Mark Arrington Music: Order Music

Feis Favorites is a collection of the tunes commonly heard at a feis, arranged in traditional Irish style of groups like The Chieftains and Altan. It's also great for helping budding musicians build their repertoire, since most of the tunes are common in sessions around the world. As usual, I'm playing all the instruments.

1 - Glasgow Reel Set 113bpm - 6:07

2 - Kesh Light Jig Set 115bpm - 5:51

3 - Foxunter's Slip Jig Set 113bpm - 4:36

4 - Knights of St. Patrick Treble Jig Set 92bpm - 5:52

5 - My Darling Asleep Treble Jig Set 73bpm - 6:33

6 - Boys Of Blue Hill Hornpipe Set 138bpm - 4:58

7 - Glasgow Hornpipe Set 113bpm - 6:04

8 - Sweets of May Ceili 115bpm - 4:27

9 - Humors of Bandon Ceili 115 - 3:36

10 - Trip To The Cottage Ceili and assorted jigs 115bpm - 5:49

11 - High Caul Cap Ceili and assorted Beginner's Reels 118bpm - 10:09

Traditional Irish music arranged at An Coimisiun championship length once, twice, and three times through. This allows dancers to practice their steps up to three times in succession and still have a definite ending. For twice and three times through, the tune will change at the end of the dance. The last four track are long tracks of music. I'm playing all the instruments. There are no computer effects or electronic keyboards.
1. Hornpipe 113 once through
2. Hornpipes 113 twice thorugh
3. Hornpipes 113 three times through
4. Treble Jig 73 once through
5. Treble Jigs 73 twice through
6. Treble Jigs 73 three times through
7. Reel 113 once through
8. Reels 113 twice through
9. Reels 113 three times through
10. Slip Jig 113 once through
11. Slip Jigs 113 twice through
12. Slip Jigs 113 three times through
13. Single Jigs 120
14. Hornpipes 138
15. Light Jigs 113
16. Reels 113

If you want tunes from CHAMPTRAX at a different speed, type the tune and speed you want in the note box after you order it.

Irish set dances in feis format. I play all the instruments. You can get theCD as a soft-copy MP3 from iTunes, or order the actual CD here. The CD contains (the number after the tune is Beats per Minute):
3 Sea Captains 70;
The Three Tunes 113;
Ace & Deuce of Pipering 108;
Blackbird 138;
Blackthorn Stick 69;
Blue Eyed Rascal 109;
Bonaparte's Retreat 110;
Deep Green Pool 70;
Downfall of Paris 110;
Drunken Gauger 69;
Fiddler Round the Fairy Tree 69;
Four Masters 110;
Garden of Daisies 107;
Garden of Daisies 138;
Humors of Bandon 69;
Hunt 80;
Hunt 108;
Hurling Boys 70;
Hurry the Jug 69;
Job of Journeywork 76;
Job of Journeywork 138;
Jockey to the Fair 72;
Kilkenny Races 90;
King of the Fairies 110;
Lodge Road 104;
Madam Bonaparte 100;
Miss Brown's Fancy 72;
Orange Rogue 76;
Piper Straying 100;
Planxty Davis 110;
Planxty Drury 69;
Rambling Rake 84;
Rambling Rake 109;
Rodney's Glory 100;
Roving Peddler 100;
Rub the Bag 69;
Saint Patrick's Day 92;
Sprig of Shillelagh 72;
Storyteller 72;
Wandering Musician 74;
White Blanket 96;
Youghal Harbor 90

IF THE SPEED LISTED ON THE "KICK IT UP A NOTCH" CD ABOVE IS WHAT YOU NEED, YOU CAN ORDER IT FROM iTUNES or CDBABY.COM, FOR 99 CENTS. OTHERWISE, place the order for the number of tunes you need. When you check out of PayPal, open the note box (if it's not already open) and type the tunes and speeds. I send them to your email as MP3 files.

This CD has the seven "traditional" set dances at the official speeds. It also contains some tunes from Champtrax that are at the speed for beginner hard shoe dances. The reels could be for soft or hard shoes.
1 - Saint Patrick's Day 96
2 - Blackbird 144
3 - Garden of Daisies 138
4 - Job of Journeywork 138
5 - Jockey at the Fair 90
6 - King of the Fairies - 130
7 - Three Sea Captains - 96
8 - Treble Reels (sped up reels from the cd Champtrax) 118
9 - Hornpipes (from Champtrax) 138
10 - Treble Jigs (slowed down jigs from Champtrax) 92

This is the same Garden of Daisies at 138 bpm that I have on iTunes and CDBaby, but I copied and pasted the B part of the tune for people who want to do the set on each foot. When you check out I'll get a notice from PayPal, and then I email it to you.

This is the same Saint Patrick's Day at 94 bpm that I have on iTunes and CDBaby, but I copied and pasted the B part of the tune for people who want to do the set on each foot. When you check out I'll get a notice from PayPal, and then I email it to you.

This is the same Blackbird at 144 bpm that I have on iTunes and CDBaby, but I copied and pasted the B part of the tune for people who want to do the set on each foot. When you check out I'll get a notice from PayPal, and then I email it to you.

This is the same Job of Journeywork at 138 bpm that I have on iTunes and CDBaby, but I copied and pasted the B part of the tune for people who want to do the set on each foot. When you check out I'll get a notice from PayPal, and then I email it to you.

This is the same King of the Fairies 130 bpm that I have on iTunes and CDBaby, but I copied and pasted the B part of the tune for people who want to do the set on each foot. When you check out I'll get a notice from PayPal, and then I email it to you.

This is the same Jockey at the Fair at 90 bpm that I have on iTunes and CDBaby, but I copied and pasted the B part of the tune for people who want to do the set on each foot. When you check out I'll get a notice from PayPal, and then I email it to you.

This is the same 3 Sea Captains 96 bpm that I have on iTunes and CDBaby, but I copied and pasted the B part of the tune for people who want to do the set on each foot. When you check out I'll get a notice from PayPal, and then I email it to you.

This is the second Celtic Crossroad CD. If you like groups such as Planxty and The Black Family, you'll like this.

Traditional-style Bluegrass and country music. This is a CD of our two recording projects from '90 and '92. It's the same band configuration as today.

Philly's premier Texas Swing Band! This CD was recorded live in the studio in the mid 90's. I play fiddle on 7 of the 12 songs. Our original band configuration is back together and performing in the Delaware Valley area!