Recorder Songbook - Old Irish Jigs: for Soprano or Tenor Recorder + Sounds Online (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798262700554)

Songbook with 30 Old Irish Jigs - simply notated for the Soprano or Tenor Recorder with baroque fingering.

The Jig is both a lively folk dance throughout the British Isles and the underlying melody. It was widespread in England in the 16th century, only later becoming a typical dance of Ireland. In Irish folk, the jig is still the most popular tune after the reel.

Each tone of the melody is shown with fingering images for the recorder, these are placed under the classical music notation.
The sounds of the songs are available online in a sound player with adjustable playback speed.
Videos explain how to read music, download files with the recorder fingerings are also available online. Web address and access data in the book.
For intermediate and advanced player.

Song list: A Draught of Ale / Biddys Wedding / Castle Donovan / Child of my Heart / East at Glendart / Fasten the Leg in her / Fiddlers Heaven / Fishermans Widow / Humours of Whiskey / I'll neither spin nor weave / Jacksons Cravat / Jolly Joker / Joy be with you / Kiss me Sweetheart / Kitty come over / Lame Crowley / Money in both Pockets / Old as the Hills / Sgt. Cahills Favourite / The Bashful Maid / The Besom in Bloom / The Boys of Coomanore / The Eavesdropper / The Fairhaired Boy / The Gaelic Club / The Kilkenny Girl / The Kneebuckle / The Maid at the Well / The Night Fair / The Road to Lurgan