Rhythmic Mnemonics
Reels
alligator alligator
black and decker
Cin-cin-nat-i
Salt and pepper, salt and pepper
Doubledecker, doubledecker
watermelon, watermelon
Jigs
Lydia Lydia
Lex-ing-ton
Edible elephant, edible elephant
diddly diddly”
Hornpipes
HUMPty DUMPty
Single Jigs
Same as “Pop Goes the Weasel”
Slip-jigs
artichoke pineapple Mexico
quarter notes- grapes grapes grapes grapes
eighth notes- apples apples apples apples
triplets- oranges oranges oranges oranges
sixteenths- watermelon watermelon watermelon watermelon
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Documents
- 01 – Sandpoint – Set Chords
- 02 – Sandpoint – Tune Chords
- 03 – Sandpoint – Set Dots
- Blarney Stone Pub Tunebook – A collection of tunes played at the Blarney Stone Pub, San Diego, California
- Circle of Fifths – A guide to understanding keys and transposing
- Dr. Coop's Compiation of Songs Songs and words, traditional and of the Sea
- Green's Tunebook – Green’s Collection of tunes
- Green's Tunebook ABC ABC Notation for Green’s Tunebook
- Jamrock Tunes – Some of the Basic tunes played by Jamrocks
- John Walsh's Sesson Tunes – Learn these tunes if you want to play most tunes at sessions!
- Paul Hardy's Tunebook Folk music sessions tunes around Cambridge, England and Redlands, California
- The Music Lover's Treasury Poetry about Music. Lovely.
- Tips Form – Create a custom tips form for fundraising
- Tunes Often Heard – A good working list of tunes often heard in the Detroit area. Especially good for beginners who want to learn tunes that will likely be played at local sessions.
- Tunes Often Heard ABC ABC Notation for Tunes Often Heard