These are sets (medleys) of tunes that are sometimes played in the TrailJams Irish / Celtic sessions. They have either stood the test of time and remained favorites, we have recently started playing them, or we are about to give them a try. Sets marked with a star (⭐) are favorites, meaning we’ve played them many times. This list is revised as we add new favorites, remove old favorites, or make adjustments to individual sets.
Ten Featured Tune Sets
These 10 sets are built around the most recent Tunes of the Week. Click a link to jump to a TrailJams web page with play-along tracks for practicing the tunes together in sequence. From there you can jump to pages for learning each tune in the set.
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Reels
- ⭐Banshee Reel Set: The Banshee (G) / Cooley’s (E Dor) / Maid behind the Bar (D)
- Congress Reel Set: Sheehan’s Reel (G) / The Congress (A Dorian) / The Reconciliation (A)
- Devanney’s Goat Reel Set: Devaney’s Goat (D) / Galway Rambler (G) / Swinging on a Gate (G)
- Dunmore Lasses Reel Set: Dunmore Lasses (Em) / The Earl’s Chair (D) / The High Reel (A Mixolydian)
- Far from Home Reel Set: Far from Home (G) / Silver Spear (D) / Star of Munster (A Dor)
- ⭐Julia Delaney’s Reel Set: Julia Delaney’s Reel (D Dorian) / Tam Lin (D Minor)
- Lady Ann’s Traveling Tea Set: Far From Home (G) / Lady Ann Montgomery (D) / The Cup of Tea (D)
- Merry Blacksmith Reel Set: The Merry Blacksmith (D) / Drowsy Maggie (E Dorian) / The Wind that Shakes the Barley (D)
- Mountain Road Reel Set: The Sally Gardens (G) / The Mountain Road (D) / Miss McLeod’s Reel (G)
- Salamanca Reel Set: The Salamanca (D) / The Banshee (G) / The Sailor’s Bonnet (D)
- Ships are Sailing Reel Set: Ships are Sailing (E Dorian) / The Longford Collector (G) / Swinging on a Gate (G)
- Silver Chair Reel Set: The Silver Spear (D) / The Earl’s Chair (D) / The Musical Priest (Bm)
- Teetotaller Reel Set: The Teetotaller (The Temperance Reel, G) / The Silver Spear (D) / Miss McLeod’s Reel (Hop High Ladies, G)
- Wise Maid Reel Set: The Wise Maid (D) / The Old Copperplate (A Dorian) / The Sailor’s Bonnet (D)
Jigs
- Blarney Pilgrim Jig Set: The Blarney Pilgrim (D Mixolydian) / Jimmy Ward’s (G) / Gander in the Pratie Hole (D Mixolydian)
- Gallagher Jig Set: Gallagher’s Frolics (Em or E Dorian) / The Pipe on the Hob (3-Part; A Dorian) / The Hag at the Churn (D Mixolydian)
- Haste to the Wedding Jig Set: Haste to the Wedding (D) / Jerry’s Beaver Hat (D) / Larry O’Gaff’s (G)
- ⭐Lilting Banshee Jig Set: Lilting Banshee (A Dorian) / Cliffs of Moher (A Dorian)
- ⭐Morrison’s Jig Set: Morrison’s Jig (E Dorian) / Kesh Jig (G) / Swallowtail Jig (E Dorian)
- Munster Buttermilk Jig Set: Munster Buttermilk (G) / The Mug of Brown Ale (A Dorian) / The Connaughtman’s Rambles (D)
- ⭐My Darling Asleep Jig Set: My Darling Asleep (D) / Out on the Ocean (G) / The Moon and Seven Stars (D)
- Rambling Rogue Jig Set: The Rambling Pitchfork (D) / The Black Rogue (D) / The Blackthorn Stick (G)
- Scatter the Mud Jig Set: Scatter the Mud (A Dorian) / The Black Rogue (D) / Old Favorite (G)
- Waves on the Ocean Jig Set: The Rolling Waves (D) / Out on the Ocean (G) / Tobin’s Favorite (D)
Slides
- ⭐Brosna Slide Set: The Brosna Slide (G) / O’Keefe’s Slide (A Dorian) / Denis Murphy’s Slide (D)
- Murphy’s Road Slide Set: The Road to Lisdoonvarna (E Dorian) / O’Keefe’s Slide (A Dorian) / Denis Murphy’s Slide (D)
- Quaker’s Water Slide Set: Merrily Kissed the Quaker (G) / Going to the Well for Water (D) / The Star above the Garter (G)
Slip Jigs & Hop Jigs
- Derrycrossane Slip Jig Set: Fig for a Kiss / Humours of Derrycrossane / Humours of Whiskey
- ⭐Fig for a Kiss Slip Jig Set: A Fig for Kiss (E Dor) / The Boys of Ballisodare (G)
- Hair B&B Hop Jig Set: Comb Your Hair and Curl It (E Dorian) / The Boys of Ballisodare (G) / The Butterfly (Em)
- Whiskey Mountain Slip Jig Set: Humours of Whiskey (Bm) / The Kid on the Mountain (Em)
Hornpipes
- Barley & Bride Hornpipe Set: The Stack of Barley (G) / Kitty’s Wedding (D)
- Dunphy’s Plains Hornpipe Set: Dunphy’s Hornpipe (G) / The Plains of Boyle (D)
- Ha’penny Hornpipe Set: Poll Ha’penny (A Mixolydian) / Tuamgraney Castle (A Dorian) / Kitty’s Wedding (D)
- Peacock’s Feather Hornpipe Set: The Peacock’s Feather #1 (D Dorian) / The Peacock’s Feather #2 (D)
- ⭐Harvest Home Hornpipe Set: Harvest Home (D) / Boys of Bluehill / Rights of Man
- Jacky Tar Hornpipe Set: Off to California (G) / Jacky Tar (Em)
- ⭐King of the Fairies Hornpipe Set: King of the Fairies (E Dorian) / Pride of Petravore (Em)
Polkas
- ⭐Ballydesmond Polka Set: Ballydesmond Polkas (A Dorian) #2/#1/#3
- Captain Bing Polka Set: Captain Bing (G) / Mairi’s Wedding (G) / Britches full of Stitches (G) / Britches full of Stitches (A)
- Little Diamond Polka Set: Little Diamond Polka (D) / Murroe Polka (G) / Maids of Ardagh (D)
- Rakes & Rigger Polka Set: The Girl I Left Behind Me (G) / The Rakes of Mallow (G) / Ger the Rigger (A)
Marches
- Rakes & Rigger Polka Set: The Girl I Left Behind Me (G) / The Rakes of Mallow (G) / Ger the Rigger (A) — (The Girl I Left Behind Me is both a march and a polka.)
Mazurkas
- ⭐Sonny’s Mazurka Set: Sonny’s Mazurka (D) / John Doherty’s Mazurka (D)
Mixed Sets
- Crested Hens Set: The Crested Hens / Mazurka Limousin