Irish Flute Tunes

04 June 2023 - I've just noticed that the index has been upgraded from 'Muddled Up' to 'Deleted'. I am in the process of adding the tune types to a drop down list at the top of the page. This process is incredibly boring (or maybe just predictably boring) - it's definitely boring anyway - and will take me a while. In the meantime you can browse the site page by page or just search

Here's another tune from O'Neill's Dance Music of Ireland. I hadn't noticed it before, despite its being there since 1907. I don't remember ever seeing a wren either. Maybe because they're so small.

Tune number 748 from O'Neill's Dance Music of Ireland - 1001 gems There are 1000 tunes in this book with better names but only some of them are better tunes.

O'Neill's Dance Music of Ireland tune number 129 I probably would have been better getting the cat to play it.

I play this tune by direct debit.

Here's another tune from Francis O'Neill's 'Dance Music of Ireland - 1001 Gems'. My understanding of 'gem' in today's context is a tune without syncopation and notes keeping close company with other notes they don't get on with.

Here's tune number 652 in O'Neill's Dance Music of Ireland. It's the best tune between tunes 651 and 653.

As requested, here's an attempt at a flute version of a steadfastly fiddle tune. X: 1T:Jackson's Reel (sort of flute-friendly'ish)R: reelM: 4/4L: 1/8K: Dmaj|:F|D2FD EDFE| DEFD EAcE|GE ~E2 GABd| ceAc dBAF|D2FD EDFE| DEFD EFGE| ABce dBAG| F/2G/2F EG FDD:||:g|fd d2 ~d3f| edef edcB|A2cA BAcB| ABcA Bcde|fd d2 ~d3f| edef edcB|ABde faea|1fd d2 ~d3:|2fddc d/2d/2c dB||A3A B2AG| FAAF G/2F/2E

Here's a tune high in vitamin C. Also called the 'Belfast March', named after a town low in every vitamin. https://thesession.org/tunes/5000

Here's a tune I was asked to post here. It's a great tune but I can't play polkas, so I never play them, so I can't play them, so I never play them, so ... The associated polka dots are here: https://thesession.org/tunes/1560