Description

The Complete Book of Irish and Celtic 5 String Banjo Book and CD Set is an important anthology of Irish and Celtic solos for the 5-string banjo featuring a comprehensive, scholarly treatise on the history, techniques, and etiquette of playing the banjo in the Celtic tradition. Includes segments on tuning, pick preferences, and tablature reading followed by 101 jigs, slides, polkas, slip jigs, reels, hornpipes, strathspeys, O’Carolan tunes, plus a special section of North American Celtic tunes. A generous collection of photos of Irish folk musicians, street scenes, and archaeological sites further enhances this fabulous book. All of the solos included here are written in 5-string banjo tablature only with a few tunes set in unusual banjo tunings. The appendices provide a sizable glossary and a wealth of information regarding soloists and groups playing Celtic music, Irish festivals, music publications, on-line computer resources, cultural organizations, and more. If you are serious about playing Celtic music on the 5-string banjo, or if you don’t play the banjo but simply want to expand your knowledge of the Celtic music tradition-you owe yourself this book. The first-ever CD collection of Irish and Celtic music for 5-string banjo provides 68 lovely melodies and demonstrates revolutionary techniques for playing highly ornamented tunes and rolling back-up. Recorded in stereo with virtuosos Gabriel Donohue (steel- and nylon-string guitar and piano) and Robbie Walsh (bodhran- frame drum played with a stick), the five-string banjo is “out front” and plays through each melody in real-life tempo with authentic Celtic chordal and rhythmic backing. The recording features the music of all Six Celtic Nations and includes jigs, reels, hornpipes, slides, polkas, marches, country dances, larides, andros, slipjigs, strathspeys, airs and O’Carolan tunes.

35 songs in the book are not on the CD.

Complete Book of Irish and Celtic 5 String Banjo Book and CD Set Songlist:

1. 6 Beat Laridenn
2. 8 Beat Laridenn
3. Alexander’s Hornpipe
4. An Dro: Crios Bride Ceremony Tunes
5. Andrew Duffy’s Jig
6. Anthony Payne Of Stratton
7. Arkansas Traveler
8. Ballydesmond Polka
9. Banish Misfortune
10. Blackberry Blossom
11. Brian Boru’s March
12. Bridget Battle’s Hornpipe
13. Carolan’s Draught
14. Cronin’s Hornpipe
15. Cum Y Chenn Oanrey Cheh
16. Denis Murphy’s
17. Devil’s Dream (The De’il Amang The Tailors)
18. Drowsy Maggie
19. Eunyssagh Vona
20. Far From Home
21. Fisher’s Hornpipe
22. Garry Owen
23. Gavotte De Skrignag
24. Hanging Out To Dry
25. Harvest Home
26. Highlander’s Jig
27. Hughie Rory Mackinnon
28. Joe Cooley’s Reel
29. June Apple
30. Kathleen’s Homecoming
31. Kesh Jig
32. Kid On The Mountain
33. Kitty’s Wedding
34. Leather Britches (Related To Lord Macdonald’s Reel)
35. Liverpool Hornpipe
36. Miss Johnson of Pittworth
37. Miss Mcleod’s Reel (Did You Ever See The Devil, Un
38. Morgaine’s Hornpipe
39. Morrison’s Jig
40. Munster Buttermilk
41. Nyth Y Gog (The Cuckoo’s Nest)
42. Nyth Y Gwcw (The Cuckoo’s Nest)
43. O’carolan’s Concerto
44. Off To California
45. O’keefe’s Slide
46. Onen Hag Oll
47. Out On The Ocean
48. Padraic O’keefe’s Slide (Denis Murphy’s Slide)
49. Pen-Rhaw
50. Pigeon On The Gate
51. Planxty George Brabazon
52. Planxty Irwin
53. Red Haired Boy (The Little Beggarman)
54. Rickett’s Hornpipe
55. Saint Anne’s Reel
56. Sally Gardens
57. Sean Ryan’s Polka
58. Ships Are Sailing
59. Si Bheag Agus Si Mhor
60. Soldier’s Joy
61. Sporting Paddy
62. Teetotaler’s Fancy (Temperance Reel)
63. The Belfast Hornpipe (The Sweeps)
64. The Boys Of Ballysadare
65. The Boys Of Bluehill
66. The Braes Of Mar
67. The Cameronian
68. The Cliffs Of Moher
69. The Connaughtman’s Rambles
70. The Cuckoo’s Nest
71. The First Night In America
72. The Flowers Of Edinburgh
73. The Foxhunter’s Jig
74. The High Level Hornpipe
75. The Humours of Ballyloughlin
76. The Irish Washerwoman
77. The Longford Collector
78. The Mason’s Apron
79. The Men Of Wrexham’s Hornpipe
80. The Merry Blacksmith
81. The Mountain Road
82. The Musical Priest
83. The Rights Of Man
84. The Road To Lisdoonvarna
85. The Sailor’s Bonnet
86. The Salamanca
87. The Scholar
88. The Silver Spear
89. The Star Of Munster
90. The Swansea Horpipe
91. The Tarbolton
92. The Wind That Shakes The Barley
93. The Witches
94. Traditional Strathspey #7
95. Trip To The Cottage
96. Turkey In The Straw
97. Up Sligo
98. Whiskey Before Breakfast