Celtic Tunes for Campanelle Ukulele - New Edition
A collection of 57 tunes (21 jigs, 16 reels, 7 hornpipes, 2 polkas, 8 pieces by O'Carolan, plus a few other songs ) arranged for ukulele in the campanella fingerpicking style.
You will receive a zip file of three PDFs, each tune is in standard notation and tablature (essential for learning the campanella voicing).
Easy to Intermediate level.
Each tune has a video on YouTube - the links to them are in the table of contents.
List of tunes:
JIGS
- The Humours of Glendart
- The Kesh
- Saddle the Pony
- The Hag with the Money
- The Blarney Pilgrim
- The Irish Washerwoman
- The Rocky Road to Dublin
- The Mug of Brown Ale
- The Frieze Breeches
- The Exile’s Jig
- The Walls of Liscaroll
- Dingle Regatta
- Banish Misfortune
- Tripping up the Stairs
- When Sick is it Tea you Want?
- Brian O'Lynn
- Scatter the Mud
- The Connaughtman’s Rambles
- Roudledum
- Morrison's Jig
- The Monaghan Jig
REELS
- Devil’s Dream
- Jenny's Chickens
- The Silver Spear
- Jackie Coleman's
- The Tarbolton
- Drowsy Maggie
- Martin Rochford’s
- The Christmas Eve Reel
- Tam Lin / Glasgow Reel
- The Maid Behind the Bar
- The Ships are Sailing
- The Fermoy Lasses
- Cooley's Reel
- Sweeney's Buttermilk
- The Wind that Shakes the Barley
- Saint Anne's Reel
HORNPIPES
- The Heather Glen
- The Rights of Man
- Roxburgh Castle
- The Factory Smoke
- Chief O'Neill's Favourite
- The Silk Handkerchief
- The Belfast Hornpipe
POLKAS
- John Ryan’s
- Dennis Murphy’s
SONGS/AIRS/PIECES BY O'CAROLAN
- The Wexford Carol
- Bonnie Portmore
- Sonny’s Mazurka
- Captain O’Kane
- Carolan’s Welcome
- Carolan’s Concerto
- Planxty Hewlett
- Planxty Burke
- Planxty Irwin
- Lord Inchiquin
- Loftus Jones
What some have said about my arrangements (on YouTube)
Fabulous work as always Jon, absolutely wonderful.
– Camsuke, on Monaghan Jig
Wow!!! Very impressive execution of campanella technique and a stellar arrangement of this tune.. Uke on, Jon!
– Kevin Caroll, the “edukecator” on Banish Misfortune
Dude this is SO GOOD!
– Tim Keough, “ukuleletim” on Banish Misfortune
Just bought the book. Really excited to learn this genre. Thanks for sharing!!
– Preimaester
Awesome sauce. This is going down on my must-learn-fantasy-ukulele-bucket-list.
– James Pawson on the Mug of Brown Ale
Fantastic!
– Al Wood, ukulelehunt.com on The Mug of Brown Ale
Really lovely arrangement and so well played.
– Ken Middleton on Morrison’s Jig
You'll get the tabs for 57 tunes in three volumes, zipped