Tuesday, December 14, 2021

MARCH 2022 Slow Session

 

Tunes Tonight!

a wednesday afternoon look at something to do with irish music
Hey Y'all!

We're holding our next Trad Irish Slow Session at Old Songs TONIGHT MARCH 16, 2022 if you are vaccinated (both doses), and preferably Boostered as well, and wear a mask. 
The session is held on third Wednesdays at the Old Songs Community Arts Center
37 South Main St.,
Voorheesville, NY 12186
7:30-9:00 PM
Cost: $5 per person
Leader: traditional Irish fiddler Hilary Schrauf
We'll be in the big upstairs room and we will spread our chairs out. Feel free to bring a music stand. There are some available to use. Learning by ear is preferred but over the years we've found that using sheet music to give everyone a jump start helps tremendously.

Below you'll find the list of tunes for tonight, links to tune pages, and the three set lists we've been using. You're welcome to join us at 7:30 on Wednesday, March 16 to play tunes off of tonight's list.
Cost is $5. Led by Hilary Schrauf, Irish Fiddle.

Print these out from here: FOINN SEISUN BOOK #1 - pdf of the main tunebook we are using
As far as I know we're still requiring vaccination for individuals in the building, and masks are still required. I think as long as we give each other some room, our whistle and flute players can come back. 

Here are the tunes for tonight:

Boys of Bluehill / Off to California / Liverpool Hornpipe
Father Kelly's / Merry Blacksmith / Sally Gardens - reels
Joy of My Life (Donnybrook Fair) - Jig
Corner House / Peeler's Jacket - reels
Kitty's Gone a Milking - reel
Shepherd's Lamb / Derrygallen Bridge - polkas
Anne Walshe's / Man of the House - reels
Musical Priest - reel

In the Fionn Book #1 (and in the dropbox folder as part of the Fionn Book PDF)
PAGE 25: Lark in the Morning - jig
PAGE 35: Brosna's Slide / O'Keefe's Slide / Dennis Murphy's Slide
PAGE 36: Ballydesmond Polka #1/Ballydesmond #2/Peg Ryan's
PAGE 38: Sweeny's /Dennis Murphy's Polka / Maggie in the Wood
PAGE 40-41: Doherty's Mazurka / Sonny's Mazurka / Shoe the Donkey
PAGE 12: Teetotaller's / St. Anne's / London Lasses

See you tonight at 7:30 pm at Old Songs. $5 per person.

Please all stay safe and wash your hands.

Best Regards,

Hilary

RESOURCES

FOINN SEISUN BOOK #1 - pdf of the main tunebook we are using
SET LISTS:
These are the previous two lists of tunes we've been working on: 
TUNES LISTS
Here is List #1:
Butterfly / Fig for a Kiss
Anne Walshe's / Man of the House - see folder of sheet music
PAGE 9 & 14 - Father Kelly's (Pg 9 Book 1)/ Merry Blacksmith (Pg 14 Book 1)/ Sally Gardens (Pg 14 Book 1)
PAGE 36 & 39 - Peg Ryan's (Pg 36 Fionn Book 1) / John Brosnan's / Maids of Ardagh (in Fionn Book 1 as Maids of Ardath or Toormore No. 2 on page 39) (see attached set on one page)
PAGE 19 Out on the Ocean / Black Rogue / Saddle the Pony 
Boys of Bluehill / Off to California
Southwind / Fanny Po'er / Tommy McGuire's (see folder of sheet music)
Planxty Irwin (in D)
PAGE 24 - Lilting Banshee /Haste to the Wedding / Maid on the Green 
PAGE 28 & 22 - Kilavil Jig (Pg 28 of Fionn Book 1) / Haunted House (Pg 22 of Fionn Book 1) 
PAGE 22 - My Darling Asleep (Pg 22 of Fionn Book 1) / Road to Lisdoonvarna 
John Brennan's Fancy (reel) - see folder of sheet music

Here is List #2:
PAGE 12 - St Anne's Reel 
Connaughtman's Rambles 
PAGE 23 - Blarney Pilgrim (Page 23 of Fionn Seisun Book 1 PDF)/ Behind the Haystack (jig)
PAGE 24 - Morrison's Jig/ Kid on the Mountain 
Peeler's Jacket (reel) - see folder of sheet music
The Friendly Visit Hornpipe - see folder of sheet music
PAGE 18 - Humours of Tulla/ Skylark / Roaring Mary 
Christy Barry's #1 / Christy Barry's #2 - see folder of sheet music
Banish Misfortune

