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. This list is revised as we add new favorites, remove old favorites, or make adjustments to individual sets.
Featured Tune Sets for March, 2023
These featured tune sets incorporate current or recent Tunes of the Week. For each featured tune set, there is a TrailJams web page that has play-along tracks for practicing the tunes together in sequence. Practicing the tunes in the context of sets, and then playing them that way in our sessions, will help them take root in our shared repertoire.
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)
- 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)
- 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)
- Silver Chair Reel Set: The Silver Spear (D) / The Earl’s Chair (D) / The Musical Priest (Bm)
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)
- My Darling Asleep Jig Set: My Darling Asleep (D) / Out on the Ocean (G) / The Moon and Seven Stars (D)
- Scatter the Mud Jig Set: Scatter the Mud (A Dorian) / The Black Rogue (D) / Old Favorite (G)
Slides
Brosna Slide Set: The Brosna Slide (G), O’Keefe’s Slide (A Dorian), Denis Murphy’s Slide (D)
Slip 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)
- Whiskey Mountain Slip Jig Set: Humours of Whiskey (Bm) / The Kid on the Mountain (Em)
Hornpipes
- 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
- King of the Fairies Hornpipe Set: King of the Fairies (E Dorian) / Pride of Petravore (Em)
Polkas
- Ballydesmond Polka Set: Ballydesmond Polkas (A Dorian) #1/#2/#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)
Marches
- The Girl I Left Behind Me Set: The Girl I Left Behind Me (G) / Ger the Rigger (A) — (Note: both of these tunes are also categorized as polkas.)
Mazurkas
- Sonny’s Mazurka Set: Sonny’s Mazurka (D) / John Doherty’s Mazurka (D)
Mixed Sets
- Crested Hens Set: The Crested Hens / Mazurka Limousin