Description
The first edition of the Good Tunes Book was released at the 2016 National Folk Festival in Canberra, Australia. It is a collection of 157 folk music tunes from around the world. It includes 41 jigs, 28 polkas, 44 reels, 6 hornpipes, 27 waltzes, mazurkas, 11 marches, airs. 66 pages.
This second edition was released in 2025 and contains another 176 “Good” tunes.
The tunes are set with a single line melody notation with guitar chords. The full list of tunes included are below. Here are some examples:
The search for a ‘good tune’ is never ending for session players! This collection of favourite tunes has been a long time coming. Over 40 years for David! Samuel’s interest in folk music has been since he could hold a fiddle as a toddler!
These tunes are from all over the world. They’ve come from old records, cassettes, CDs, live gigs, sessions, other tunebooks and the web. We’ve had to transcribe some from scratch and others we’ve tracked down notation.
A collection of 176 folk music tunes from around the world. Includes jigs, slides, polkas, reels, hornpipes, waltzes, mazurkas, marches, airs with tunes from Australia, USA, Canada, UK and all over Europe.
74 pages.
Single line melody notation with guitar chords.
INDEX OF TUNES
(Format: Title – Tune Type – Page Number)
1814 – Waltz – 63
250 to Vigo – Slow Reel – 66
A Scarce O’ Tatties – Jig – 1
Across the Sea to Erin – Jig – 13
Ald Radunz’s Varsoviana – 60
Annie Shaw’s – Waltz – 58
Autostrada – Jig – 16
Batchelder’s Reel – 30
Berber Tune – Polka – 45
Big John McNeil – Reel – 27
Big Sciota – Reel – 38
Billy in the Lowground – Reel – 38
Black Rock – Polka – 44
Bonden I Paradis – Polska – 63
Bouree Tricotada – Bourree – 64
Bourree de Sarazay – Bourree – 64
Brafferton Village – Waltz – 59
Branle de Rat – 64
Brenda Stubbert’s – Reel – 25
Campbell’s Farewell to Redcastle – Reel – 36
Carter McKenzie’s – Reel – 25
Charlie Hunter’s Jig – 2
Che cos’e, coas non e – Jig – 11
Chinquapin Hunting – Reel – 37
Chloe and Addi’s Reel – 20
Coleraine – Jig – 2
Colgrave Sound – Reel – 33
Coming Down the Mountain – Polka – 43
Connaughtman’s Rambles – Jig – 7
Coolaholliga – Polka – 45
Cosgrove’s Schottische – 17
Craigelee March – Polka – 43
Da Brig – Jig – 1
Da Ferry Reel – 34
Da Headlands – March – 32
Da Lounge Bar – Jig – 4
Da Mirrie Boys o’ Greenland – Reel – 36
Da Slockit Light – – 65
Darla’s Jig – Jig – 3
Dashing White Sergeant – Reel – 35
Dayboro – March – 18
Donald Blue – Reel – 33
Double Rise – Jig – 3
Drunk at Night and Dry in the Morning – Waltz – 57
Duck River – Reel – 39
Durham Rangers – Hornpipe – 29
Emmet’s Hedehog – Jig – 6
Fanore Slide – 10
Fingal’s Cave – March – 32
Fisher’s Hornpipe – 30
Fleur de Mandragore – Reel – 28
Flop-Eared Mule – Reel – 39
Forget Me Not – Reel – 22
Fremantle Station – Varsoviana – 60
Friendless – Slow reel – 18
Gärdebylåten – Polka – 48
George White’s Favourite – Reel – 23
Goolaholla Jig – Jig – 19
Goolaholla Reel – 19
Gussie – Waltz – 56
Hälleforsnäspolskan – 64
Hanging Out the Windows – Reel – 20
Hangu & Freylekhs – Polka – 50
Happy One Step – – 66
Harry Reeves’ Jig – 14
Herleyside Reel – 53
Highland Storm – Jig – 5
Hommage a Edmond Parizeau – Reel – 31
Issoudun – Reel – 27
