Irish Folk Tunes for Guitar
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Irish Folk Tunes for Guitar

Catalogue No: ED13571
24 Traditional Pieces

Arrangementguitar
Product FormatSheet Music/CD
EditorBurns, Hugh
£17.50
Typically dispatched in 5-7 working days
SeriesSchott World Music
Pages52
Publication Date22 April 2015
Grade of Difficultyintermediate
ISBN9781847613097 (1847613098)
ISMN9790220134548 (M220134548)
Irish Folk Tunes for Guitar is a collection of arrangements of traditional and contemporary tunes including jigs, reels, airs and more. Most of the pieces are arranged for solo guitar, with several also offered with accompaniments. Experienced folk guitarist, and author of Scottish Folk Tunes for Guitar (ED 13359), and English Folk Tunes for Guitar (ED 13491) Hugh Burns provides notes on all of the pieces, as well as playing tips, and technical advice. The volume is accompanied by a CD with a recording of all tunes performed by Hugh. German and French translations of all texts are available as pdf downloads from the Schott Music website. Suitable for players of grades 3-8.

Contents

  1. The Dancing Master
  2. Blind Mary
  3. Merrily Kiss the Quaker
  4. The Last Rose of Summer
  5. Beauty in Tears
  6. Down by the Sally Gardens
  7. Rakes of Kildare
  8. The Irish Washerwoman
  9. The Butterfly Slip Jig
  10. Si Beag Si Mor
  11. The Battle of Aughrim
  12. She Moves Through the Fair
  13. Planxty George Brabazon
  14. The Minstrel Boy
  15. The Foggy Dew
  16. The Star of County Down
  17. Planxty Irwin
  18. Planxty Irwin (DADGAD)
  19. Red Haired Boy
  20. Eleanor Plunkett
  21. Rory O'More
  22. Whiskey in the Jar
  23. The Wind That Shakes the Barley
  24. Rafferty's Reel
ED13571