Index of Tunes

This page is a work in progress – I plan to add links to each title at a future date but for now you’ll have to go back to the main page and use the search function. Please note, I’ve referred to tonality as broadly major/minor, rather than being specific about modes, for the sake of accessibility. You can use the filters in the heading to narrow down what you’re looking for. And yes, the tables look a bit messy, overlapping with the side menus, I’ll figure it out….

Tunes in 6/8 & 12/8

Title	Tutor	Key	Tonality	Bars	Specifics	Region	Variation/Arrangement/Other
Bacca Pipes	DC	A	minor	32	Morris	England	No
Balance the Straw	DC	G	Major	24	Morris	England	Yes, in main post plus extra
Beggar Boy	DC	D	Minor	16	Playford	England	Yes, in main post
Black Nag	DC	A	Minor	24	Playford	England	Yes, in main post
Captain Leno’s	DC	D	Major	32		England/Scotland	Yes, in extra post
Cariad-Gan Y Sguthod	DC	E	Minor	32		Wales	Yes, in main post
Constant Billy	DC	G	Major	24	Morris	England	Yes, in main post plus extra
Dory Boat	DC	D	Major	32		England	Yes, in main post plus extra
Enfield Wash	Tom N	G	Major	32		England	No
Epping Forest	Beth G	G	Minor	32	Playford	England	Yes, in main post
Fair Jenny	DC	D	major	32	Peter Barnes	United States	No
Frank’s Jig	DC	G	Major	32		England	Yes, in main post
Grimstock	DC	G	major	24	Playford	England	Yes
Hardiman’s Fancy	Tom N	A	Major	32		Ireland	No
Hunt the Squirrel	DC	G	Major	32		England	Yes, in main post
Ievan’s Upcycled	DC	B	minor	32		Finland	Yes, in main post
Jack’s Alive	DC	G	Major	32		England/Scotland/United States	Yes, in main post
Jenny Pluck Pears	DC	A	Minor	24	Playford	England	No
Jigolo	DC	G/A	Major	32	Iolo Jones	Wales	No
Ladies of Pleasure	DC	G	Major	24	Morris	England	No
Lass of Dallowgill	DC	G	Major	32		England	Yes, in main post
Lilting Banshee	DC	A	Minor	32		Ireland	Yes, in main post
Major Mackie	DC	G	Major	32		England/Scotland	Yes, in extra post
Miller of Dee	DC	A	Minor	16		England	Yes, in main post
My Darling Asleep	DC	D	Major	32		Ireland	Yes, in main post
Mynnyd Yr Heliwr	DC	E	Minor	32		Wales	Yes in extra post
New Rigged Ship 1	DC	D	Major	32		England/Scotland	Yes, in main post
New Rigged Ship 2	DC	E	Minor	32		England/Scotland	Yes, in main post
Other Rogue’s March	DC	D	Major	32		England	Yes, in main post
Picking of Sticks	DC	G	Major	24	Playford	England	Yes, in main post
Pull the Knife and Stick It	Dave D	B	Minor	32		Ireland	No
Queen’s Jig	DC	D	Major	32	Playford	England	No
Rattle the Cash	DC	G	Major	32		England	Yes, in main post
Rig a Jig Jig	DC	D	Major	32		England	Yes, in main post
Rondeau du blaireau	DC	A	Minor	32		France	Yes in main post
Shaalds of Foula	DC	G	Major	32		Scotland	No
Spring at Last	Beth G	G	Major	32	N Brookes	England	Yes, in main post
Star Above the Garter	DC	G	Major	32	Slide/Morris	Ireland/England	Yes, in main post
Stingo	DC	A	Minor	16	Playford	England	Yes, in main post
The Doctor	DC	G	Major	32		England	No
The Mallard	DC	E	Minor	32		England	Yes, in main post, plus extra
The RSB	DC	E	minor	32	Andy Cutting	England	Yes, in main post
The Valiant	DC	G	Major	48	Simon Ritchie	England	Yes, in main post
Tobin’s Fancy	DC	D	Major	32		Ireland	Yes, in main post plus extra
Upon a Summer’s Day	DC	E	Minor	32 or 40 for dancing	Playford	England	No
Y Crythor Llon	DC	G	Major	32		Wales	No

