EVERY 1st & 3RD SUNDAY 5PM – 7PM
(Note: The 6/15 slow session will meet at the Marquette Waterfront Fest at Yahara Place Park near the Cottonwood stage at 5:00 PM)
Come join us for the Muso Irish Session. A spinoff from the Madison Slow Irish Session, this session is designed for beginners to intermediate level players, but anyone is welcome to join us! There’s no pressure at this session. Feel free to use music and to make mistakes. It’s all part of learning! This is a great session to try out a new instrument or to try Irish tunes if you’ve always wanted to but felt shy about it.
The following tune list is by no means inclusive or exclusive – but it includes a bunch of tunes that we play fairly often:
Polkas (2/4):
Ballydesmonds 1 & 3
Britches Full of Stitches (A)
Dennis Murphy’s (D)
John Ryan’s (D)
Maggie in the Woods (G)
The Newmarket (G)
Peg Ryan’s (D)
Salmon Tails up the Water (G)
Reels (4/4):
The Banshee (G)
The Big Ship (G)
Drowsy Maggie (E Dorian)
Far From Home (G)
Father Kelly’s (G)
The Maid Behind the Bar (D)
Red Haired Boy (A)
Saint Anne’s Reel (D)
The Silver Spear (D)
Sligo Maid (Am/G)
Soldier’s Joy (D)
Whiskey Before Breakfast (D)
Wind that Shakes the Barley (D)
Slides (12/8):
When the Cock Crows it is Day (G)
One Hundred Pipers (G)
Old Favourite (G)
Road to Lisdoonvarna (Em)
Hornpipes (4/4):
The Fairy’s Hornpipe (G)
Off To California (G)*
The Galway (D)
Harvest Home (D)
The Boys of Bluehill (D)
Rights of Man (Em)
Jigs (6/8):
Banish Misfortune (D)
Connaughtman’s Rambles (D)
Blarney Pilgrim (G)
Gerry Owen’s (D)
Irish Washerwoman (G)
The Kesh (G)
Lilting Banshee (Am)
Out on the Ocean (G)
Swallowtail Jig (Em)
The Partners (Dm/D)
Tripping Up the Stairs (D)
Slip Jigs (9/8):
The Butterfly (E modal – slip jig)
Kid on the Mountain
Waltzes (3/4):
Ashokan Farewell (D)
Crested Hens (Em)
Josefin’s Waltz (G)
Si Beag Si Mhor (D)
The Skye Boat Song (G)
Inisheer (D)
Slane / Be Thou my Vision (D)
Give Me Your Hand (G)
Irish Dance Tunes:
King of the Fairies (Em)
Songs
Leaving of Liverpool (D)
Wild Mountain Thyme (G)
Star of the County Down (Em)
