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 I love reels most of all - that's why I've arranged so many of them for solo guitar. Reels played at a reasonably fast pace are the main type of tune that my friends and I play here in Galway and Clare. You can use the MIDIs in this archive for you listening pleasure or simply as a quick reference to remind yourself of how a particular reel sounds.
The source TABs give much more information on the actual fingerings, as well as the ornaments, used. Ornaments or decorations are always a matter of personal taste and style, and may be interpreted as you like. Listen to the tunes as played by some of the great musicians who have recorded them, in order to gain a sense of ornamental interpretation.


My sincere thanks and respect go to all the many composers, both living and dead, whose melodies I have arranged for guitar.  I love to play these tune and find that knowing the mechanics and intimacies of a tune, as a solo performer, makes you a much more skilled accompanist on guitar in an Irish traditional music session.

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These reels are all arranged for solo fingerstyle guitar                     Click      to  listen to     MIDI  


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REELS

COMPOSER

capo
on
fret

KEY

TUNING

TAB

MIDI

1

Aaron's Reel

Jim McAuley
Larne, Co. Antrim

3

F

DADGAD

2

Aaron's Other Reel

2

Am

DGDGBbD
3

Abbey, The

0

D

DGDGBD

4

Ah, Surely

0

G

DGDGBD
5

Alice's

Frankie Gavin

4

Bm

DGDGBbD
6

Amazing Adventures of Dr. Moriarty, The

Tony Sullivan

0

D

DADGAD

7

Ambrose Moloney's
(a.k.a. "McCabe's")

0

G

DGDGBD
8  An Buachaill Dreoite (The Worn-out Boy)
 
fling
0

G

DGDGBD
9

Andy McGann's

0

C

EADGBE
10

Ash Plant, The

2

Em

DADGAD

11

Austen's Reel

Jim McAuley
Larne, Co. Antrim

2

A

DGDGBD

12

Austen's Other Reel

0

D

DADGAD

13

Austin Tierney's

0

D

DADGAD

14

Ballina Lasses, The

0

G

DGDGBD
15

Ballymoney Tomboy, The

Jim McAuley
Larne, Co. Antrim

0

G

DGDGBD
16

Bank of Ireland, The

0

D

DADGAD

17

Banks of the Ilen, The
(a.k.a. "Carthy's Old Wife" and "Seanbhean na gCártaí")

0

D

DADGAD

18

Banshee, The       (a.k.a. "McMahon's", "The Moyasta Reel" and "Moyasta Junction"

James McMahon
(Roslea)

0

G

DGDGBD

19

Bantry Lasses, The

0

D

DADGAD
20

Barrowburn, The

Addie Harper

0

D

DADGAD
21

Bean a Ti ar Lar
Woman of the House on the floor

0

D

DADGAD
22

Beauty Spot, The

0

D

DADGAD
23

Belharbour, The

0

G

DGDGBD
24

Ben Hill
(a.k.a. Father Kelly's No. 2)

Fr. P.J.Kelly

0

G

DGDGBD
25

Bernard's Dad's Eightieth Birthday

Jim McAuley
Larne, Co. Antrim

0

D

DADGAD

26

Big Reel of Ballynacally, The

0

G/F

DGDGBD
27

Bird in the Bush, The

0

G

DGDGBD
28

Blackberry Blossom, The

0

G

DGDGBD
29

Blackthorn, The

0

D

DADGAD
30

Blockers, The

Seán Ryan

0

G

DGDGBD
31

Bloom of Youth The

0

G

DGDGBD
32

Boil the Breakfast Early

0

D

DADGAD
33

Boil the Kettle Early

0

G

DGDGBD
34

Bond Store, The
(a.k.a. "Paddy Gavin's")

0

G

DGDGBD
35

Bonnie Kate

0

D

DADGAD
36

Boyne Hunt, The

0

D

DADGAD
37

Boy in the Boat, The

0

G

DGDGBD
38

Boy on the Hill Top, The

0

G

DGDGBD
39

Boys of 25, The

0

D

DADGAD
40

Boys of Ballisodare, The

0

G

DGDGBD
41

Boys of the Lough, The

0

D

DADGAD
42

Brendan McCann's Visit

Paddy o'Brien

0

G

DGDGBD
43

Brendan McMahon's

2

Em

DADGAD
44

Bridge of Portumna, The

Martin Mulhaire

2

A

DGDGBD

45

Broken Pledge, The

0

D

DADGAD
46

Buckley's Fancy

0

G

DGDGBD
47

Bucks of Oranmore, The

0

D

DADGAD
48

Bunch of Keys, The

0

G

DGDGBD
49

Bunch of Keys, The
(a.k.a. "Paddy on the Turnpike")

