Celtic Music for Recorder Rice With Play-Along CD: RICO EMS COMO Kom HOE LCECeltic Music for Recorder Jessica Walsh Other books and recordings in this series: Celtic Music for Flute, Vols | & II Medieval and Renaissance Music for Flute World Music for Flute Music for Native American Flute Celtic Music for Flute & Guitar Renaissance Music for Flute & Guitar Ancient Airs, Cantigas & Dances World Music for Flute & Guitar Celtic Music for Guitar Vols I & II Renaissance Music for Guitar Vols I & II ‘Music of Spain and South America for Guitar Flamenco Music for Guitar World Music for Guitar Easy Pieces for Guitar Christmas Music for Guitar Medieval Music for Mandolin Vols I & I Renaissance Music for Mandolin Early Dance Music for Mandolin Celtic Music for Mandolin Celtic Music for Violin The Celtic Collection for Piano Celtic Music for Flute and Piano Published & distributed exclusively by ADG Productions 15517 Cordary Avenue * Lawndale, CA 90260 web site address: www adgproductions.com + e-mail: adgordon@adgproductions.com Copyright © 2006 ADG Productions be reproduced or transmitted in any form, electronic or mechanical, without permission in writing from the copyright holder. Printed in Canada. ISBN 1-934163-00-7 No part of this book mayCeltic Music for Recorder Jones (Cadair Idris) — John Parry (“Bardd Alaw”) + A and musiciz We eo ) + A composer and musician from Wales, Parry ‘Lianthony Valley — Walsh For my Mother, Anita Briggs, who always shows me the magical places. Garrett Barry's Jig — Ireland * Don't expect anyone to sit still when you play Garrett Barry. _ Don Oiche ud i mBeithil (That Night in Bethlehem) — Ireland + A beautiful carol. | Suo Gan — Wales + Here is one of the simplest, sweetest tunes I have heard. The Welsh are known for _ their singing, and it isn’t hard to imagine why when you hear this beautiful lullaby. Pastheen Fionn — Ireland + In this tune, the singer praises his love and laments that he has done no ‘more than drink to her health, He asks her to come away with him. "Silent, © Moyle — Ireland + Thomas Moore's words to this melody include these lines: “When shall the ‘swan, her death-note singing, sleep with wings in darkness furled? When will heav'n, its sweet bell ‘inging, call my spirit from this stormy world?” _ The Butterfly — Ireland +I always get carried away by this weaving melody, whether I am listening or in "Kane — Turlough O’Carolan * Carolan was born in 1670 in County Meath and lived until 8. He wrote a knockout of a first tune. You may know it, it’s very popular today, and is called (with variations of spelling) “Sheebag Sheemore.” ‘Hunting the Hare — Wales + This happy tune bounds along very much the way a hare would and is great fun to play. "Left Him on the Mountainside — Walsh + Sorrow and joy are often inextricably mixed. Manx Lullaby — Isle of Man + A friend called this lullaby “luscious”. 4 ‘Blythe Was the Time — Scotland + “Misty are the glens and the dark hills sae cloudy, Q! That aye d sae blythe wi’ my dear Hieland laddie, O!” The bittersweet sound of this melody is typical of “much Scottish music and is one of the things I like best about it. The lass, amid happy dreams of her ‘dead beloved, bids farewell to her “mammie and daddie,” her sheep, her dog, and, in my favorite line, + the hills: “Fareweel ye knowes, no sae cheerless and scroggie, O!" “Fear Bhata, “the Boatmen” — Scotland +A lady waits to see whether he over wll mae it into port. “Like many melodies it can be played in varying moods. own by the Salley Gardens — Herbert Hughes + Wiliam Butler Yeats wrote a poem which was then to music. The result is this lovely tune. “Salley” means willow. ‘Swan — Anon. « This piece is also known as “An Alare’h” and is from Breton, iii-27. d to this tune, played by my mother on playing it as clearly as