Jack Broke da Prison Door – Reel – 33
Jack Canny’s – Polka – 44
Jack Daniel’s Reel – Reel – 26
Jack’s Waltz – 58
Jenny’s Welcome to Charlie – Reel – 22
Jewels of the Ocean – Waltz – 59
Jimmy Ward’s – Jig – 8
Joe Yates’ Reel (Gardener’s Reel) – 42
Joe Yates’ Schottische Reel – 42
Julianne Johnson – Reel – 37
Katie Maloney’s – Polka – 44
Kenneth Murphy – Reel – 27
Killongbutta – Varsoviana – 60
Knocknaboul Polka – 46
Kontra Fire – Jig – 16
La Bastringue – Reel – 29
La valse a Pierre – Waltz – 55
Le rêve du Quêteux Tremblay – Reel – 31
Les Habitants – Reel – 28
Lumpy Custard – Mazurka – 62
Marcha de San Roque – March – 50
Marcha’l Campu Vieyu – Jig – 15
Mastom Mastom – Polka – 49
Mazurka de Lapleau – 62
Michael’s Mazurka – Mazurka – 61
Mill Street Hornpipe – 54
Misirlou – Song tune – 51
Montañesa de Lugo – Jig – 15
Mrs Thom – Jig – 5
My Cape Breton Home – Waltz – 56
New Morpeth Rant – 53
Norrsken – Polka – 48
Not Forgotten Waltz – 55
Old Morpeth Rant – 53
Orotaba Waltz – 56
Our last Night Together – Hornpipe – 52
Over the Waterfall – Reel – 39
Paddy O’Caroll’s Jig – Jig – 14
Parla Piu Piano – Song tune – 51
Pas d’été à l’Henri Caillaux – Polka – 49
Peekaboo Polka – 47
Pig Ankle Rag – Rag – 40
Principessa – Mazurka – 62
Redesdale Hornpipe – 54
Reel de Bouctouche – Reel – 26
Reel du Forgeron – Reel – 28
Road to Lisdoonvarna – Slide – 10
Rocking the Boat – Jig – 6
Rosamari – Jig – 11
Sally Sloane’s Mazurka – Mazurka – 61
Samuel De Santi’s Schottische – 17
Scarterglen Polka – 46
Scattery Island Slide – 10
School Polka – 41
Shearer’s No 9 – Reel – 30
Sir Bobby Robson’s Rant – Rant – 54
Skålpolska från Jeppo – Polka – 48
Skidoo – Reel – 20
Skiss Mellan Brest Och Segosero – Polka – 47
Slat Creek – Reel – 38
Sleep Soond ida Moarnini – Reel – 34
Soon May the Wellerman Come – Polka – 47
Sourwoord Mountain – Reel – 37
Stan Chapman’s Jig – Jig – 4
Stan Treacy’s Schottische – 17
Stone’s Rag – Rag – 40
Tarantelle Tre Parte – Jig – 12
Teviot Brig – Jig – 1
The Air Tune – Slow reel – 18
The Ale is Dear – Reel – 36
The Bear Dance – Polka – 49
The Black Cat Piddled in the White Cat’s Eye – Polka – 41
The Butcher Birds – Jig – 12
The Butlers of Glen Avenue – Jig – 9
The Castle – Jig – 8
The Concertina Reel – 21
The Concert – Reel – 24
The Donegal Lass – Jig – 6
The Duke of Perth – Reel – 35
The Harp and Shamrock – Hornpipe – 52
The Hut in the Bog – Reel – 24
The Lady on the Island – Reel – 24
The Larki in the Morning – Jig – 7
The Lochaber Badger – Reel – 34
The Luachracháns – Jig – 2
The March of the Fairy Penguins – Polka – 43
The Milky Way – Reel – 23
The Moon and the Stars – Jig – 12
The Moonlight Jig – Jig – 13
The Old Clog – Polka – 41
The Old Set – Jig – 13
The Sally Gardens – Reel – 21
The Scarterglen – Reel – 23
The Sheep in the Boat – Jig – 9
The Sleeping Tune – – 65
The Swedish Masquerade – – 64
The Sweets of May – Slide – 9
The Toomore Slide – 9
The Victoria Hornpipe – 29
The Woman of the House – Reel – 21
The Wonder – Hornpipe – 52
There She Goes – Jig – 14
Trip to Dingle – Polka – 45
Valzer per un Amore – Waltz – 57
West Mabou Reel – Reel – 26
Wienerkvadrille – Jig – 16
Willafjord – Reel – 33
74 pages Spiral bound
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