Workshop Information

Recently, we have been trialling running a short tune-learning workshop at the beginning of each session. This involves spending 30-40 minutes learning a new tune by ear. The idea is to increase the confidence of the sessioners for playing tunes by ear and relying less on the music. After we have learned a tune, we will post notes about the tune we learned here.

The tunes here should all be shown as scores. If they're not then it could be your browser doesn't support the library used to draw the music. You can probably see the ABC notation used to generate the music. I'm trying to add PDFs to all the music so you can download that to see the score. Alternatively, use a new browser!

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2026.04.10 - Thadelo's (slide)


X: 27
T: Thadelo's
R: slide
M: 12/8
L: 1/8
K: Amaj
c3 cBA B2A F2E|A2B c2d e3 e2B|c3 cBA B2A F2A|A2B c2B A3 A2B||
c3 cBA B2A F2E|A2B c2d e3 e2B|cBc cBA B2A F2A|A2B c2B A3 A3|
|:f2e cBA B2A F3|f2e c2d e3 ece|f2e cBA B2A F2A|1 A2B c2B A3 A2f:|2 A2B c2B A3 A2B|| 



X: 28
T: Where's the Cat?
R: slide
M: 12/8
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
|:DED G2 E D2 E G3 |DED G2 B A2 G E2 D|
DED G2 E D2 E G3 |BdB c2 B A2 G E2 D:|
|:BdB d2 B A2 G c3|BdB d2 B A2 G E2 D|
BdB d2 B A2 G c3|ege d2 B A2 G E2 D:|

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2026.03.13 - The Boys Of Ballisodare (slip jig)


X: 4
T: The Boys Of Ballisodare
R: slip jig
M: 9/8
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
|:D2G G2A B2d|ege d2e g3|D2G G2B d2B|AGA B2G EGE|
D2G G2A B2d|ege d2e g2a|b2a g2e d2B|AGA B2G EGE:|
|:B2d d2B d2B|d3 z ef g3|B2d d2B d2B|AGA B2G E2G|
B2d d2B d2B|d3 def g2a|b2a g2e d2B|AGA B2G E2G:|

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2026.02.13 - Memories of Father Angus MacDonnell March by Mike MacDougall (March)


X:1
T:Memories of Father Angus MacDonnell March by Mike MacDougall
L:1/4
Q:1/4=90
M:4/4
K:G
R:March
V:1 treble nm="violin"
V:1
|: (3(uD/E/F/) | vG/>G/ G/<A/ (G/>F/) E/<D/ | (uB/<d/)(d/>B/) d (3(d/B/d/) | (ue/>c/) d/<B/ (c/>A/) B/<G/ |  uE2 E (3(D/E/F/) |
vG (G/>A/) (G/>F/) E/<D/ | (uB/<d/)(d/>B/) d (g/>e/) | (ud/>B/) G/<B/ (A/>G/) A/<B/ |  uG2 G ::
(3(uB/c/d/) | ve/>e/ e/<f/ (g/>f/) e/<d/ | (uB/<d/)(d/>B/) d (3(d/B/d/) |  (ue/>c/) d/<B/ (c/>A/) B/<G/ | uE2 E (3(D/E/F/) |
vG (G/>A/) (G/>F/) E/<D/ | (uB/<d/)(d/>B/) d (g/>e/) |  (ud/>B/) G/<B/ (A/>G/) A/<B/ | uG2 G :|

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2026.01.09 - The Britches Full Of Stitches (polka)


X: 1
T: The Britches Full Of Stitches
R: polka
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
K: Amaj
|:A>B cA|BA cA|A>B cA|BA F2|
A>B cA|BA ce|A>B AF|FE E2:|:
e>f ec|BA Bc|e>f ec|BA F2|
e>f ec|BA Bc|A>B AF|FE E2:| 


X:2
T:The Eagle's Whistle
L:1/8
M:3/4
I:linebreak $
K:G
|: B2 dB AG | B2 dB AG | A2 AB AG | A2 AB AG |$
B2 dB AG | B2 dB AB | G2 GB AB |1 G3 BAG :|2 G3 ABd ||
$ |:e2 de gd | e2 dB AG | A2 AB AG | A2 AG Bd |
$ e2 de gd | e2 dB AB | G2 GB AB |1 G2 GA Bd :|2 G3 BAG |

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