0

Gm

DGDGBbD
50

Bunker Hill

0

Dmix

DADGAD
51

Bunny's Hat, The

Dave Lim

4

Bm

DGDGBbD
52

Bush in Bloom, The

0

G

DGDGBD
53

Caher Rua

0

G

DGDGBD
54

Callaghan's

0

D

DADGAD
55

Cameronian, The

0

D

DADGAD
56

Cap and Bells

Josephine
Keegan

0

G

DGDGBD
57

Cappataggle Shuffle, The

Frankie Gavin

0

G

DGDGBD
58

Carillon, The

Seán Ryan

0

D

DADGAD
59

Cashmere Shawl, The
(a.k.a. "The Hut in the Bog" and "THe Hunt in the Bog")

2

Ador

DGDGBD

60

Charleston, The

Jimmy Keane

2

A

DGDGBD
61

Charlie Harris'

0

D

DADGAD
62

Charlie Lennon's No.2

Charlie Lennon

0

D

DADGAD
63

Chattering Magpie, The

0

G

DGDGBD
64

Chicago Reel, The

0

Am

DGDGBD
65

Clare Reel, The

0

G

DGDGBD
66

Clement Sweeney's

0

G

DGDGBD
67

Cloon, The

0

D

DADGAD
68

Coachman's Whip, The

Vincent Broderick

0

G

DGDGBD
69

Coast of Austria, The

Sean (whistle) Ryan

7

Am

DADGAD
70

Coat on the Door, The

Jim McAuley
Larne, Co. Antrim

0

G

DGDGBD
71

Collaboration Reel, The
(a collaboration between Jim and Davy )

Jim McAuley
Larne, Co. Antrim

0

Dmix

DADGAD
72

College Groves

0

D

DADGAD
73

Colliers, The

0

D

DADGAD
74

Colonel Frazer

0

G

DGDGBD
75

Come West Along the Road

0

G

DGDGBD
76

Commodore, The

Billy McComiskey

0

D

DADGAD
77

Concert, The

2

Am

DGDGBbD
78

Concertina Reel, The

0

D

DADGAD
79

Congress, The

7

Am

DADGAD
80

Conlan's Well

Paddy o'Brien

0

D

DADGAD
81

Connaught Heifers, The

0

D

DADGAD
82

Connemara Stockings

0

G

DGDGBD
83

Contradiction, The

2

A

DGDGBD
84

Controversial, The

Billy McComiskey

0

G

DGDGBD
85

Convenience Reel, The

Olcan Masterson

0

D

DADGAD
86

Cooley's Reel

2

Em

DADGAD
87

Copper Beech, The

Finbar Dwyer

0

G

DGDGBD
88

Copperplate, The

2

Amo

DGDGBD
89

Corner House, The

2

Amo

DGDGBD
90

Cottage in the Grove, The

2

Em

DADGAD
91

Craigyhill Estate Reel, The

Jim McAuley
Larne, Co. Antrim

0

G DGDGBD
92

Crooked Road, The

0 G DGDGBD
93

Crosses of Annagh, The

0

D

DADGAD
94

Crossing the Shannon

0

D

DADGAD
95

Crowley's

0

D

DADGAD
96

Cuckoo's First Call, The

3

F

DADGAD
97

Cup of Tea, The

0

D/Em

DADGAD
98

Curlew, The

Josephine
Keagan

4

Bm

DGDGBbD
99

Cutting the Hay

Paddy o'Brien

0

D

DADGAD
100

Da Grocer

Tom Anderson

2

E

DADGAD
101

Dairymaid, The

0

D

DADGAD
102

Darby's Farewell to London

Josie McDermott

0 G DGDGBD
103

Davey's

2

Em

DADGAD
104

David Adams

J. Scot Skinner

2

A

DGDGBD
105

Dawn, The

0

G

DGDGBD
106

Day we Paid the Rent, The

0

G

DGDGBD
107

Delaney's Frolics

5

G

DADGAD
108

Derry Craig Wood
(a.k.a. Mulvihill's)

Father
P.J.Kelly

0 G DGDGBD
109

Destitution Reel, The

Ian Stevenson

2

Em

DADGAD
110

Devanny's Goat

0

D

DADGAD
111

Dick Gossip's

0

D

DADGAD
112

Dillon's Fancy

0

G

DGDGBD
113

Dinkie's
(a.k.a.  "Dinky's" and "Hughie
'Dinkie' Dorrian's")

