Celtic Music for Flute by Jessica Walsh contains 44 tunes for flute which can be played solo or with a chord instrument. This great collection includes tunes from Scotland, Ireland, England, Wales, and the Isle of Man. The melodies were chosen from more than four hundred years of Celtic music. Most of the pieces have been extended with variations, which make the tunes a more suitable length for performances and are a lot of fun for the flutist to play.

In addition, they will introduce the beginner to the joys of improvising in Celtic music, in which ornamenting and augmenting melodies is a tradition. Downloadable audio files accompany every tune in the book. Though the tunes are very effective as solo material, Jessica chose to record most of them with guitarist Allan Alexander. Allan has rendered the chords artfully, and the result is really lovely music which is a pleasure to listen to.

For the player who is new to Celtic music, the recording will give insights into the melodies, and it will allow the flutist who has no access to a chord instrument to hear the harmonic progressions. For those who know and love these wonderful tunes, it will be a joy to hear them played by two musicians who obviously love to play this music together.

The audio files which comes with the book has all 44 of the tunes in the same order in which they appear in the book. The audio files will give you insights into the music, and it will be enjoyable to listen to on its own merit.

Song List

An Emigrant's Daughter
Arrane Ny Skeddan (Song Of The Herring)
Blind Mary
Blythe Was The Time
Carolan's Farewell
Carpenter's Morris
Cold And Raw
Come, Give Me Your Hand
Cremonea
Fear A Bhata (The Boatman)
Fisherman's Lilt
Follow My Highland Soldier
Hunting The Hare
Hush My Babe, Lie Still And Slumber
Hush! The Waves Are Rolling In
I Left Him On The Mountainside
Johnny Cope
Kemp's Jig
Lassie, Lie Near Me
MacCrimmon's Lament
Manx Lullaby
Mary's Lament
My Thousand Times Beloved
Niel Gow's Lament For The Death Of His Second Wife
O As I Was Kissing Yestreen
Parting Forever
Pastheen Fionn
Pat's Missing Finger
Send 'Em Running
Shule Agra
Silent, O Moyle
Song Of The Falcon Chief
Suo Gan
The Butterfly
The Chase
The Cuckoo's Nest
The Exile Song
The Foggy Dew
The Gentle Maiden
The Queen's Dream
The Road To Listonvarna
The Swan
Ye Banks And Braes O Bonnie Doon
Young Catherine