Irish Session Tune Book

SKU: MB.21597M

ISBN 9780786692101. UPC: 786692103. 8.75 x 11.75 inches.

This rich collection of 68 jigs and reels features some of the most cherished tunes played by session players from 21st-century Ireland, Scotland, Wales and the Celtic Diaspora. Tom Hanway demonstrates contemporary Celtic fingerstyle banjo through modern techniques and traditional Irish and Celtic melodies using standard G tuning. Additionally, this book explains the Four Celtic Modes that are found throughout the tunes in this collection. Through these lessons, you can learn the essentials needed to play stock Irish and Celtic tunes, which can later be combined in medleys to play at sessions. Includes access to online audio.

SKU: MB.21599M

ISBN 9780786690848. 8.75 x 11.75 inches.

OCarolans best-loved harp tunes are notated in a contemporary style that makes them accessible to all instrumentalists. This ideal collection with accompanying audio lays bare 20 classic Irish compositions for melody and backing players using standard notation and chords. For all 5-string banjo players, fretting and picking-hand fingerings are included in the transcriptions which match the play-along tracks. This is Hanways fourth collection demonstrating Celtic fingerstyle banjo in G tuning. It is part of a Celtic 5-string series that includes Mel Bays Easy Irish and Celtic Tunes for 5-String Banjo: Best-Loved Jigs and Reels 2012 and Mel Bays Easy Irish and Celtic Melodies for 5-String Banjo: Best-Loved Airs and Session Tunes 2013 . Tom Hanways pioneering work, Mel Bays Complete Book of Irish and Celtic 5-String Banjo 1998 , was acclaimed by Bluegrass Unlimited magazine 1999 as the bible for any 5-string player with an interest in this joyous music. The current collection breathes life into the Gaelic classical melodies of Ireland. Access to online audio download.

SKU: MB.98215M

ISBN 9780786690060. 8.75 x 11.75 inches.

Grey Larsen, in the 150 Gems collection, has given us a most welcome follow-up to his encyclopedic volume, The Essential Guide to Irish Flute and Tin Whistle Mel Bay Publications, 2003 and The Essential Tin Whistle Toolbox Mel Bay Publications, 2004 . The Gems feature not only meticulously-selected tunes, but represent the first major offerings that use Larsens innovative system of notating Irish ornamentation. This book with access to online audio will help players gain a deeper understanding of the Irish musical tradition as well as provide new material to enhance the experience of the solo player and Irish session participant alike.