“The Maho Snaps” is a lovely little jig that I got from Terry Bingham during the Russell Memorial Weekend a few years back. I believe Terry got this tunes from Cathal McConnell, the flute player with The Boys Of The Lough.
Watch the video of “The Maho Snaps” below!
X:1
T:Maho Snaps, The
R:jig
M:6/8
K:G
|:G2D GBd|gdB GAB|cBc EFG|AFD DEF|
G2D GBd|gdB GAB|cBc EFG|1 AGF G2D:|2 AGF G2B||
|:dBd ece|fdf gfe|dBd efg|fd^c dBc|
dBd ece|fdf gfe|dcB Aaf|1 gGG G2B:|2 gGG G2D||
“The Green Gowned Lass” is a reel I learned from Mary MacNamara and her brother Andrew MacNamara. Their album “Open Hearth” is one of my favourite albums ever. This particular tune is the second of a set I have enjoyed playing with my friend Stéphane for many years. The first reel in that set is “Joe Bane’s”.
A very common session tune, “The Galway Rambler” was one of the first reel I ever learned. It was my friend Gilles Tabary who taught it to me in Switzerland. I associate this tune with flute player Adrian McMahon from Kilfenora, with whom I have enjoyed many good sessions these past few years.
The Moving Cloud is a great reel that I associate with the playing of flute maestro Michel Bonamy. Noel Hill also recorded an amazing version of The Moving Cloud on his album “The Irish Concertina”.
