An important anthology of Irish and Celtic solos for the 5-string banjo featuring a comprehensive, scholarly treatise on the history, techniques, and etiquette of playing the banjo in the Celtic tradition. Includes segments on tuning, pick preferences, and tablature reading followed by 101 jigs, slides, polkas, slip jigs, reels, hornpipes, strathspeys, O'Carolan tunes, plus a special section of North American Celtic tunes. A generous collection of photos of Irish folk musicians, street scenes, and archaeological sites further enhances this fabulous book. All of the solos included here are written in 5-string banjo tablature only with a few tunes set in unusual banjo tunings. The appendices provide a sizable glossary and a wealth of information regarding soloists and groups playing Celtic music, Irish festivals, music publications, on-line computer resources, cultural organizations, and more.
If you are serious about playing Celtic music on the 5-string banjo, or if you don't play the banjo but simply want to expand your knowledge of the Celtic music tradition-you owe yourself this book. The first-ever audio collection of Irish and Celtic music for 5-string banjo provides 68 lovely melodies and demonstrates revolutionary techniques for playing highly ornamented tunes and rolling back-up. Recorded in stereo with virtuosos Gabriel Donohue (steel- and nylon-string guitar and piano) and Robbie Walsh (bodhran- frame drum played with a stick), the five-string banjo is "out front" and plays through each melody in real-life tempo with authentic Celtic chordal and rhythmic backing.
The recording features the music of all Six Celtic Nations and includes jigs, reels, hornpipes, slides, polkas, marches, country dances, larides, andros, slip jigs, strathspeys, airs and O'Carolan tunes. 35 songs in the book are not on the audio recording. Includes access to online audio.

6 Beat Laridenn       
8 Beat Laridenn       
Alexander's Hornpipe       
An Dro: Crios Bride Ceremony Tunes       Arr. By: Alexei Kondratiev
Andrew Duffy's Jig       Jerome O'sullivan
Anthony Payne Of Stratton       
Arkansas Traveler       
Ballydesmond Polka       
Banish Misfortune       
Blackberry Blossom       
Brian Boru's March       
Bridget Battle's Hornpipe       Linda Hickman
Carolan's Draught       Turlough O'carolan
Cronin's Hornpipe       
Cum Y Chenn Oanrey Cheh       
Denis Murphy's       
Devil's Dream (The De'il Amang The Tailors)       
Drowsy Maggie       
Eunyssagh Vona       
Far From Home       
Fisher's Hornpipe       
Garry Owen       
Garry Owen       
Gavotte De Skrignag       
Hanging Out To Dry       L.E. Mccullough
Harvest Home       
Highlander's Jig       
Hughie Rory Mackinnon       
Joe Cooley's Reel       
June Apple       
Kathleen's Homecoming       
Kesh Jig       
Kid On The Mountain       
Kitty's Wedding       
Leather Britches (Related To "Lord Macdonald's Reel)       
Liverpool Hornpipe       
Miss Johnson Of Pittworth       
Miss Mcleod's Reel 
Morgaine's Hornpipe       
Morrison's Jig       
Munster Buttermilk       
Nyth Y Gog (The Cuckoo's Nest)       
Nyth Y Gwcw (The Cuckoo's Nest)       
O'carolan's Concerto       Turlough O'carolan 
O'keefe's Slide       
Off To California       
Onen Hag Oll       
Out On The Ocean       
Padraic O'keefe's Slide (Denis Murphy's Slide)       
Pen-Rhaw       
Pigeon On The Gate       
Planxty George Brabazon       Turlough O'carolan
Planxty Irwin       
Red Haired Boy (The Little Beggarman)       
Rickett's Hornpipe       
Saint Anne's Reel       
Sally Gardens       
Sean Ryan's Polka       
Ships Are Sailing       
Si Bheag Agus Si Mhor       Turlough O'carolan
Soldier's Joy       
Sporting Paddy       
Teetotaler's Fancy (Temperance Reel)       
The Belfast Hornpipe (The Sweeps)       
The Boys Of Ballysadare       
The Boys Of Bluehill       
The Braes Of Mar       
The Cameronian       
The Cliffs Of Moher       
The Connaughtman's Rambles       
The Cuckoo's Nest       
The Cuckoo's Nest       
The First Night In America       
The Flowers Of Edinburgh       
The Foxhunter's Jig       
The High Level Hornpipe       James Hill
The Humours Of Ballyloughlin       
The Irish Washerwoman       
The Longford Collector       
The Mason's Apron       
The Men Of Wrexham's Hornpipe       
The Merry Blacksmith       
The Mountain Road       
The Musical Priest       
The Rights Of Man       
The Road To Lisdoonvarna       
The Road To Lisdoonvarna       
The Sailor's Bonnet       
The Salamanca       
The Scholar       
The Silver Spear       
The Star Of Munster       
The Swansea Horpipe       
The Tarbolton       
The Wind That Shakes The Barley       
The Witches       
Traditional Strathspey #7       
Trip To The Cottage       
Turkey In The Straw       
Up Sligo       
Whiskey Before Breakfast