Format : Textbook
Description An easy to follow approach to playing traditional Irish music on the Piano. Suitable for lower intermediate level who have had few years experience playing the piano and with the difficulty gradually increasing throughout the book. There are suggestions for interpretation and ornamentation for all of the carefully selected tunes which cover the breadth of Irish music including jigs, reels, slides, hornpipes, set dances and polkas. Geraldine Cotter is well respected for her books on Irish Tin Whistles and this book only serves to extend her reputation as the consumate educational author. Includes: Extensive List of Chord Progressions An informative Introduction into the history and role of the Piano in Irish Folk music Rare Photos of popular performers and Folk exponents and most importantly, a clear and intuitive teaching method. Songlist A Fig For A Kiss Austin Barrett's Ballyvourney Caisleain An Oir Cooley's Reel Donal Na Greine Eileen Curran Fahy's Reel Gillian's Apples Jenny Picking Cockles Johnny Mickey's Kerry Polka Lannigan's Ball Lucky In Love Mulqueeney's Nead Na Lachan Sa Mhuta Paddy Canny's Jig Pay The Reckoning Peggy On The Settle Rose In The Heather Scotch Mary Ta'n Coileach Ag Fogairt An Lae Tatter Jack Walsh The Ace And Deuce Of Pipering The Cuckoo's Nest The Ewe Reel The Galway Rambler The Gander In The Pratie Hole The Greencastle Hornpipe The Hunt The Job Of Journeywork The Lodge Road The Mountain Top The Wicklow Hornpipe Toureengarbh Glen
SKU: HL.14029589
ISBN 9780946005925. 8.25x11.75x0.207 inches. English.
An easy to follow approach to playing traditional Irish music on the Piano. Suitable for lower intermediate level who have had few years experience playing the piano and with the difficulty gradually increasing throughout the book. There are suggestions for interpretation and ornamentation for all of the carefully selected tunes which cover the breadth of Irish music including jigs, reels, slides, hornpipes, set dances and polkas. Geraldine Cotter is well respected for her books on Irish Tin Whistles and this book only serves to extend her reputation as the consumate educational author. Includes: Extensive List of Chord Progressions An informative Introduction into the history and role of the Piano in Irish Folk music Rare Photos of popular performers and Folk exponents and most importantly, a clear and intuitive teaching method.