Tunes in 2 and 4

Tunes in 2 and 4	Tutor	Key	Tonality	Type of tune	Bars	Specifics	Region	Variation/Arrangement/Ornamentation
A Texas Schottische	DC	G	Major	Schottishe	32		America	No
Allonby Lasses	DC	G	Major	Reel	16		England	Yes, in main post
An Blew Trghys	Beth G	A	Major	Uncategorised	32	Cornwall	England	Yes, in main post
Bagpipers	DC	G	Major	Country Dance	32		England	Yes, in main post
Bath Hornpipe	DC	G	Major	Hornpipe	32		England	Yes, in ‘Rhythms for the Bath Hornpipe’
Battered Hake	DC	D	Major	Polka	32	Colin Cotter	England	No
Big Ship	DC	G	Major	Reel	32		England/Canada/United States	Yes, in main post and ‘Substitutions!’
Bourton Lasses	DC	G	Major	Polka	32		England/Poland	No
Broad Hoops	DC	G	Major	Uncategorised	32		England	Yes, in main post
Burning of a Piper’s Hut	DC	B	Minor	Lament	32		Scotland	No
Coronation Day	DC	G	Major	Uncategorised	16	Playford	England	Yes, in two extra posts
Dark Girl Dressed in Blue	DC	D	Major	Reel	32		England/United States
Dear Tobacco	DC	E	Minor	Old Reel	16		England	No
Fete de Village	DC	D	Major	Country Dance	32		England	Yes, in ‘More Fete de Village’
Ffidl Ffadl	DC	D	Major	Polka	32		Wales	No
Fred Pidgeon’s	DC	G	Major	Polka	32	Fred Pidgeon	England	Yes, in main post
Gan Aimn	DC	F#	Minor	Polka	32		Ireland	Yes, in main post
Ger the Rigger	DC	A	Major	Polka	32		Ireland	Yes, in main post
Gillie-Callum	DC	A	Major	Strathspey	16		Scotland	Yes, in main post and ‘Tunes with Swung Rhythms’
Girl with the blue dress on	DC	G	Major	Polka	32		England/United States	No
Godesses	DC	A	Minor	Country Dance	16	Playford	England	Yes, in main post
Grand Hornpipe	DC	G	Major	Hornpipe	32		England/Wales	Yes, in main post
Grandfather’s Polka	DC	D	Major	Polka	32		England	Yes, in main post
Great North Run	DC	G	Major	Reel	32	Robert Whitehead	England	Yes, in ‘Tunes with Swung Rhythms’
Harlequinn Air	Ben Moss	D	Major	Country Dance	32	Playford	England	No
Herbert Smith’s Four Hand reel	DC	D	Major	Polka	32 Irregular	Herbert Smith	England	No
High Road to Linton	DC	A	Major	Reel	32		England/Scotland/Canada/Ireland	No
Hoborn March	DC	F	Major	Country Dance	32		England	Yes, in main post
Hop Picker’s Feast	DC	D	Major	Country Dance	32		England	No
Hymn for St Magnus	DC	F	Major	Hymn	16	Orkney	Scotland	Yes, in main post
Idbury Hill	DC	E	Minor	Morris	24		England	Yes, in main post and ‘Harmonies for Idbury Hill and Sheriff’s Ride’
Jake a Lent	DC	G	Major	Country Dance	16	Playford	England	Yes, in main post
Jamaica	DC	F	Major	Country Dance	16	Playford	England	Yes, in ‘Remaica’
Jock’s Bear Dance	DC	D	Major	Uncategorised	32		France	Yes, in main post
Johnny’s Gone to France	DC	E	Minor	Reel	16		England	Yes, in main post
Kafoozalum	DC	G	Major	Hornpipe	16		England	Yes, in main post and extra
Kate Dalrymple	DC	D	Major	Country Dance	16		Scotland	Yes, in main post
Kit White’s no 2	DC	D	Major	Polka	32	Kit White	England	Yes, in main post and extra
La Roulante	DC	D	Major	Uncategorised	32		France	No
Ladies Breast Knot	DC	G	Major	Polka	32		England	No
Lancashire Hornpipe	DC	D	Major	Hornpipe	32		England	No
Leather Away the Wattle	DC	D	Major	Polka	32		Ireland	No
Lemmie Brazil’s no 2	DC	D	Major	Hornpipe	16	Lemmy Brazil	England	No
