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121 Favorite Irish Session Tunes: Performed on Tinwhistle by L.E. McCullough

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This is a good tool for learning tunes, especially helpful for those who do not have an Irish uncle who can bring over his button box eery evening and teach you at your own pace. The addition of guitar accompaniment enhances this presentation over the prior book.

The tunes are played at a pace that the beginning player can absorb at one's own leisure. The inclusion of sheet music is helpful for those who need it, but sheet music reading is not required and you can also get "off paper" more quickly by putting your CD on "loop" and playing along.

A large number of tunes and commonly played ones, too. So if you ever decide to go out and play music with others at a sesiun, you will more likely know some that they are playing there.

A lot of folks like to play on their own at home in the evening, and this is a very nice "companion" that kind of personal enjoyment.

Mary Kay, Gairin Celtic Music
www.aufrance.com/gairin

An excellent product designed to assist and coach musicians to feel comfortable when playing in Irish Jam Sessions. Although the tunes are performed on a penny whistle recorded on acompanying CD's, the book with music notation and written chords is good for all session instruments.

If you aren't able to get 'The Complete Irish Tinwhistle Tunebook' for some reason then this would be be a fine substitute, albeit at twice the price of the former. Like the 'Tunebook', this is a collection of mainly reels and jigs, with a few hornpipes, polkas and others. The staff size is quite small because two or three tunes are crammed on each page. So, if you don't mind paying twice the price for the same number of tunes stuffed onto a third of the number of pages get this book, otherwise get the 'Tunebook' by the same author.