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Here’s where you’ll find a variety of articles on music

From fiddle bowing to movable guitar chords;

from mandolin tips to ukulele arrangements

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The Butterfly

This beautiful slip jig was composed by the legendary Tommy Potts.  A perennial favourite in sessions everywhere. If you're a fiddle player and you want to develop your reel playing, you will be ...

Coleraine

A slightly unusual double jig, this, but always fun to play. If you're a fiddle player and you want to develop your reel playing, you will be interested in a series of books I'm working on - ...

The Mountain Road

A great old Sligo tune, The Mountain Road. If you're a fiddle player and you want to develop your reel playing, you will be interested in my new book - The Ultimate Reel Book available on ...

The Drunken Landlady

The Drunken Landlady - double reel in two parts - 32 bars in all. The tune is in E dorian. When it comes to reels, bowing is all-important in bringing the tunes to life.  So, bowings are shown ...

The Congress Reel

The Congress Reel is one of my favourites.  I first came across it on the fantastic Hidden Ground album by Paddy Glackin and Jolyon Jackson and it's been a staple tune for me since then. If ...

Jackie Coleman’s Reel

Jackie Coleman's Reel - double reel in two parts - 32 bars in all. the tune is in D major. When it comes to reels, bowing is all-important in bringing the tunes to life.  So, bowings are shown ...

Sporting Paddy

The Sporting Paddy - single reel in two parts - 32 bars in all. A dorian is the key. When it comes to reels, bowing is all-important in bringing the tunes to life.  So, bowings are shown below ...

Boys of the Lough

The Boys of the Lough - double reel in two parts - 32 bars in all.  D major is the key. When it comes to reels, bowing is all-important in bringing the tunes to life.  So, bowings are shown ...

Down in the Park – cover by Phil Berthoud

Rewind back to 24th May 1979 and an episode of Top of the Pops that I'll always remember.  Along with Roxy Music's Dance Away, Boys Keep Swinging by David Bowie and Shine a Little Love by ELO ...
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