I’d try The Gravel Walk but how do I deal with those 5 second octave a’s in a row? The middle three being a triple.
Brian
I’ve been making fair progress on it so far - the only part that’s still sticky is the 4th part. For the second part, I’ve found tonguing to articulate the octave jumps is the way to go. After the second part comes, it’s not insurmountable. Go for it!
Right now, we’re concentrating more on songs.
Siuil A Run
Last Rose of Summer (Walking in the Air)
A Winter’s Night in Dublin (original; music & lyrics by DC)
Isle of Innisfree
Culloden’s Harvest
Mary L McKay (our own version)
DC
SlipJig Celtic Band
A reel called “Mother Hughes’s Goose”, from flute-player Gary Walsh’s CD.
ADDE F2 FG | Ad=cA BGAG | FDDE F2 FG |1 Ad=cA G2 AG :|2 Ad=cA G4 |
Add=c AGFG | Adde f3 a | ge e2 fded | cABc d2 cd |
eaag efed | cAdc AG G2 | EFGE A2 AG | EFGE FD D2 |
e2 ed cA A2 | f2 fa ge e2 | fgaf gfed | cded cA A2 |
e2 ed cA A2 | f2 fa ge e2 | fgaf gfed | cAGE D4 |
Brother Gildas’ Jig, Legacy Jig, Tommy People’s Jig, Musical Priest.
Philo
I haven’t learned a new tune in months. I play the same ones over and over. 
I’ve never been one of those people who can learn a new tune every other day, though. For whatever reason, it takes me a while to fully “get” a them. It took me a few weeks to learn Drowsy Maggie, but that was a couple years ago. 
Heck I can’t play Drowsy Maggie right after years. It’s a mental/physical block or something.
I absolutely love Gravel Walk. A great tune.
I’m still wading through the tunes on the No Excuses Celtic cd I got for Christmas. 
I’ve got Out on the Ocean up to speed and can play along with the DVD session. Still working on The Rambling Pitchfork and Pay the Reckoning. I’ve gotten the two slip jigs on there- A Fig for a Kiss and Willie Clancy’s down pretty well, although a few slip ups at speed. The two Scottish tunes on this tutor- The Laird of Drumblair and St. Kilda Wedding are really rough at present and are going to take a while.
I just love thisCD/ DVD. It’s great for those of us out in the areas where there are NO sessions. It gives a great chance to learn the tunes slower, then play along with the session or even omit different instruments and play their parts along with the rest of the group. Lots of fun. 
I have recently worked out a tune by saxophonist Joshua Redmond called “Our Minuet”. Basically the melody and bridge. It is a beautiful tune that to me sounds a bit Celtic. 