any recording ce have a mysterious quality, and | wonder a he thought of them. There is a very similar ve seen listed as Welsh. rson * Played by violinist and composer MacPherson just prior in November of 1700, this tune was used by Robert Bums. | 0 cPherson’s Lament.” In Scotland (Ayns n' Albin) — Isle of Man + This tune is included in a collection of Manx Nationa’ “Music published in 1898, ‘The Gentle Maiden — Yorkshire + If the composer had a particular maiden in mind when writing this, then what a pleasant reverie it must have been. I find it hard to stop playing this one, after the variation | ‘think I will go back to the tune just once more... ‘Arrane Ben-Vlieaun (Song Of The Milkmaid) — Isle of Man + Though agriculture is not currently a large part of Manx economy, this “milking song” has been remembered Er Ean Bashtey (John the Baptist) — Isle of Man + Here is another unique tune from the Manx Fisherman's Lilt — Anon. « It is easy to lilt with these compelling phrases and let the bar lines melt away. I have loved Allan's variation since I first heard it. He wrote it for guitar, and it really sings. ee + This beautiful tune is based on an old song, “The Grenadier and ‘The Meeting of the Waters — Ireland + Thomas Moore used this old air as a base for his poem which ‘Sweet vale of Avoca! How calm could I rest In thy bosom of shade, wi h te friends I love best ‘Where the storms that we fee. in this cold world should cease And our hearts, like thy waters, be mingled in peace And our hearts, like thy waters, be mingled in peace. ‘Mary's Lament — Ireland » In Canada, this air has survived as “The River in the Pines,” with tragic ‘words. I find it to be a flexible tune; it can actually be played quite merrily if the performer is in that Shule Agra — Ireland + In America this moving melody has survived as “Johnny Has Gone for @ Foscer” Some ofthe words are the same: “Only death can cease my woe, Sines the lad of my heart ‘me did go.” The music is well over three hundred years old. The sentiment is timeless. Sine a pee esis Ce Matick on my Shoulder) — Isle of Man +A mattock isa digeing tol ‘My Thousand Times Beloved — Ireland «It is hard to think of a nicer mel. 4 lt rd lody. The tempo marking is Just a suggestion; I play this one very differently each time, and I hope you will play it how you like it siveFirst my True Love I Seen — Isle of Man + This is @ lovely song with an almost formal sound. "Parting Forever — Ireland + This melody is a favorite old friend "All the Forepart of the Night — Isle of Man + Ruled by Vikings, Norwegians, and Scots inthe past, the {sle of Man is now a British crown dependency. ‘The Cuckoo's Nest — Wales * Cuckoo is right, so have fun. ‘Cuckoo Dear (Y Gwew Fach) — Wales « In this song, a girl asks the cuckoo to fly across the country 10 find her lover and comfort him with a “Springtide carol.” Down in Yon Banke — Scotland + John Skene collected music, including this wonderful tune, from ‘about 1610 to 1620 in what is known as The Skene Manuscript ‘Down by the Glenside — Peadar Kearney * This powerful song is ‘remembrance of the brave Fenian warriors of Ireland. ‘Song of the Falcon Chief — Isle of Man + Both the title and the music set my mind racing. It’s amazing ‘what can be carried through time and across oceans by only eight bars of music. Farewell but Whenever — Ireland * Thomas Moore used this air, “Moll Roone,” for his poem which finishes: ‘You may break, you may shatter the vase if you will, ‘But the scent of the roses will hang round it stil “The Parting Gass — The Skene Manuscript, Scotland + To be sung or played when is time 1B wee About the Music: All ofthe melodies in this book can be played either by recorder alone or with an accompanying instrument. Your musical partner doesn’t have to play a “chord