Celtic Harmonica Encyclopedia Volume 4 (eBook + Online Audio)
Harp Tunes & Hornpipes

This is the fourth volume of a four-part collection of over 200 Irish and Scottish dance tunes and airs arranged for standard Richter and Paddy Richter tuned 10-hole diatonic harmonicas. Volume Four contains 26 famous Celtic harp tunes and 22 hornpipes, including "Brian Boru’s March," "Eileen Aroon," "Carolan’s Receipt," "The Cuckoo’s Nest," "The College Hornpipe," "Cronin’s Hornpipe," and many others. The book includes standard notation in the original keys, harmonica t ...more

Product Number:
31196MEB
Format:
eBook + Online Audio
Skill Level:
Intermediate
Notation Type:
Standard Notation and Tab
Pages:
72
Binding:
eBook
ISBN:
1-5134-8482-6
ISBN13:
978-15134-8482-2
Series:
Celtic Harmonica Encyclopedia
Publisher:
Mel Bay Publications, Inc.
Date Published:
10/15/2025

This is the fourth volume of a four-part collection of over 200 Irish and Scottish dance tunes and airs arranged for standard Richter and Paddy Richter tuned 10-hole diatonic harmonicas. Volume Four contains 26 famous Celtic harp tunes and 22 hornpipes, including "Brian Boru’s March," "Eileen Aroon," "Carolan’s Receipt," "The Cuckoo’s Nest," "The College Hornpipe," "Cronin’s Hornpipe," and many others. The book includes standard notation in the original keys, harmonica tab, guitar chords, introductory notes on the individual tunes, and downloadable audio files of the tunes, along with interviews with leading Celtic harmonica players about the details of their playing techniques.

Foreword by Winslow Yerxa.

Foreword  

Introduction  

Appendix A: Artist interviews with Tony Eyers, Don Meade,

Joel Andersson, James Conway, Donald Black, Brendan Power,

Mick Kinsella, and Rick Epping, with Glenn Weiser

Harp Tunes

Brian Boru’s March

Bridget Cruise, 4th Air

Carolan’s Quarrel with the Landlady

Carolan’s Receipt

Carolan’s Welcome

The Coolin

The Dawning of the Day

Eileen Aroon (two settings)

Give Me Your Hand

Killiecrankie

Limerick’s Lamentation

Lord Inchiquin

Lord Mayo

Love is a Tormenting Pain

Mabel Kelly

Molly McAlpin

Molly St George

The Ode to Whiskey

Planxty Fanny Power

Planxty George Brabazon, 2nd Air

Planxty Hewlett

Planxty John O’Connor

The Return From Fingal

The Snowy-Breasted Pearl

A Soft Mild Morning

Kitty Tyrell

Hornpipes

Castles in the Air

The College Hornpipe

Cronin’s Hornpipe

The Cuckoo’s Nest

The Derry Hornpipe

The Fair-Haired Child

The Downfall of Paris

The Fairies’ Hornpipe

The Few Bob

Flaherty’s Hornpipe

The Flowing Tide

Galway Bay

The Good-Natured Man

The Home Ruler

The Humours of Tullycrine

The Huntsman’s Hornpipe

The Liverpool Hornpipe

Murphy’s Hornpipe

Paddy O’Brien’s Hornpipe

The Post Office

Miss Thompson’s Hornpipe

Walsh’s Hornpipe

 
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Author : by Glenn Weiser, foreword by Winslow Yerxa
Format : eBook + Online Audio
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Celtic Harmonica Encyclopedia Volume 3

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