AUPS Collection of Traditional "Piper Friendly" Irish Tunes

Common tunes taught & played among the uilleann pipers of AUPS. Click on the tune names to view sheet music.

Table of Contents

JIGS

REELS

   1.   The Eavesdropper
   2.   Father O'Flynn
   3.   Fraher's Jig
   4.   Gander in the Pratie Hole
   5.   Garrett Barry's Jig
   6.   Jim Ward's Jig
   7.   The Kesh Jig
   8.   Old Hag, You Have Killed Me
   9.   The Rambling Pitchfork
  10.  Sean Buí
  11.  When the Cock Crows it is Day

  14.  The Ashplant
  15.  The Fermoy Lasses
  16.  The Glass of Beer
  17.  The Morning Star
  18.  The Road to Lisdoonvarna
  19.  Rolling in the Ryegrass

HORNPIPES

  20.  The Harvest Home
  21.  The Stack of Wheat

SLIP JIGS

MARCHES

  12.  Hardiman the Fiddler
  13.  Ceannabhan Ban

  22.  Return From Fingal

Some tunes in the collection will have the symbol  above given notes to indicate where a roll, cran, vibrato, or other ornamentation may be placed as a variation and/or depending on skill level. A simple method for implementing variations in a tune would be to change up the ornamentation each time the note with the symbol is repeated.

These tunes were arranged with the beginning uilleann piper in mind, but not meant to be strictly beginner tunes. They are in no way meant to be played exactly as written, as with any traditional Irish tunes, they are open to variation, style, and interpretation.