Lollipop Man	DC	G	Major	Morris	32		England	No
Lucky Scaupie		D	Major	Reel	32		Scotland	No
Maggie in the Woods	DC	G	Major	Polka	32		Ireland	Yes, in main post
Mairi’s Wedding	DC	G	Major	Polka	32		Scotland	Yes, in main post
Major Malley’s Reel	DC	B	Minor	Country Dance	32		England	Yes, in main post
Mister Moore’s		E	Minor	Hornpipe	32		England	No
Mominette	DC	E	Minor	Uncategorised	32	Maxou Heintzen	France	No
Mount Hills	DC	G	Major	Country Dance	32	Playford	England	No
Newtondale Hornpipe	DC	D	Minor	Hornpipe	32		England	No
Old Adam was a Poacher	DC	D	Minor	Uncategorised	32		England/France	No
Old Joe’s	DC	D	Major	Polka	32		England/Ireland	No
Old Meddon of Fawsley	DC	G	Major	Morris	24	Morris	England	Yes, in main post
Peace and Plenty		D	Minor	Country Dance	32	Playford	England	No
Peat Fire Flame	DC	E	Minor	Polka	32		Scotland	Yes, in ‘Last minute tweaks for Saturday’
Polca Cefn Coed	DC	D	Major	Polka	32		Wales	No
Red House Reel	DC	E	Minor	Reel	32 or 40 for dancing	Playford	Scotland/England/Wales	No
Reel de Gaspe	DC	D	Major	Reel	32		Canada	Yes, in ‘Substitutions!’
Rights of Man	DC	E	Minor	Hornpipe	32		England/Scotland/Ireland	Yes, in main post
Sawney Dear	DC	E	Minor	Uncategorised	32		England	Yes, in main post
Schottische A Virmoux	DC	D	Major	Schottishe	32	Frederic Paris	France	Yes, in main post
Schottische Fran Idre	DC	D	Major	Schottishe	32		Sweden	Yes, in main post
Serpentiner och confetti	DC	D	Major	Reijlander	32	Mats Eden	Sweden	Yes, in main post
Sheherd’s Hey	DC	G	Major	Morris	16		England	No
Sheriff’s Ride	DC	E	Minor	Morris	32		England	Yes, in ‘Harmonies for Idbury Hill and Sheriff’s Ride’
Small Coals and Little Money	DC	A	Minor	Pipe Tune	16	Northumbrian	England	Yes, in main post
Soldier’s Joy		D	Major	Reel	32		Universal	No
Spootiskerry	DC	G	Major	Reel	32	Ian Burns	Shetland	No
Staffordshire Hornpipe	DC	G	Major	Hornpipe	32		England	Yes
Step Back	DC	D	Major	Morris	32		England	No, though with practise tips
Steward’s Rant	DC	G	Major	Country Dance	16		Scotland	No
Stumpy	DC	A	Major	Strathspey	16		Scotland/Canada	No
Sunshine	DC	D	Major	Schottishe	32	Gregory Jolivet	France	No
Swanton Abbott	DC	D	Major	Hornpipe	32		England	Yes, in main post
The Buffoon	DC	G	Major	Morris	32		England	Yes, in main post
The Tank	DC	G	Major	Hornpipe	16		England	No
Tonbridge Beauties	DC	E	Minor	Country Dance	32		England	Yes, in main post
Tralee Gaol	DC	E	Minor	Polka	32		Ireland	No
Tralee Gaol	DC	Em	Minor	Polka	32		Ireland	No
Uncle Bernard’s	DC	G	Major	Polka	32		England	Yes, in main post and extra
Walter Bulwer’s No 2	DC	G/D	Major	Polka	32		England	Yes, in main post
Wednesday Night	DC	D	Major	Country Dance	16		England/Wales	Yes, in main post
West Kerry Polka	DC	D	Major	Polka	32		Ireland	No
White Cockade	DC	G	Major	Country Dance	32		Scotland	No
Willie is a Bonnie Lad	DC	D	Major	Reel	16		England	No
Willjaford	DC	D	Major	Uncategorised	32		Shetland	No
Will’s Way	DC	D	Major	Reel	32	Will Ward	England	No
Wind that Shakes the Barley	DC	D	Major	Reel	16		Ireland	No
Winter’s Night Schottische	DC	G	Major	Schottishe	32		England	No
Witch of the Glen	DC	E	Minor	Reel	32		Ireland	Yes
Wolves a howlin	DC	A	Major	Reel	32		United States	No

