48yo, but fairly new to the mandolin. Loving it! Been learning a lot of traditional/old time songs that I was already familiar with. Pretty much learning with tab and some audio.
I absolutely love some Celtic/Irish music, and want to build a repertoire. The problem is, even though I love it, I don’t really know how to identify it.
Ex: I love Cooleys Reel and Swallowtail jig, but only because I happened to find them on mandolessons. I would have never known them otherwise, wouldn’t have known the names, and would have been lost looking at the tab without hearing them.
I KNEW I wanted to learn Red Haired Boy, Whiskey Before Breakfast, Cherokee Shuffle, etc. because I knew what those were.
My question, is what would be the best way to get going with Celtic/Irish tunes? The best way to obtain the tabs, and be able to hear them as well. Books used to come with cd’s and maybe even dvds, and that was great. Seems like that is hard to find anymore....
Any ideas for me?
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