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Irish Tunes — March 3, 2025

⚡ The Short Version

Irish tunes let you breathe a bit more than Scottish ones do. We like things symmetrical and organized in twos, fours and eights. A lot of Irish melodies wander, sit in odd structures, or refuse to end properly so they roll straight into the next tune.
A short note on the beat is the single hardest habit to fix. In Paddy's Green Shamrock Shore that cut D wants to sneak in ahead of the beat. Lengthen it, anchor it on the click, then shorten it again while keeping it exactly where it belongs.
If you're piping outdoors in March, dress and equip for it properly. Layers under the shirt, stick-on body warmers, hand warmers, a moisture control system with fresh canisters, the chanter tucked inside your jacket, and if you can, a plastic set instead of your good wood pipes.
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Irish Tunes — March 3, 2025
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07:08for Irish Patrick's Day St tunes🔒
11:12weather Playing outdoors cold in🔒
12:52hand Layers, a chanter warmers and warm🔒
14:37set I for and rain a keep Why plastic cold🔒
19:09tune Irish through packet look the A🔒
19:57jig two-parted 9/8 Mary Kelly's, a🔒
25:51of Martin version Mary Bennett's Kelly's🔒
28:26parts riffs How two eight he into🔒
31:51Cliffs of Dooneen The🔒
34:59slow Shore a as air Shamrock Paddy's 6/8 Green🔒
38:30pseudo gracenote The tachum its and E🔒
40:14short beat, on the ahead note Putting not the🔒
44:02The Lark Richard arranged in Parkes the by Morning,🔒
59:27know bar I The of noting strangest grace🔒

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