Irish Flute Tunes

Michael Clarkson

Traditional Irish Tunes Played on the Flute (iflute@googlemail.com)

  1. JAN 27

    The Crib of Perches (reel)

    I was just reminded yesterday of the existence of this Irish Flute Tunes site by getting my annual subscription receipt from Podbean. So, I thought I might as well put a tune on it to get my money's worth.  I played this one on a very reliable Rob Forbes flute which I got off eBay a little while ago. My wooden flutes are also reliable but my ability to find them is less so. I'm in Belfast at the moment, on holiday from Luxembourg, so (another "so") I'm allowed to play the flute as it's not illegal here. I'll be back in Belfast FOREVER from 1st May. So ... I might go into work retirement and come out of flute retirement. So... À bientôt ...     The Crib of Perches (as "The Session" has it)

    2 min

  2. JAN 27

    Introduction

    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 for tune titles. Thanks, Michael.       **** Tune Index all Muddled up ****   I've just posted a tune here for the first time in months. While I was on the site I noticed that the tune names are no longer in alphabetical order. I think they are now in chronoligical order. If you just type Ctrl +F and then put in the tune name, or part of the name,  it will take you to the link for that tune if it is on the site.   *** Some recordings not playing ***   Some recordings go missing from this site from time to time; the internet seems to suffer from memory laspses jist like the rest of us. If you find that a recording doesn't play, please let me know. I have the recordings backed up somewhere (though I'm not sure where) and as a last resort I think I might be able to find some of the tunes in my head and somehow transfer them from there back onto the site.               Hello. This site contains recordings I have made as a source of tunes for people who play the flute, or other instruments for that matter. They are often just versions of tunes as I remember them. My memory isn’t the best so in some cases I cheat and find the dots online. In some cases the online versions and the dots inside my head aren't quite the same so there may be a sort of 'average' appearing. I usually play the tunes once through slowly to make them easier to learn, then I have a bit of a run at them to give another view of them. I hope this approach is OK. If anyone has any comments, or tune suggestions, please get in touch (iflute@googlemail.com). Thanks, Michael Clarkson (Belfast, Luxembourg and on the Dublin-Belfast Aircoach).    Slowing Down Tunes   Just in case the tunes on this site aren’t dull enough, you can slow them down using recent versions of Windows Media Player (I’m sure there are plenty of other ways of doing this too).   In Windows Media player click Now Playing at the top of the screen then pick Enhancements and then Play Speed Settings. There is a nice range of speeds displayed but I can only get the half speed one to work. That’s probably enough to be getting on with in any case.

    4 min

  3. 06/04/2023

    The Wren Hornpipe

    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.

    3 min

  4. 04/07/2020

    Clarkson’s reel

    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.

    2 min

  5. 03/25/2020

    The Cat in the Corner (jig)

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

    2 min

  6. 03/24/2020

    The Day We Paid the Rent (reel)

    I play this tune by direct debit.

    2 min

  7. 03/22/2020

    The Tongs by the Fire (jig)

    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.

    2 min

  8. 03/21/2020

    Molly What Ails You? (reel)

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

    2 min
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Traditional Irish Tunes Played on the Flute (iflute@googlemail.com)

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  • Creator
    Michael Clarkson
  • Years Active
    2008 - 2026
  • Episodes
    694
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    Copyright © 2010 michael clarkson. All rights reserved.
  • Show Website
    Irish Flute Tunes