celtictiger Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 Can anybody recommend some simple jigs and reels for a beginner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highplainsman Posted May 27, 2012 Share Posted May 27, 2012 celtictiger, A fun reel with fairly simple A-B parts is Rolling In The Ryegrass. Another simple reel is The Road To Prison. A minor key jig that I like and that isn't too complicated is Swallowtail Jig. These were the first Irish tunes I learned. I have PDFs of the music if you are interested, or you can find them at a number of traditional music websites. Have fun. Rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
celtictiger Posted May 27, 2012 Author Share Posted May 27, 2012 celtictiger, A fun reel with fairly simple A-B parts is Rolling In The Ryegrass. Another simple reel is The Road To Prison. A minor key jig that I like and that isn't too complicated is Swallowtail Jig. These were the first Irish tunes I learned. I have PDFs of the music if you are interested, or you can find them at a number of traditional music websites. Have fun. Rick Thanks for the choice,I've found the sheet music for all of them except The Road To Prison,the ITM site http://www.oaim.ie gives this tune as a free lesson so I'd be grateful if you could direct me to the sheet music of this tune. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Franch Posted May 27, 2012 Share Posted May 27, 2012 I've had a lot of fun with Paul Hardy's Basic Tunebook, available in a free download. He has other downloadable tune books as well, at here. I think I first discovered this resource from a fellow C.net member. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
celtictiger Posted May 27, 2012 Author Share Posted May 27, 2012 Thanks for the responses so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cboody Posted May 28, 2012 Share Posted May 28, 2012 Check out http://www.karenashbrook.com/children/session.html For a nice collection of basic tunes put together for kids, but perfectly useful for the rest of us. Good tunes in good basic versions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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