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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