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Welcome to the Vashon Celtic Players Web Site |
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Music should go right through you, leave some of itself inside you,
and take some of you with it when it leaves.
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Welcome to the Vashon Celtic Players Web Site |
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Below is a list of tunes for which we currently have online
sheet music. These are JPG images, and you should be able
to display them in your browser and/or print them.
Just click on the name to see the page for that tune.
| Type | Date Added | Sheet music | Key | Play |
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| Slip Jig | 07/17 | A Fig For a Kiss | E Dor | Midi |
| Three-Two | 07/03 | The Rusty Gulley | G | Midi |
| Jig | 06/19 | Geese in the Bog | C Maj | Midi |
| Reel | 06/19 | The New Copperplate | G | Midi |
| Reel | 06/15 | Peter Street | A | Midi |
| Hornpipe | 06/01 | Kitty's Wedding | D | Midi |
| Hornpipe | 05/16 | The Home Ruler | D Maj | Midi |
| Slip jig | 05/16 | The Boys of Ballysodare | G Maj | Midi |
| Reel | 05/15 | Fred Finn's | D Maj | Midi |
| Reel | 05/15 | Reel With the Beryl | E Dor | Midi |
| Reel | 05/15 | Bird in the Bush | G Maj | Midi |
| Jig | 05/15 | The Girl In The Big House | D Mix | Midi |
| Reel | 05/15 | The Five Mile Chase | A Dor | Midi |
| Reel | 05/15 | The Moher Reel | A Dor | Midi |
| Waltz | 05/08 | The Rose Waltz | D | Midi |
| Polka | 05/08 | Bill Sullivan's | A Maj | Midi |
| Polka | 05/08 | Sean Ryan's | D | Midi |
| Polka | 05/08 | Denis Murphy's | D | Midi |
| Jig | 04/28 | The Black Rogue | D | Midi |
| Reel | 04/28 | Farrell O'Gara's | D | Midi |
| Reel | 04/10 | Lafferty's | E Dor | Midi |
| Reel | 04/05 | Glountane School - 1862 | D | Midi |
| Reel | 03/28 | Love Won't You Marry Me? | A | Midi |
| Sheet music | Key | Play |
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| Barney Bralligan's | D | Midi |
| Bird in the Bush | G | Midi |
| The Boys of Ballysodare | G | Midi |
| The Choice Wife | D Mix | Midi |
| Comb Your Hair And Curl It | Em | Midi |
| The Foxhunter | D | Midi |
| A Fig For a Kiss | E Dor | Midi |
| Kid on the Mountain | Em (Dor) | Midi MP3 |
| Rocky Road to Dublin | Am (Dor) | Midi |
| The Snowy Path | D | Midi |
| Sheet music | Key | Play |
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| Mairi's Wedding | G | Midi |
| Scotty O'Neill | D | Midi |
| Sheet music | Key | Play |
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| Amelia's Waltz | D | Midi |
| Ashokan Farewell | D | Midi |
| Fanny Power | G | Midi |
| Hewlett | D | Midi |
| Josephine's Waltz | G | Midi Orch |
| Kevin Keegan's Waltz | Em (Dor) | Midi |
| Midnight On the Water | D | Midi |
| Neil Gow's Lament | D | Midi |
| Ookpik Waltz | G | Midi |
| Planxty Irwin | D | Midi |
| The Rose Waltz | D | Midi |
| Si Beag Si Mhor | D | Midi |
| South Wind | G | Midi |
| Sheet music | Key | Play |
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| Ballydesmond Polka #1 | A Dor | Midi Fiddle |
| Ballydesmond Polka #2 | A Dor | Midi Fiddle |
| Ballydesmond Polka #3 | A Dor | Midi Fiddle |
| Bill Sullivan's | A Maj | Midi |
| Britches Full of Stitches | A | Midi |
| Charlie Harris's Polka | D | Midi |
| Denis Murphy's | D | Midi |
| The Finnish Polka | Gm | Midi |
| The German Beau | G | Midi |
| The Isle of Harris Polka | D | Midi |
| Jessica's Polka | A | Midi |
| A Kerry Polka | D | Midi |
| Last Chance Polka | Am | Midi |
| Maids of Ardagh | D & A | Midi Fiddle |
| Newcastle | G | Midi |
| Rufty Tufty | D (Mix) | Midi |
| Sean Ryan's | D | Midi |
| Sheet music | Key | Play |
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| Denis Murphy's Slide | D Maj | Midi |
| Dinny Delaney's | D Dor | Midi |
| Hag At The Churn | D Mix | Midi |
| Mary Willie's | D Maj | Midi |
| O'Keefe's Slide | D Maj | Midi |
| Sheet music | Key | Play |
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| Shoe the Donkey | G | Midi |
| Sonny's Mazurka | D | Midi |
| Link | Description |
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| The Session | A great site for Celtic tunes. Sheet music, midis, great discussions. You have to join (free) to participate, and it's well worth it. |
| The Old Music Project | ALL of O'Neill's online! Plus all of O'Carolan, and much more. A fantastic resource. Sheet music, midis. |
| Mari Hoiland's Site | Wonderful local site for Irish events, links, etc. Mari posts pictures from our own Vashon Ceili every month. Thanks, Mari! |
| Chiff and Fipple | An excellent resource for whistle players. Plus, it's just fun to say. Chiff and Fipple. Chiff and Fipple... |
