Welcome to the Small Circle Tune Learning Session

Please read ALL this text the first time you visit, as otherwise you may be confused by the two different playlists offered here. This is a list of tunes that we either currently play OR will be learning and playing in the future AND the Slow Players.org tune book.

Click on the tune name for the SCTLS setting (no link, not up yet -- if you click and only get an mp3, it's not a normal tune of ours yet). The SCTLS links offer the files in MP3 format (at learning speed and as unornamented as we could make it and still play), a printable gif, and abc.

The gifs and MIDIs in the column on the right are SlowPlayers.org settings that you might hear in San Francisco or perhaps Boston -- that's a great way to check out some variations you may not have thought of! (You can check even more versions at some of the other SlowPlayer.org member groups by using the links to the left.)

The Slow Players pdf and abc files are the complete listings for the group (reels, jigs, etc), and may be quite large.

We're still working on this part of the site. Be patient, we'll get to each tune as time permits! We highly recommend that you learn from the mp3s provided rather than from the sheet music. Keep in mind that MIDI files are only good for notes, as you will not get anything close to a good feel of Irish music from them. A fairly good playback tool, ABCMus is shareware (see the links below) for a better feel (compared to MIDI) of the music.

Remember: there's no such thing as a definitive setting! Different settings are a large part of what keeps Irish traditional music so interesting and alive.

We've included some links to offer you some tools and more tune archives.