instrument.” A cellist or bass player can also play the root note of the chord, or weave a beautiful duo based on the chord changes. If you can’t find a ‘musician to play with at all, don't worry; that’s why the CD was recorded with separate channels for guitar and recorder. ‘The metronome markings I supplied follow the tempos on the recording; were Allan and I to record the tunes again, they would most probably be different. One of my favorite quotes regarding tempo is what Johannes Brahms said when repeatedly pressed for a metronome marking: “Idiot! Do you think I want to hea ‘my music always played at the same speed?” About the Play-Afong Recording: To play along with Allan Alexander, the guitarist, switch your stereo’s balance to the right channe!, This will block the recorded recorder out completely. If it’s helpful at frst to hear the recorder part, adjust the ‘balance to the middle so that the recorder can be heard. Allan plays a two-measure introduction for each tune. Ifthe recorder part begins in the middle o: measure, that measure counts as the second measure. In other words, there is always at least one full measure introduction. When the recorder part begins on the first beat of a measure, there will be two full measures introduction played by the guitar. The few omaments heard on the recording are generally not notated in the music. I wanted to give you 2 ‘chance to decide when and how to omament the music as you play Cuckoo Dear and Song of the Falcon Chief are recorded on tracks 41 and 42 as duos. To play along. follow the instructions above, The second recorder partis on the right channel with the guitar (it consists of the variation and melody played variation-first). Thank you, Allan, for recording the guitar parts!= denny dones sta Pan Celtic Masie for Recorder ~ Page |Lfanthony Batley FescaW ou for my Mother, Anita Briggs Em Bm G D Bm = ms os D Bm a Em Em D.C. al Fine ‘Celtic Music for Recorder - Page 2Dc (no repeats} Celtic Music for Recorder - Page 3Suo Gan } Variation by Jessica Walsh Welsh Lullaby Vanation D Bn 6 : Celtic Music for Recorder ~ Page 5Silent, O Moyle una ass Wl Em F c F Em VariationCaptain O'Rane Turlough OCaoln Variation by Jessica Walsh Am G AmEs 8 Left Bim on the Mountainside Jessica Walsh io? Em? F G Am Em Em? Fmaj? c Am Dm Am ic Am Em’ Em? F Em Amor) Celtic Music for Recorder - Page 11Blythe Was the Time Am Em Am G . Celtic Music for Recorder - Page 13D A oaeD. D A G Fim G A Fem G G Fim G Down by the Salley Gardens My love and I did meet, ‘She passed the Salley Gardens ‘With little snow-white feet. ‘She bid me take love easy, 'As the leaves grow on the tree; But L, being young and foolish, ‘With her would not agree. Ina field by the river My love and did stand, . ‘And on my leaning shoulder, ‘She laid her snow-white hand ‘She bid me take life easy, ‘As the grass grows onthe weirs, ‘But | was young and foolish, ‘And now am full of tears William Butler Yeats “Celtic Musie for Recorder - Page 15 Down by the Salley Gardens D Fim Bm Herbert Hughes Ganks and Braes of Bonnie Doon A D A Bm G G D A on G G D D Bm’ G D A Bm G Celtic Music for Recorder - Page 17 ScottishMacPfjerson's Lament are G D ea Fare thee well, ye dungeons dark and strong, farewell, farewell to thee ‘MacPherson's rant will never be long, ‘on yonder gallows tre. So wantonly, so dauntingly, ‘Now farewell light, thou sunshine bright, ‘And all beneath the sky. ‘May coward shame disdain his name, the wretch that dare not di.Efe Gentle Maiden Vaston by nea Wal Am Bm C Bm? Em coeIsle of Man Variation by Jessica Walsh ) _ Celtic Music for Recorder - Page 22bp Celtic Music for Recorder - Page 23 Bm BmIsle of Man Variations by Jessica Walsh Variations Sy (Celtic Music for Recorder -Page 24§isferman's Litt Celtic Music for Recorder - Page 25(Celtic Music for