| Alan Ng's site | This has a lot of information about Irish tunes, including tune analysis, tune search, discography, etc. Fun to browse. |
| BBC Virtual Session | This is a hoot. You're in a "virtual session" with some pretty good players in a pub. You get to pick which 3-tune set you'll play, and you can play along with them. It goes at a moderate pace, not too fast, not too slow. It even shows the sheet music for whichever tune you're on. |
| Breton Music | A source for Breton music (Brittany). This site also has Irish, Scottish, etc., but this particular link takes you directly to their Breton section. |
| Cape Breton Music | Terry Hendrickson submitted this. It's got some GREAT CB music. Lots of live recordings (oxymoron notwithstanding) and lots of links to CDs you may not find anywhere else. |
| Metis Radio | From Terry Hendrickson. This is a Metis (met-TEE) radio station (Eastern Canadian aboriginals). Whether it's your cup of pemmican or not, it's fascinating. Live music, singing, memoirs, etc. |
| Link | Description |
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| TradLessons | These are some great online tutorials on whistle and flute (and some guitar). He does a great job of slowing down the ornaments, and still does a good job of playing them clearly. |
| Music Theory |
I looove this site. It's maintained by Dolmetsch, a company known most for its
fine recorders (the "whistle" kind of recorder, not a recording device). This
is a link to their music theory section. It's VERY readable for people of
all levels of ability, and a great place to start. And never buy music staff paper again! They have a gazillion different free printable staff papers. |
| A Guide to the Irish Flute | A good starting point for the Irish flute. |
| Concertina.net | Focuses on the Anglo concertina (most widely used kind for Irish music). It's probably every rabid concertina player's home page. |
| Grey Larsen's Tune Vault | I can't recommend a link on playing tunes any higher than this one! Grey Larsen, a great traditional flute player, (among other instruments) has put together what he calls his Tune Vault. He takes a single tune, and creates what he calls a "tune packet". You can download a few of them for free to take a look. Each "packet" contains an mp3 of him playing the tune very slowly. All the ornaments are crystal clear, and easy to pick out. Also included is a pdf of the tune, scored with his own notation for ornaments (which he explains elsewhere on his site), and another pdf giving notes about the tune. If you like these packets, you can download more for $2.49 a pop. No, I don't get commissions on these - I just think they are excellent analyses of these tunes, and probably better than you'd get from a $50 private lesson. They would benefit any melody player, not just flute and/or whistle players. |
| Item | Contact | Notes | |
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| Kevin Burke Fiddle (DVD) | Steve | This is a two-DVD tutorial. Kevin Burke is my own personal fiddle idol. This tutorial assumes you already know how to play a little bit anyway. His focus is on bowing, phrasing, and so on. Jig, Reels, Polkas, Slides, etc. An excellent set. | |
| John Doyle Irish Backup Guitar (DVD) | Steve | This just has to be good. Doyle's a high-energy player... | |
| John Williams Teaches Irish Concertina (DVD) | Steve | This is a very beginner-friendly tutorial. He's a great teacher, and is a master of the instrument. | |
| Dale Russ Basic Irish Fiddle (Tape) | Steve | This tape's been out for a few years, and is very well done. Dale's a local fiddler who's recognized internationally as a master of the Irish style. | |
| Irish Step Dancing (Tape) | Steve | The tape's never been taken out of the wrapper, so you can be the first to review it! | |
| Last Night's Fun (Book) | Steve | A great read, and well written. It's about a pretty serious session player and his life in general. Very Irish in content and tone. A fun read. | |
| Michael Kelly Mandolin | Steve | If you'd like to see if the mandolin's for you, you can borrow this for a week or so. It's a decent mid-priced instrument, with a good strong case. As you might expect, all I ask is that it comes back in pretty much the same condition it left in. :) I'm sure I have a mandolin book or two that could go with it. |
| Item | Contact | Notes |
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| Guild D-40 Guitar | Terry Hendrickson | My 98 Tacoma DR-20 is available for $750.00 It is a very nice, loud, solid Rosewood and spruce dreadnaught. |
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