O'Carolan's best-loved Harp tunes are notated in a contemporary style that makes them accessible to all instrumentalists. This ideal collection with accompanying audio lays bare 20 classic Irish compositions for melody and backing players using standard notation and chords. For all 5-string Banjo players, fretting and picking-hand fingerings are included in the transcriptions which match the play-along tracks. This is Hanway 's fourth collection demonstrating Celtic fingerstyle Banjo in G tuning. It is part of a Celtic 5-string series that includes Mel Bay's Easy Irish and Celtic Tunes for 5-String Banjo: Best-Loved Jigs and Reels (2012) and Mel Bay's Easy Irish and Celtic Melodies for 5-String Banjo: Best-Loved Airs and Session Tunes (2013). Tom Hanway 's pioneering work, Mel Bay's Complete Book of Irish & Celtic 5-String Banjo (1998), was acclaimed by Bluegrass Unlimited magazine (1999) "as 'the bible' for any 5-string player with an interest in this joyous music." The current collection breathes life into the Gaelic classical melodies of Ireland. Access to online audio download.
Beauty in Tears (Llwyn Onn
Blind Mary
Bridget Cruise (Third Air)
Captain O Kane (The Wounded Hussar)
Carolan s Concerto (Mrs. Power)
Carolan s Cottage
Carolan s Dream (Molly MacAlpin)
Carolan's Draught
Carolan's Ramble To Cashel
Carolan's Receipt (Dr. John Stafford)
Eleanor Plunkett
Fanny Power (Madame Trench)
Henry MacDermott Roe (First Air)
Lord Inchiquin
Morgan Magan
Planxty George Brabazon (Second Air)
Planxty Hugh O Donnell
Planxty Irwin (Colonel John Irwin)
Princess Royal, The (Miss MacDermott)
Sheebeg and Sheemore (Si Bheag, Si Mhór
The Ash Grove)
The Bonny Cuckoo)
Blind Mary
Bridget Cruise (Third Air)
Captain O Kane (The Wounded Hussar)
Carolan s Concerto (Mrs. Power)
Carolan s Cottage
Carolan s Dream (Molly MacAlpin)
Carolan's Draught
Carolan's Ramble To Cashel
Carolan's Receipt (Dr. John Stafford)
Eleanor Plunkett
Fanny Power (Madame Trench)
Henry MacDermott Roe (First Air)
Lord Inchiquin
Morgan Magan
Planxty George Brabazon (Second Air)
Planxty Hugh O Donnell
Planxty Irwin (Colonel John Irwin)
Princess Royal, The (Miss MacDermott)
Sheebeg and Sheemore (Si Bheag, Si Mhór
The Ash Grove)
The Bonny Cuckoo)
| Arrangement | Banjo |
| Genres | Irish |
| Format | Instrumental Album |
| Level | 3 |
| NumberOfPages | 52 |
| Media | Sheet Music |
| Publisher | Mel Bay Publications |
| Contributors | Hanway, Tom (Author) |
| Language | English |
| ISBN | 9780786690848 |
| ISMN | 9780786690848 |