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Easy Peasy Tunes
English Pub Session Series
Dave Mallinson
The first dozen or so tunes are great for the out and out absolute beginner. These are followed by tunes you will hear played by pub sessions players, ceilidh bands and morris musicians. Mally has identified the easier traditional tunes.
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Easy Peasy Tunes CD
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English Country Dance Tunes
English Pub Session Series
Dave Mallinson
After selecting all the common tunes that have their own dance, the emphasis was on choosing a varied selection of genres, time signatures and tune lengths required for a good night’s dancing. You’ll find Scottish, English, Irish, Welsh and American tunes; there’s reels, polkas, hornpipes, single jigs, double jigs, slip jigs and waltzes; also 48 bar tunes and Playford dances for good measure.
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English Pub Session Tunes
English Pub Session Series
Dave Mallinson
In this book you’ll find the holy grail of pub session tunes, the very backbone and life blood of the English traditional music scene. You’ll observe that many of the tunes aren’t exactly English but within these pages you’ll find the repertoire that crops time and time again. A sizable proportion of the tunes have been made popular by The Old Swan Band.
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English Pub Session Tunes CD
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Popular English Session Tunes
English Pub Session Series
Dave Mallinson
Obviously, popular tunes frequently heard in English sessions have been selected for this book. However, there is a slight bias towards the more exotic and slightly more obscure, alongside some of Mally’s personal favourites. Also, you’ll find several extremely challenging airs towards the end.
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Popular English Session Tunes CD
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Nick Barber's English Choice
Nick Barber
Nick Barber has been part of traditional English music sessions for many years. This book contains 96 of his favourite tunes, accurately transcribed, referring to original sources wherever possible. Also included is information about each tune, with Nick’s choice of chords suitable for squeezebox and guitar players alike. Every tune is a gem, tried and tested not just by Nick, but by generations of players.
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Bonny Kate CD
Nick Barber
Nick has produced two excellent soundtracks to accompany his book. He plays D/G Castagnari Marc melodeon, horn and soprano recorder. He is joined by his wife, Mary on fiddle and they are accompanied by Huw Jones on guitar and mandolin.
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Lovely Nancy CD
Nick Barber
Nick has produced two excellent soundtracks to accompany his book. He plays D/G Castagnari Marc melodeon, horn and soprano recorder. He is joined by his wife, Mary on fiddle and they are accompanied by Huw Jones on guitar and mandolin.
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John Kirkpatrick's English Choice
John Kirkpatrick
John Kirkpatrick presents 101 tunes that are tailor-made for the strong rhythmic approach inspired by English dance steps and rhythms. With melody, chords and variations, the book is ideally suited for any instrument, but one of the prime factors in the selection of the tunes has been the fact that they sit so happily on the push-pull squeeze-box scale.
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Orlando's Return CD
John Kirkpatrick
John’s book is complemented by two excellent soundtracks. The two soundtracks of all the tunes in the book has been specially recorded by John playing three-row Casali B/C/Csharp accordion, two-row Hohner D/G melodeon, various Hohner one-row melodeons and Crabb G/C Anglo concertina. He is accompanied by his son, Benji playing six-string guitar, twelve-string guitar and bouzouki.
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Garrick's Delight CD
John Kirkpatrick
John’s book is complemented by two excellent soundtracks. The two soundtracks of all the tunes in the book has been specially recorded by John playing three-row Casali B/C/Csharp accordion, two-row Hohner D/G melodeon, various Hohner one-row melodeons and Crabb G/C Anglo concertina. He is accompanied by his son, Benji playing six-string guitar, twelve-string guitar and bouzouki.
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Fiddler's Tune-Book
Fiddler's Tune-Book Series Peter Kennedy
First published in the early 1950s and now re-printed with chords, The Fiddler's Tune-Book was a landmark collection, edited by veteran folklorist and collecter Peter Kennedy. This book is crammed with 200 core repertoire tunes for all traditional musicians. If you have no traditional music books, this is the first one you should buy.
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Band Swing
Pete Mac
Edited by piano accordion player Pete Mac, this book is an indispensable source for folk dance band musicians who need suitable playable tunes which work well together. Uniquely, some of the more complicated tunes have alongside them a simpler arrangement for less experienced musicians. Pete is a stalwart of the Camping and Caravan Club Folk Section.