Tunes in Other Time Signatures (3/4, 3/2, 9/8 & 7/8)

Tune Title	Time Signaure	Key	Tonality	Bars	Specifics	Region	Variation/Arrangement/Ornaments	Tutor
A Fig For A Kiss	9 8	E	Minor	32		Ireland	No	DC
Bonnie Pit Laddie	3 4	G	Major	16		England	Yes, in main post	DC
Bridget Cruise	3 4	G	Major	16		Ireland	No	DC
Carol of the Bells	3 4	A	Minor	Variable	Mykola Lyontovych	Ukraine	No	DC
Crested Hens	3 4	E	Minor	32	Gilles Chabenat	France	Yes, in main post	DC
Cumberland Waltz	3 4	D	Major	32		England	Yes, in main post	DC
Duke of Kent’s Waltz	3 4	G	Major	32		England	No	DC
Dusty Miller	3 2	G	Major	32		England	Yes, in main post	DC
Farewell to Greenside	9 8	E	Minor	32		England	No	DC
French Tune (Madelaine)	3 4	G	Major	32		France	Yes, in main post	DC
Furze Field	3 4	G	Major	32		England	Yes, in main post	DC
Go to Berwick Johnnie	3 2	D	Major	32		England	No	Tom N
Hector the Hero	3 4	G	Major	32	James Scott Kinner	Scotland	Yes, in main post	DC
Heideroslein	3 4	G	Major	32	Heinrich Werner	Germany	No	DC
Kitty McGennis	3 4	G	Minor	16		Ireland	No	DC
La Tete Ailluers	3 4	E	Minor	32		France	Yes, in extra post only	DC
Lark in the clear air	3 4	F	Major	16		Ireland	Yes, in main post	DC
Marrowbones	9 8	G	Minor	16		England	No	DC
McKinnon’s Lament	3 4	A	Major	16		England	Yes, in main post	DC
Munster Cloak	3 4	D	Major	32		Ireland	Yes, in extra post only	DC
Old Lancashire Hornpipe	3 2	D	Major	24		England	Yes, in main post plus extra	DC
Pawkie Adam Glen	3 2	E	Minor	32		England/Scotland	Yes, in main post plus extra	DC
Peacock followed the Hen	9 8	A	Minor	16		England	No	Tom N
Rusty Gulley	3 2	G	Major	32		England	No, though referenced in Pawkie Adam Glen	DC
Sir John Fenwick	3 4	G	Major	32		England	Yes, in extra post only	DC
Sussex Waltz	3 4	G	Major	32		England	Yes, in main post	DC
The Lovely Nymph	3 4	C	Major	32		England	Yes, in main post	DC
Throw the Beetle at Her	9 8	B	Minor	16		Ireland/Scotland	Yes, in main post	DC
Vidar Valsen	3 4	G	Major	32	Vidar Skrede	Norweigan	Yes, in main post	DC
Whitehall Minuet	3 4	D	Minor	32		England	Yes, in main post	DC
Wrong Foot Forward	7 8	E	Minor	32	Brian Finnegan	Scotland	Yes, in main post plus extra	DC
Yellow Haired Laddie	3 4	D	Major	32		Scotland	Yes, in main post	DC