SET LIST #3 - TO WORK ON SLOWLY AND MIX IN AS WE GO FORWARD:
SEE ATTACHED PDF OF THE FULL SET LIST (7 PAGES) plus Hundred Pipers and The Spotted Dog
Hundred Pipers / The Spotted Dog (pdfs attached)
PAGE 12: Teetotaller (aka The Temperance Reel) / St. Anne's Reel / London Lasses 
PAGE 20: Geese in the Bog / Connaughtman's Rambles / Out on the Ocean -- Also, John's set of Geese in the Bog with Behind the Haystack
PAGE 33: Sonny Murray's - most commonly known as The Wicklow / Home Ruler / Kitty's Wedding Hornpipes
PAGE 35: Brosna's Slide / O'Keefe's Slide / Dennis Murphy's Slide
PAGE 36: Ballydesmond Polka #1/Ballydesmond #2/Peg Ryan's
PAGE 38: Sweeny's /Dennis Murphy's Polka / Maggie in the Wood
PAGE 41: Doherty's Mazurka / Sonny's Mazurka / Shoe the Donkey 

Wednesday, November 17, 2021

Irish Slow Session Tonight 11/17/2021 - Masks & Vaxx Required

 

Tunes are Back if


you're vaxxed.

a wednesday afternoon look at something to do with music
Hey Y'all!

We're ready if you are vaccinated (both doses) and wear a mask due to the continued highly contagious nature of COVID-19. A small group of us has continued to meet online for much of the pandemic, and since summer have been meeting in person. We're ready to open it up to more of you, if you'd like to join us. 
The session is held on third Wednesdays at the Old Songs Community Arts Center
37 South Main St.,
Voorheesville, NY 12186
7:30-9:00 PM
Cost: $5 donation to Old Songs, Inc.
Leader: traditional Irish fiddler Hilary Schrauf
We'll be in the big upstairs room and we will spread our chairs out. Feel free to bring a music stand. There are some available to use. Learning by ear is preferred but over the years we've found that using sheet music to give everyone a jump start helps tremendously.

Below you'll find links to tune pages, and the three set lists we've been using. You're welcome to join us at 7:30 tonight (Wednesday, November 17) to play tunes off of the lists.
Cost is $5. Led by Hilary Schrauf, Irish Fiddle.
Please all stay safe and wash your hands.

Best Regards,

Hilary

FOINN SEISUN BOOK #1 - pdf of the main tunebook we are using
SET LISTS:
These are the previous two lists of tunes we've been working on: 
TUNES LISTS
Here is List #1:
Butterfly / Fig for a Kiss
Anne Walshe's / Man of the House - see folder of sheet music
PAGE 9 & 14 - Father Kelly's (Pg 9 Book 1)/ Merry Blacksmith (Pg 14 Book 1)/ Sally Gardens (Pg 14 Book 1)
PAGE 36 & 39 - Peg Ryan's (Pg 36 Fionn Book 1) / John Brosnan's / Maids of Ardagh (in Fionn Book 1 as Maids of Ardath or Toormore No. 2 on page 39) (see attached set on one page)
PAGE 19 Out on the Ocean / Black Rogue / Saddle the Pony 
Boys of Bluehill / Off to California
Southwind / Fanny Po'er / Tommy McGuire's (see folder of sheet music)
Planxty Irwin (in D)
PAGE 24 - Lilting Banshee /Haste to the Wedding / Maid on the Green 
PAGE 28 & 22 - Kilavil Jig (Pg 28 of Fionn Book 1) / Haunted House (Pg 22 of Fionn Book 1) 
PAGE 22 - My Darling Asleep (Pg 22 of Fionn Book 1) / Road to Lisdoonvarna 
John Brennan's Fancy (reel) - see folder of sheet music

Here is List #2:
PAGE 12 - St Anne's Reel 
Connaughtman's Rambles 
PAGE 23 - Blarney Pilgrim (Page 23 of Fionn Seisun Book 1 PDF)/ Behind the Haystack (jig)
PAGE 24 - Morrison's Jig/ Kid on the Mountain 
Peeler's Jacket (reel) - see folder of sheet music
The Friendly Visit Hornpipe - see folder of sheet music
PAGE 18 - Humours of Tulla/ Skylark / Roaring Mary 
Christy Barry's #1 / Christy Barry's #2 - see folder of sheet music
Banish Misfortune

SET LIST #3 - TO WORK ON SLOWLY AND MIX IN AS WE GO FORWARD:
SEE ATTACHED PDF OF THE FULL SET LIST (7 PAGES) plus Hundred Pipers and The Spotted Dog
Hundred Pipers / The Spotted Dog (pdfs attached)
PAGE 12: Teetotaller (aka The Temperance Reel) / St. Anne's Reel / London Lasses 
PAGE 20: Geese in the Bog / Connaughtman's Rambles / Out on the Ocean -- Also, John's set of Geese in the Bog with Behind the Haystack
PAGE 33: Sonny Murray's - most commonly known as The Wicklow / Home Ruler / Kitty's Wedding Hornpipes
PAGE 35: Brosna's Slide / O'Keefe's Slide / Dennis Murphy's Slide
PAGE 36: Ballydesmond Polka #1/Ballydesmond #2/Peg Ryan's
PAGE 38: Sweeny's /Dennis Murphy's Polka / Maggie in the Wood
PAGE 41: Doherty's Mazurka / Sonny's Mazurka / Shoe the Donkey