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Band Time
Pete Mac
Band Time is the long awaited sequel to ‘Band Swing’ and is a tune book arranged for folk dance musicians who like playable tunes which work well together. Edited by piano accordion player Pete Mac, this book is an indispensable source for folk dance band musicians who need suitable playable tunes which work well together. Uniquely, some of the more complicated tunes have alongside them a simpler arrangement for less experienced musicians. Pete is a stalwart of the Camping and Caravan Club Folk Section.
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Airs for Pairs Vol.1
Matt Seattle
This book contains twenty of the most popular traditional melodies, both dance tunes and song airs, from around Britain and Ireland. Each tune is arranges with a harmony part for a second melody instrument as well as a chord accompaniment. Soundtrack available.
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More Airs for Pairs
Matt Seattle
This book of duets contains a further twenty one tunes from around the British Isles of core repertoire which the editor, Matt Seattle, feels should have a place in the repertoire of all musicians who reside in these Islands, plus some interesting older tunes as well as more recent music composed in traditional idioms. The balance in this book is weighted a little more in favour of the slower tunes.
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The Puddletown Reel
David Bowles
Thirty six original country dance tunes composed by piano accordion player, David Bowles of Wimborne. All the compositions relate to the county of Dorset; its characters and places, and to the writings of Dorset poet, William Barnes (1800-1886)
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The Village Band Book
Dave Townsend
English dance tunes and marches set in three, four or five parts. These tunes from English traditionare presented here in arrangements based on those found in nineteenth-century village musicians’ manuscript books.
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The Village Band Book Volume 2
Dave Townsend
More English dance tunes arranged in three, four and five parts. Suitable for most instruments.
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English Welsh Scottish and Irish Fiddle Tunes with CD
Robin Williamson
Over 100 tunes, an outstanding collection of the traditional music of Britain. Selected, introduced and annotated by Robin Williamson. For fiddle, guitar, mandolin, tenor banjo, flute accordion and concertina. Graded from easy to advanced. A recording by Robin is included. Soundtrack included.
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How to Play Folk Fiddle
Geoff Bowen
I know Geoff Bowen personally. He is utterley dedicated to traditional music and the fiddle and is also to devoted to passing on the tradition. This book teaches the fiddle using tunes from all the traditions of Britain with his usual meticulous care. Highly recommended. Soundtrack available.
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How to Play Folk Fiddle CD
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100 Tunes for Piano Accordion
David DiGiuseppe
An Extensive collection of reels, jigs, hornpipes and polkas from the French Canadian, Cape Breton, Scottish, Shetland, New England, and Southern Old Time Traditions arranged for the piano accordion. Written with the beginner as well as the advanced player in mind, the arrangements are complete with ornamentation, fingering, left hand notation and chord symbols. Appropriate for any G clef instrument.
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Chippindales Cheery Chunes
Nigel Chippindale
A collection of new dance tunes suitable for most folk instruments including melodeon, fiddle, concertina, accordion, flute and whistle. Nigel Chippindale became interested in music from a very early age playing piano, recorder, guitar and violin. Nigel went on to play many instruments including melodeon and concertina and was also a caller. Unfortunately Nigel tragically died age 29 in 1986.
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Hampshire Dance Tunes
Bob Shatwell and Paul Sartin
Hampshire Dance Tunes: Tunes from a manuscript entitled "R PyLe January 19th 1822" contained in Hampshire Records Library, Winchester. Whist some of these tunes can be found in other current publications, many of them have not seen the light of day since 1822. We cannot find records of the origins of about half the tunes here, despite extensive research on Internet databases and the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library at Cecil Sharp House. This is therefore a collection containing many "lost" or previously unknown tunes.
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Bear-Bones
Andy Perkins
A nice little budget priced book containing ninety one tunes, particularly useful for beginners. It contains a wide range of tunes selected from all the main English speaking traditions. The tunes represent those that will be played at a typical general traditional music session at festivals and down the pub.
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Dave Townsends English Dance Music Vol. 1
Dave Townsend
This book contains 130 traditional English dance tunes. They are part of the common repertoire of musicians playing English music for barn dances, ceilidhs and country dances. The versions given are intended to represent the form in which the tunes are commonly played, based on the experience of the author, Dave Townsend, at dances festivals and pub sessions in many areas.