Title	Key	Download Slow Players File
Reels:		PDF or ABC
The Abbey Reel	Ador	GIF MIDI
The Bank of Ireland	Dmix
The Banshee	G	GIF MIDI
The Belles of Tipperary/ The New Policeman	D
Beare Island	Edor
Bonnie Kate
Bunker Hill	Dmix
The Congress Reel	Ador	GIF MIDI
Cooley's Reel	Edor	GIF MIDI
The Crooked Road to Dublin	G	GIF MIDI
The Cup of Tea	D	GIF MIDI
Drowsy Maggie	E dor/D	GIF MIDI
The Flogging Reel	Dmix	GIF MIDI
The Glass of Beer	D	GIF MIDI
The Humors of Tulla	D
Jackie Coleman's	D
Jenny's Chickens John Kelly's Reel The Longford Collector The Longford Tinker	Cmaj G D	GIF MIDI GIF MIDI GIF MIDI
The Maid Behind the Bar	D	GIF MIDI
The Mason's Apron	A	GIF MIDI
The Merry Blacksmith	D	GIF MIDI
Miss McLeod's	G	GIF MIDI
The Musical Priest The New Rigged Ship The Nine Points of Roguery Nonesuch	D Amix D Ddor	GIF MIDI GIF MIDI GIF MIDI GIF MIDI
Paddy Fahy's	Dmix
Paddy Fahy's	Ddor
The Peeler's Jacket #1 The Peeler's Jacket #2 Petronella The Pigeon on the Gate	G G D D	GIF MIDI GIF MIDI GIF MIDI GIF MIDI
Rolling in the Ryegrass	D	GIF MIDI
St. Anne's	D	GIF MIDI
Sally Gardens The Scholar #1 The Scholar #2 The Silver Spear	G Dmix Dmix D	GIF MIDI GIF MIDI GIF MIDI
Sligo Maid	G
Spootiskerry The Swallow's Tail Tam Lin Toss the Feathers #1 Whiskey Before Breakfast Willafjord	G Dmix Dm D D D	GIF MIDI GIF MIDI GIF MIDI GIF MIDI GIF MIDI GIF MIDI
Jigs:		PDF or ABC
Banish Misfortune The Blarney Pilgrim Cleveland Park Coleraine Connaughtman's Rambles Donnybrook Fair Down the Back Lane	G G Dm Am D G G	GIF MIDI GIF MIDI GIF MIDI GIF MIDI GIF MIDI GIF MIDI GIF MIDI
Garrett Barry's	G	GIF MIDI
Haste to the Wedding The Hills of Glen Orchy BuriedMyWife ... The Irish Washerwoman The Jig of Slurs Jimmy Ward's Jump at the Sun The Kesh Jig	D Edor D D D G Dm D	GIF MIDI GIF MIDI GIF MIDI GIF MIDI GIF MIDI GIF MIDI GIF MIDI GIF MIDI
King of the Pipers	D
The Lark in the Morning	G	GIF MIDI
The Lilting Banshee	Ador
Merrily Kiss the Quaker's Wife The Monaghan Jig Morrison's Jig The Mug of Brown Ale My Darling Asleep The Old Grey Goose Old Joe's One Too Many The Pipe on the Hob Pullouttheknife... The Ramblin' Pitchfork The Road to Lisdoonvarna The Rose in the Heather Saddle the Pony Scatter the Mud	G Edor Edor G D Em D Dmix Ador Em D D D G Ador	GIF MIDI GIF MIDI GIF MIDI GIF MIDI GIF MIDI GIF MIDI GIF MIDI GIF MIDI GIF MIDI GIF MIDI GIF MIDI GIF MIDI GIF MIDI GIF MIDI GIF MIDI
Sliabh Russell	Am
Smash the Windows The Tenpenny Bit Tobin's Favorite Tripping up the Stairs The Walls of Liscarroll Whelan's Fancy	D Ador D D Edor Edor	GIF MIDI GIF MIDI GIF MIDI GIF MIDI GIF MIDI GIF MIDI
Slip Jigs:		PDF or ABC
Brose and Butter The Butterfly The Cock and the Hen Come Up Stairs with Me Crossing the Channel Elizabeth Kelly's Delight A Fig for a Kiss The Foxhunter's Jig Garrett's Wedding Hunting the Hare The Irish Girl The Road to Sligo The Rocky Road to Dublin	D Em D G D G G D G D D D G	GIF MIDI GIF MIDI GIF MIDI GIF MIDI GIF MIDI GIF MIDI GIF MIDI GIF MIDI GIF MIDI GIF MIDI GIF MIDI GIF MIDI GIF MIDI
The Swaggering Jig/ Bellaghy Fair	Ador
Hornpipes:		PDF or ABC
Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine The Boys of Bluehill Chief O'Neill's Cronin's Hornpipe The Fairie's Hornpipe Fisher's Hornpipe	Ador D Dmix G G D	GIF MIDI GIF MIDI GIF MIDI GIF MIDI GIF MIDI GIF MIDI
The Flowers of Edinburgh	G	GIF MIDI
The Galway Hornpipe Harvest Home Jacky Tar The Little Sack of Wheat Off to California Poll Ha'penny The Redhaired Boy The Rights of Man	D D Edor G G Amix D Em	GIF MIDI GIF MIDI GIF MIDI GIF MIDI GIF MIDI GIF MIDI GIF MIDI GIF MIDI
Polkas:		PDF or ABC
Ballydesmond #1 Ballydesmond #2 Ballydesmond #3 Bill Sullivan's Polka Breeches Full of Stitches Dennis Murphy's Polka Din Tarrent's Egan's Polka The Finnish Polka The Glen Cottage #1 The Glen Cottage #2 John Ryan's Polka Julia Clifford's #1 Julia Clifford's #2 Lackagh Cross Maggie in the Woods Rakes of Mallow The Taur Polka Tralee Gaol	G G G A Amaj Bm D Bm Bm Ador Gm Bm D D Bm Dmix G Dmix G	GIF MIDI GIF MIDI GIF MIDI GIF MIDI GIF MIDI GIF MIDI GIF MIDI GIF MIDI GIF MIDI GIF MIDI GIF MIDI GIF MIDI GIF MIDI GIF MIDI GIF MIDI GIF MIDI GIF MIDI GIF MIDI
Slides:		PDF or ABC
The Brosna Slide #1 The Brosna Slide #2 Cuil Aodha Slide Denis Murphy's The Dingle Regatta O'Keefe's Slide The Pretty Girl	G G D D G G D	GIF MIDI GIF MIDI GIF MIDI GIF MIDI GIF MIDI GIF MIDI GIF MIDI
Set Dances:		PDF or ABC
The Blackbird The King of the Fairies The Siege of Ennis	G Edor A	GIF MIDI GIF MIDI GIF MIDI
Marches:		PDF or ABC
March of the Kings of Laois	Dmix	GIF MIDI
Mazurkas & Waltzes:
Ashokan Farewell Donegal Mazurka Charlie Lennon's
Iníon Ní Scannláin	G
Si Bheag, Si Mhor	D
Sonny Brogan's Star of County Down Vincent Campbell's Westphalia Inisheer
Airs & Planxties:

*Some Links*
Tune Archives	The Session Ceolas The Sessioneer JC's ABC Tune Finder
ABC Tools	The ABC Home Page ABCMUS John Chambers's ABC Toolbox
Sites of Interest	BBC's Virtual Session Good Ear: Online Free Ear Training

For technical support, please contact Michael Duffy
For SCTLS information, please contact Zina Lee