Far from Home

Traditional Irish Reel, G
TrailJams Tune of the Week for September 9, 2021

Recordings

• Video – Good Tunes Band: Far From Home from the album Good Tunes Band, Good Tunes, Vol.1
• Video – Rose Clancy: Far from Home / Hughie Shortie’s / Taybank Shenanigans (Reels) from the album Fiddle – Piano – Bass by Rose Clancy with Brendan Dolan

Dots (Music Notation)

As always for traditional tunes, the musical notation and chords do not indicate the “right” way to play the tune, but are a useful reference.

Sets

Examples of sets that include Far from Home.

• Far from Home (G) / The Silver Spear (D) / Star of Munster (A Dor)
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• Far from Home (G) / Old Grey Cat (E Dor) / Star of Munster (A Dor)
• Far from Home (G) / The Banshee (G)

References and Resources

For those who want to dig deeper, here are some other resources.

• Book – Learn to Play Irish Trad Fiddle, by Tom Morley
• Book – The Portland Collection, Vol. 1, by Susan Songer with Clyde Curley
• Video – Learning Irish Flute – Tune of the Month with Shannon Heaton – Far from Home [Reel]