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English Dance Music Vol. 1 : 2 CD Set - 130 Tunes
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Dave Townsends English Dance Music Vol. 2
Dave Townsend
This volume, together with Dave Townsend English Dance Music Volume 1, completes the re-issuing of the tunes contained in my earlier three books, A First, Second & Third Collection of English Country Dance Tunes, published between 1982 and 1985. A few tunes have been left out, versions revised, and more tunes added. This book contains 132 traditional English dance tunes. They are part of the common repertoire of musicians playing English music for barn dances, ceilidhs and country dances.
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1000 English Country Dance Tunes
Michael Raven
1000 plus from the 13th to the 20th century. Morris, ceremonial and sword dances, jigs, reels, waltzes, cotillons, polkas, scottisches, marches quadrilles, branles, old English hornpipes, square dances, long dances, mazurkas and galliards not to mention laments, listening music and exotic novelty dances.
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The Barn Dance Book
John Ray
Sixty five country dances with arrangements for junior and adult bands, by John Reay. A very useful book for both callers and musicians especially those new to country dancing. A feature of this book is that each tune has a separate part written for B flat instruments.
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Trip to Friezland
Paul Walker
Traditional tunes from the north west of England arranged for ceilidh dancing by Paul Walker. The tunes all have strong melodies and often veer off in unexpected directions. None of the tunes are the standard versions that you will find in other collections, they are all arranged by Paul to a greater or lesser degree. A CD derived from the computer files is included.
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A Companion to "Join the Band"
Jill and Derek Hammond
A collection of tunes from “Join the Band” transposed into keys suitable for brass and wind instruments with B flat or E flat tuning.
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Before the Night Was Out …
East Anglian Traditional Music Trust
Before the Night Was Out aims to shed light on the way in which traditional music in Suffolk and Norfolk has thrived and mutated during the twentieth century, as well as providing a resource for practising musicians. It includes: polkas, hornpipes, jigs, schottisches and waltzes, including comparative versions, transcribed from recordings of more than twenty different melodeon players, fiddlers and dulcimer players.
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Tunesmith
Jamie Smith
62 Celtic tunes by Mabon's Jamie Smith. A5 size, wirebound music book including chord suggestions, tempo markings, foreword and Jamie's personal notes on the tunes.
Features music from the Mabon albums 'OK Pewter' and 'Ridiculous Thinkers'. Released 2008.
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Merlin Session Book 1
Henry Tarbatt and Jenny Smith
A selection of 100 great session tunes - jigs, reels, hornpipes, polkas, dances and airs - arranged for all melody instruments, with chords. Whether you’re a beginner or a seasoned session player, you’ll find these tunes a pleasure to play. For ease of learning and playing, simply flip back the cover and the Merling Session Book will stand upright. Available in A5 landscape or the smaller pocket version.
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Merlin Session Book 2
Henry Tarbatt and Jenny Smith
A selection of 100 great session tunes - jigs, reels, hornpipes, polkas, dances and airs - arranged for all melody instruments, with chords. Whether you’re a beginner or a seasoned session player, you’ll find these tunes a pleasure to play. For ease of learning and playing, simply flip back the cover and the Merling Session Book will stand upright. Available in A5 landscape or the smaller pocket version.
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Merlin Session Book 3
Henry Tarbatt and Jenny Smith
A selection of 100 great session tunes - jigs, reels, hornpipes, polkas, dances and airs - arranged for all melody instruments, with chords. Whether you’re a beginner or a seasoned session player, you’ll find these tunes a pleasure to play. For ease of learning and playing, simply flip back the cover and the Merling Session Book will stand upright. Available in A5 landscape or the smaller pocket version.
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Merlin Session Book 4
Henry Tarbatt and Jenny Smith
A selection of 100 great session tunes - jigs, reels, hornpipes, polkas, dances and airs - arranged for all melody instruments, with chords. Whether you’re a beginner or a seasoned session player, you’ll find these tunes a pleasure to play. For ease of learning and playing, simply flip back the cover and the Merling Session Book will stand upright. Available in A5 landscape or the smaller pocket version.
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Relentless Unstoppable Dance Music
Whapweasel
Whapweasel are an electric ceilidh band based on Tyneside and performing all round the country. Their repertoire consists almost exclusively of tunes composed by members of the band. This book brings together 49 of these tunes as well as a couple from other sources; they're suitable for most of the dances encountered at a typical ceilidh night, and fit easily onto most melody instruments.
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