Contra Dance Encyclopedia

The Contra Dance Encyclopedia is a handbook for musicians who want to play for contra dances. Music from American fiddle tunes to the Irish tradition are presented in sets suitable for playing for dances (as well as sessions, concerts, and other gigs). There is also an extensive section of tunes grouped into Reels, Jigs, and Waltzes that can be used. Included is a short history of contra dance, as well as ideas on putting together a dance band. Instrumental and stylistic techniques for guitar, mandolin, whistle, and fiddle are discussed, as well as band dynamics and orchestration.- Convenient and easy to use handbook- Music from American fiddle tunes to TraditionalIrish tunes are presented in sets suitable for dances- Information on the history of the contra dance- Instrumental and stylistic techniques for guitar, mandolin, whistle, and fiddle are discussed

CONTENTS

• 49 Cats In A Rainbarrel
• All The Way to Galway
• Angeline The Baker
• Apples In Winter
• Arkansas Traveler
• Banish Misfortune
• Bear Dance
• Billy Church’s
• Memorial Breakdown
• Billy in the Lowground
• Blackberry Blossom
• The Boyne Hunt Buttermilk Mary
• Cliffs of Moher
• Colraine
• Congress Reel
• The Connaughtman's Rambles
• Coppers and Brass
• Cripple Creek
• Devil's Dream
• Dick Gossip's
• Drowsy Maggie
• Ebenezer
• Eighth of January
• Farewell To Shorty’s
• The Fermoy Lassies
• Fisher's Hornpipe
• Flowers of Edinburgh
• Forker Deer
• Four Winds Waltz
• The Frost Is All Over
• The Gander in the Pratie Hole
• Garrett Barry’s
• Gaspe Reel
• The Girl I Left Behind Me
• Golden Slippers
• Green Groves of Erin
• Green Willis
• Growling Old Man
• The Hag at the Spinning Wheel
• Haste to the Wedding
• Hewlet
• The Humors of Winter
• The Hunter's Purse
• Hunting The Buffalo
• Irish Lamentation
• The Ivy Leaf
• The Jaded Optimist
• Jaybird
• Julia Delany
• Juliann Johnson
• The Kerfunken Jig
• Kesh Jig
• Kitchen Girl
• Lady of the Lake #1
• Lady of the Lake #2
• Lady of the Lake #3
• Lannigan’s Ball
• The Lark In The Morning
• Leather Britches
• Liberty
• Little Judique
• Liza Jane
• Lord Inchiquin
• Luke Dillon
• Magpie
• The Malbay Shuffle
• Man of the House
• Mason's Apron
• The Merry Blacksmith
• Midnight on the Water
• Mississippi Sawyer
• The Monaghan Jig
• Morning Dew
• Morrison's
• Mountain Road
• My Darling Asleep
• My Own House
• Nail That Catfish to The Tree
• Nancy Rowland
• Off She Goes
• Out On the Ocean
• Out With the Boys
• Over The Waterfall
• Paddy Fahey's Reel
• Petronella
• The Pipe on the Hob
• Planxty Irwin
• The Poor Scholar
• Price of My Pig
• Pumpkin Ridge
• Queen's Polka
• The Rakes Of Kildare
• Rakish Paddy
• Reel Eugene
• Red-Haired Boy
• Return to Milltown
• The Road to Lisdoonvarna
• Rock That Cradle
• The Rollicking Boys Around Tandaragee
• The Sailor’s Bonnet
• St. Anne's Reel
• Scatter the Mud
• Sheebeg and Sheemore
• The Ships Are Sailing
• Shove That Pig’s Foot A Little Further In The Fire
• Six Penny Money
• Soldier’s Joy
• Southwind
• Sporting Paddy
• Squirrel Heads and Gravy
• Squirrel Hunters
• Star of the County Down
• Sugar In The Gourd
• The Swallowtail Jig
• Swinging on a Gate
• Tam Lin
• Temperance Reel
• Ten O’Clock Jig
• The Ten Penny Bit
• Tobin's Jig
• Tripping Up the Stairs
• Trip To Killavil
• Trip To Sligo
• Turkey In The Straw
• Up Sligo
• Waltzing With Althea
• Water Under the Keel
• Weave and Way
• The Wedding Reel
• Westphalia Waltz
• Whiskey Before Breakfast
• The Wind That Shakes the Barley
• Year of Jubilo