Dive into traditional music with Beginners Melodeon Tunes & Techniques, a fine collection of 75 dance tunes from England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and North America. This book introduces essential melodeon techniques through well-loved yet unique tunes, perfect for learners looking to build repertoire and improve skills.

Key Features:

• 75 traditional tunes covering a variety of styles: reels, jigs, hornpipes, polkas, waltzes, and more.
• Introduces melodeon techniques with tunes in their standard keys.
• Includes music from Britain, Ireland, North America, and beyond, ideal for pub sessions, ceilidhs, and dances.
• Perfect for melodeon players of all levels, enhancing technique while exploring vibrant traditional music.

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Contents - Instruction:

• Foreword by Saul Rose
• Introduction
• The D/G Melodeon
• The Treble and Bass Layout
• Supporting and Playing the Melodeon
• Musical Notes
• Musical Time
• The Musical Ladder
• The Circle of Firths
• The Circle of Fourths
• Full Diamond
• Hal Diamond
• Quick Cross
• Snappy Bellows
• Changing Hand Position Along the Row
• Changing Hand Position Using Row Crossing
• The Bass Buttons
• Chords
• Creating the Harmony Line
• The Chord Symbols
• Playing the Accompaniment
• Overcoming the Limitations and the Missing Minors
• Traditional Music

Contents - The Tunes:

• Country Gardens
• Little Brown Jug
• Polly Wolly Doodle
• The Market Rasen Quickstep
• Not for Joe
• The Leeds Polka
• Percy Brown?s Polka
• Albert Farmer?s Bonfire Tune
• The Morisco
• Moston Rushcart
• My Love My Love
• One More Ribber
• The Rogue?s March
• Captain Lanoe?s Quick March
• Whose Jig?
• The Squirrel in the Tree
• Burning Bridges
• The Lollipop Man
• The Rose Tree
• Lord of the Dance
• Mount Hills
• Dark Girl
• Up and Away
• Fred Pidgeon?s Polka
• I?ll Go Enlist for a Sailor
• Jack Robinson
• Owen?s Jig
• The Hills of Glenorchy
• Paddy Carey
• Tripping to the Well
• The West Kerry Polka
• Many a Wild Night
• The Scartaglen Slide
• Moyglass Fair
• Joe Cooley?s Jig
• The Blackthorn Stick
• Up Leitrim
• The Streets of Laredo
• The Cumberland Waltz
• Séamus McManus?s Waltz
• Red Haired Mary
• Fairlop Park
• Sir Philip McHugh
• The Dusty Miller
• The Rusty Gulley
• The Old Lancashire Hornpipe
• Rig-a-Jig
• The Spirit of the Dance
• The Farmers? Jamboree
• Woodland Flowers
• Postman?s Knock
• The Little Burnt Potato
• The Bodmin Riding March
• Moonshine
• Colored Aristocracy
• The Yarmouth Hornpipe
• Valentine
• The Auvergne Mazurka
• The Old Donegal Mazurka
• Much Wenlock Stick Dance
• Jenny?s Bawbee
• Marching Through Georgia
• MacNamara?s Band
• If There Weren?t Any Women
• The Stack of Oats
• The Shannon Waves
• Glise de Sherbrooke
• Durham Rangers
• The Hesleyside Reel
• Mona?s Delight
• The Old Polka
• The Portheinon Whim
• Sheehan?s Reel
• Da Mirrie Boys o? Greenland
• Three Jolly Sheepskins

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• Quality 350gsm silk card, printed both sides, 210mm x 55mm
• All Sharp and Flat Keys, plus relative minors
• Ideal for both teachers and anyone learning to play music
• Invaluable aid to learning the different key signatures