Recorder - Page 26The Meeting of the Waters Ilan Variation by Jessica Walsh Variation G c FineShule Agra Vissi oe eek D Fim Bm feo D Bm Em Bm Bm Fim G Dom See 4 D Bm G a a Fine > D Him Bm OG Aor? he Em HBm Bm Him G DP ue oe G D Bm i. ud ee DC. al Fine Celtic Musie for Recorder - Page 29be Yn Speiy er my Gheaylin ‘The Mattock on my Shoulder Bm es ‘entered, humming care essy a tune, continuation haply ofthe notes ‘that had beguiled the work from which he came, with spade and mattock over his shoulder hung. to be deposited, for future need, in their appointed place William Wordsworth (Celtic Music for Recorder - Page 30GFfousand Times Beloved Irish - Variation by Jessica Walsh Celtic Music for Recorder - Page 3!Isle of Man Celtic Music for Recorder - Page 32Parting Forever Let the music play on, tll the time comes to sever My heart knows full well we are parting forever. HARAKAAAARAAAARARAAAAAS Celtic Music for Recorder - Page 33Isle of Man Variation by Jessica Walsh D Em DC alFine Celtic Music for Recorder - Page 34Efe Cuckoo's Mest Wels Variations by Alexander and Walsh Bm Em > c Bm Em DC. alFine Celtic Music for Recorder - Page 35Em? G Celtic Music for Recorder - Page 38Down by the Glenside hala ca Variation by Jessica WalshManx - Variations by Jessica Walsh Em Am Variations im Am Am Em Am En Am Am Em Am B Celtic Music for Recorder - Page 40F Sarewelf Gut Whenever G D G Em ae Ry ‘Celtic Music for Recorder - Page 41 Bm Ireland HScotland Oh, all the comrades eer I had, theyre sory for my going away, ‘And all the sweethearts ee I had, a wished But since it falls unto my lot that I should rise and you should not, | gently rise and sofily call, good night and joy be with you all Celtic Music for Recorder - Page 42ISBN 1-934163-00-7 40 pieces in this collection range from lovely portraits to ee foe ‘They come from traditions including Irish, Scottish, Welsh, and Manx, and span several hundred years. The unique personality and sound of the recorder complements them all. ‘A few of the tunes are more than 400 years old; some are new. ‘All have that inexplicable but necessary magic, the quality which draws the player to begin the tune again, just one more time... Whether a lilt, love song, or lament, each melody in this collection is a gem; many are sure to become cherished favorites, ‘The accompanying Play-Along CD includes all the tunes in the saine order in which they appear in the book. This CD features separate channels for recorder and guitar so that the recorder player can play along with the guitar accompaniment. Allan Alexander artfully renders the chords on guitar, providing a harmonic tapestry over which the melodies float Also available: Medieval & Renaissance Music for Flute - Jessica Walsh World Music for Flute - Jessica Walsh Celtic Music for Flute, Vols | & II - Jessica Walsh Music for Native American Flute — Jessica Walsh Celtic Music for Flute & Guitar ~ Allan Alexander & Jessica Walsh Renaissance Music for Flute & Guitar — Allan Alexander & Jessica Walsh World Music for Flute & Guitar ~ Allan Alexander & Jessica Walsh Ancient Airs, Cantigas & Dances for Flute & Guitar ~ Allan Alexander & Jessica Walsh Celtic Music for Guitar Vols I & Il - Allan Alexander Renaissance Music for Guitar Vols 1 & II - Allan Alexander World Music for Guitar ~ Allan Alexander Easy Pieces for Guitar ~ Allan Alexander Christmas Music for Guitar - Allan Alexander The Celtic Piano Collection — Allan Alexander, recorded by Andrew D. Gordon Each book is available with an optional CD. The music in the guitar books is presented in both music notation and guitar tablature. The CD's are also available separately by ADG Records. Publisher & Distributor ADG Productions 15517 Cordary Ave. Lawndale, CA 90260 1 ie Phone (800) 748-5934 web site address: www.adgproductions.com