Homespun

Includes 20 Irish Fiddle Tunes (Book/CD) and Learn to Play Irish Fiddle (DVD)

Series: Homespun Tapes
Publisher: Homespun
Artist: Kevin Burke
Format: Book/CD/DVD
Instrumentation: Fiddle

This budget-saving bundle pack includes:

20 Irish Fiddle Tunes (Book/CD Pack)

Kevin Burke, one of the true masters of the Irish fiddle, teaches these 20 tunes taken from his vast repertoire of Irish traditional music. He plays each one slowly for novice players, then up to tempo with all the ornaments to give the learning instrumentalist the true feel of the tune.

Songs:

• Rolling in the Ryegrass
• The Sligo Maid
• The Earl's Chair
• The Wind That Shakes the Barley
• Down the Broom
• The Gatehouse Maid
• The Sailor on the Rock
• The Humours of Lissadell
• The Maid Behind the Bar
• The Maids of Mitchelstown
• The Stack of Barley
• Rise a Mile
• Tune from Gurteen
• The Scotsman over the Border
• Tommy People's Jig
• Andy McGann's Jig
• Old Man Dillon
• Sean Ryan's Jig
• A Polka
• A Slide

Learn to Play Irish Fiddle (DVD)

This course in traditional Irish fiddling covers rhythmic devices and other variations, including grace notes, ornaments, rolls, double-stops. Songs: Saddle the Pony, The King of the Fairies, Bill Sullivan's Polka, Johnny Leary's Slide, and more. Beginner level.
Duration: 1 hr., 30 min.