Description

The Contra Dance Encyclopedia is a handbook for musicians who want to play for contra dances. Music from American fiddle tunes to the Irish tradition are presented in sets suitable for playing for dances (as well as sessions, concerts, and other gigs). There is also an extensive section of tunes grouped into Reels, Jigs, and Waltzes that can be used. Included is a short history of contra dance, as well as ideas on putting together a dance band. Instrumental and stylistic techniques for guitar, mandolin, whistle, and fiddle are discussed, as well as band dynamics and orchestration.- Convenient and easy to use handbook- Music from American fiddle tunes to TraditionalIrish tunes are presented in sets suitable for dances- Information on the history of the contra dance- Instrumental and stylistic techniques for guitar, mandolin, whistle, and fiddle are discussed

Contents

1. 49 Cats In A Rainbarrel
2. All The Way to Galway
3. Angeline The Baker
4. Apples In Winter
5. Arkansas Traveler
6. Banish Misfortune
7. Bear Dance
8. Billy Church’s
9. Memorial Breakdown
10. Billy in the Lowground
11. Blackberry Blossom
12. The Boyne Hunt Buttermilk Mary
13. Cliffs of Moher
14. Colraine
15. Congress Reel
16. The Connaughtman’s Rambles
17. Coppers and Brass
18. Cripple Creek
19. Devil’s Dream
20. Dick Gossip’s
21. Drowsy Maggie
22. Ebenezer
23. Eighth of January
24. Farewell To Shorty’s
25. The Fermoy Lassies
26. Fisher’s Hornpipe
27. Flowers of Edinburgh
28. Forker Deer
29. Four Winds Waltz
30. The Frost Is All Over
31. The Gander in the Pratie Hole
32. Garrett Barry’s
33. Gaspe Reel
34. The Girl I Left Behind Me
35. Golden Slippers
36. Green Groves of Erin
37. Green Willis
38. Growling Old Man
39. The Hag at the Spinning Wheel
40. Haste to the Wedding
41. Hewlet
42. The Humors of Winter
43. The Hunter’s Purse
44. Hunting The Buffalo
45. Irish Lamentation
46. The Ivy Leaf
47. The Jaded Optimist
48. Jaybird
49. Julia Delany
50. Juliann Johnson
51. The Kerfunken Jig
52. Kesh Jig
53. Kitchen Girl
54. Lady of the Lake #1
55. Lady of the Lake #2
56. Lady of the Lake #3
57. Lannigan’s Ball
58. The Lark In The Morning
59. Leather Britches
60. Liberty
61. Little Judique
62. Liza Jane
63. Lord Inchiquin
64. Luke Dillon
65. Magpie
66. The Malbay Shuffle
67. Man of the House
68. Mason’s Apron
69. The Merry Blacksmith
70. Midnight on the Water
71. Mississippi Sawyer
72. The Monaghan Jig
73. Morning Dew
74. Morrison’s
75. Mountain Road
76. My Darling Asleep
77. My Own House
78. Nail That Catfish to The Tree
79. Nancy Rowland
80. Off She Goes
81. Out On the Ocean
82. Out With the Boys
83. Over The Waterfall
84. Paddy Fahey’s Reel
85. Petronella
86. The Pipe on the Hob
87. Planxty Irwin
88. The Poor Scholar
89. Price of My Pig
90. Pumpkin Ridge
91. Queen’s Polka
92. The Rakes Of Kildare
93. Rakish Paddy
94. Reel Eugene
95. Red-Haired Boy
96. Return to Milltown
97. The Road to Lisdoonvarna
98. Rock That Cradle
99. The Rollicking Boys Around Tandaragee
100. The Sailor’s Bonnet
101. St. Anne’s Reel
102. Scatter the Mud
103. Sheebeg and Sheemore
104. The Ships Are Sailing
105. Shove That Pig’s Foot A Little Further In The Fire
106. Six Penny Money
107. Soldier’s Joy
108. Southwind
109. Sporting Paddy
110. Squirrel Heads and Gravy
111. Squirrel Hunters
112. Star of the County Down
113. Sugar In The Gourd
114. The Swallowtail Jig
115. Swinging on a Gate
116. Tam Lin
117. Temperance Reel
118. Ten O’Clock Jig
119. The Ten Penny Bit
120. Tobin’s Jig
121. Tripping Up the Stairs
122. Trip To Killavil
123. Trip To Sligo
124. Turkey In The Straw
125. Up Sligo
126. Waltzing With Althea
127. Water Under the Keel
128. Weave and Way
129. The Wedding Reel
130. Westphalia Waltz
131. Whiskey Before Breakfast
132. The Wind That Shakes the Barley
133. Year of Jubilo