This new manual, intended for beginners, contains all you need to begin playing authentic Irish jigs, reels, hornpipes and more on the mandolin. Starting with simple polkas and slides, 26 common session tunes are included. The tunes are all favorites allowing you to rapidly join the fun of session playing. A special section explains pick direction for authentic jig picking. Included are instructions on basic Irish ornamentation for reels and jigs. The accompanying online audio can be used for traditional by ear learning. Presented in mandolin tablature and standard musical notation.

- Contains all you need to begin playing authentic Irish jigs, reels, hornpipes and more on the mandolin
- Tunes are all favorites allowing you to rapidly join the fun of session playing
- Special section explains pick direction for authentic jig picking
- Includes instruction on basic Irish ornamentation

Bantry Bay      
Boys of the Town      
Cooley's      
Denis Murphy's      
Denis O'Keeffe's      
Father Kelly's      
I Have a Bonnet      
Jig Scale Exercise      
Lady Anne Montgomery      
Miss Monaghan      
Oh Nelly, Nelly      
Ornamentation and Melodic Variation      
Out on the Ocean      
Saddle the Pony      
The Bird in the Bush      
The Boys of Bluehill      
The Drunken Landlady      
The Drunken Landlady      
The Geese in the Bog      
The Humours of Glendart      
The Keel Row      
The Maid Behind the Bar      
The Merry Blacksmith      
The Pipe on the Hob      
The Silver Spear      
The Silver Spear      
The Stack of Barley      
The Star Above the Garter      
The Wise Maid      
Tobin's Favourite