Steph West
Traditional Harp Music from the British Isles
Tunes
Here are the scores to some common tunes played in the harp session:
Other tunes
Here is a list of other tunes which have been played:
- Horses Bransle
- King of the Fairies
- Carolan's Draught
- Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
- Miss Gordon of Gight
- The Foggy Dew
- Lovely Morar
- Carrickfergus
- Star Above the Garter
- Drops of Brandy
- Road to Lisdoonvana
- I Should Go to Bed When I Die - Skene Manuscript (Scotland)
- Les Bouffants - Playford
- The Alderman's Hat - Playford
- Jamaican Fairwell
- The Gander in the Pratie Hole
- The Hills of Donegal
- Men of Harlech (Wales)
- Banks of the Suir
- Banks of the Dee
- Kemp's Jig
- Skye Boat Song
- The Ash Grove
- Bird Catcher - Mozart (from The Magic Flute)
- All Through the Night
- All the following by Turlough O'Carolan: Fanny Power
- Eleanor Plunkett
- Dr John Stafford/Carolan's Receipt
- Morgan Magan
- Colonel John Irwin/Planxty Irwin
- Lord Inchiquin
- Shebeg Sheemor
- Princess Royal (Carolan & Morris version!)
Phew!
Finding scores
If you want score for a tune but we don't have a copy here, it is likely that you can find it online. Below are our favourite search engines for tunes:
- John Chambers Tunefinder is a tune search site which covers a huge amount of material. Mecca for ABC fans!
- www.thesession.org is a great online site for swapping tunes and ideas about tradition music, also has session listings.
- www.mudcat.org is great for songs and has a good online community.
- Digital Tradition Mirror at sniff.numachi.com is a mirror of the song database at Mudcat.