Tunes

Favoured session tune sets

TFF evenings usually begin with a few tunes (based mainly on the Lewes Arms tune book). Of course, other tunes may be played, especially during the course of an evening, but we think a standard, shared repertoire is a great asset for encouraging beginners.

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Tunes are played in session-friendly keys (i.e. G or D), mainly to accommodate melodeons. Although historically dances would have been confined to a single tune, it's now common practice when playing tunes in sessions to arrange them in sets.

Jimmy Allen (G) x 2 / Rakes of Mallow (G) x 2 / Huntsman’s Chorus (G) x 2 / Jimmy Allen (G) x1

Flowers of Ashgill (G) x 3 / The Man in the Moon (G) x 3

Uncle’s Jig (G/D) x 3 / Oyster Girl (G) x 3

Princess Royal (G) x 3 / Portsmouth (G) x 3

Planxty Irwin (D) x 3 / Fanny Power (G) x 3

Sussex Bonny Breast Knot (G) x 2 / Three Around Three (G) x 2 / Double Lead Through (G) x 2

Marmalade Polka (G) x 3 / Golden Slippers (G) x 3

Harper’s Frolic (D) x 3 / Bonny Kate (G) x 3

Cock of the North (G) x 3 / Wi’ a Hundred Pipers (G) x 3

Bonnie Dundee (G) x 3 / Westering Home (G) x 3

Brighton Camp (G) x 3 / Curly Headed Ploughboy (G/D) x 3 + 1 A part to finish

St Anne’s Reel (D) x 3 / The Tipsy Parson (D) x 3

Redwing (G) x 3 / Winster Gallop (G) x 3

Walter Bulwer’s No. 2 (G/D) x 3 / Walter Bulwer’s No. 1 (G/D) x 3

Three Around Three (G) x 3 / Flowers of Edinburgh (G) x 3

Maggie in the Wood (G) x 3 / Salmon Tails up the Water (G) x 3

Dorset Four Hand Reel (G) x 3 / Winster Gallop (G) x 3

Sean South (G) x 2 / Kelly the Boy from Killane (G) x 2 / Boys of Wexford (G) x 2 / Sean South (G) x 1

The Blaydon Races (G) x 3 / The Keel Row (G) x 3

Hunt the Squirrel (G) x 3 / Fox and Geese (G) x 3

Scan Tester’s Quadrille (D) x 3 / Clee Hill (D) x 3

Michael Turner’s Waltz (G) x 4

Cotillion (G) x 4

Egan’s Polka (D) x 3 / John Ryan’s Polka (D) x 3

Jack Robinson (G) x 3 / The Bourton Six (G) x 3

I Come from Alabama (G) x 2 / Camptown Races (G) x 2 / Marching Through Georgia (G) x 3

​The Lambton Worm (G) x3 / Keep yer Feet Still Geordie Hinny (G) x3

Steamboat Hornpipe (G) x3

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Last updated 25 October 2021