7

A

DADGAD
114

Dinny o'Brien's

Paddy o'Brien

0

D

DADGAD
115

Dismissal, The

Sandy MacLean

0 G DGDGBD
116

Doctor Gilbert

0

D

DADGAD
117

Dog Big and Dog Little

Charlie Lennon

0

D

DADGAD
118

Donal Blue

0

Gm

DGDGBbD
119

Doon Reel, The

0

D

DADGAD
120

Dowd's Favourite

2

Am

DGDGBbD
121

Dowd's No.  9

0

D

DADGAD
122

Down the Broom

2

Ador

DGDGBbD
123

Drag her 'round the Road

0 Em/G DGDGBD
124

Drogheda Bay

2

Em

DADGAD
125

Drowsy Maggie

2

Em

DADGAD
126

Drunken Landlady, The

2

Em

DADGAD
127

Dublin Porter

0

G

DGDGBD
128

Dublin Reel, The

0

D

DADGAD
129

Duke of Leinster, The

0

G

DGDGBD
130

Duke of Leinster's Wife, The

0

D

DADGAD
131

Dunmore Lasses, The

2

Em

DADGAD
132

Earl's Chair, The

0

D

DADGAD
133

Easy Club, The

Jim Sutherland

2

G

DGDGBD
134

Eddy Kelly's

Eddy Kelly

0

Dm

DADGAD
135

Eddy Moloney's

Eddy Moloney

0

G

DGDGBD
136

Eel in the Sink, The

0

G

DGDGBD
137

Eileen Curran

2

Am

DGDGBbD
138

Eileen o'Brien's

Eileen o'Brien

0

C

CGCGCE
139

Enchanted Lady, The

0

D

DADGAD
140

Ewe Reel, The

0

G

DGDGBD
141

Fair Wind, The

0

G

DGDGBD
142

Fairy Reel, The
Shetland reel

0

D

DADGAD
143

Fairy Reel 2, The

0

G

DGDGBD
144

Far From Home

0

D

DADGAD
145

Farewell to Connacht

0

Dmix

DADGAD
146

Farewell to Eyrecourt

Martin Mulhaire

2

Em

DADGAD
147

Farewell to Leitrim

0

Dmix

DADGAD
148

Farewell to Milltown

Junior Crehan

0

Gm

DGDGBbD
149

Farrell o'Gara

0

D

DADGAD
150

Father Grady's Visit to Bocca
(a.k.a. "Father Grady's Trip to Brocagh")

Josie McDermott

0

G

DGDGBD
151

Father Newman's

John Brady

0

D

DADGAD
152

Fermoy Lasses, The

2

Em

DADGAD
153

Finbar Dwyer's No. 1

Finbar Dwyer

0

G

DGDGBD
154

Finbar Dwyer's No. 2

Finbar Dwyer

0

D

DADGAD
155

Finbar Dwyer's No. 3

Finbar Dwyer

0

G

DGDGBD
156

First Day of Spring, The

5

G

DADGAD
157

First House in Connacht, The

0

G

DGDGBD
158

Flax in Bloom, The

0

D

DADGAD
159

Flogging Reel, The

0

G

DGDGBD
160

Flowers of Redhill, The

7

Am

DADGAD
161

Flynn's

0

G

DGDGBD
162

For the Sake of Old Decency

0

G

DGDGBD
163

Four Leafed Shamrock, The

Paddy o'Brien

0

D

DADGAD
164

Fox on the Prowl, The

Vincent Broderick

0

D

DADGAD
165

Foxhunters, The

0

G

DGDGBD
166

Fred Finn's
(a.k.a. The Berkshire Heights)

0

D

DADGAD
167

Galtee Reel, The
(a.k.a. "The Dangerous Reel")

2

Amix

DGDGBD
168

Galway Rambler, The

0

G

DGDGBD
169

Gan Ainm 1

0

G

DGDGBD
170

Gardiner's Daughter

2

Ador

DGDGBD
171

Garranmore

Seán Ryan

2

Em

DADGAD
172

Gatehouse Maid, The

2

Am

DGDGBbD
173

George White's Fancy

0

G

DGDGBD
174

Giant's Causeway, The

Seán Ryan

0

G

DGDGBD
175

Girl who Broke my Heart 1, The

0

Gm

DGDGBbD
176

Girl who Broke my Heart 2, The

0

G

DGDGBD
177

Girls From Co. Antrim, The

Jim McAuley
Larne, Co. Antrim

2

G

DGDGBD
178

Glass of Beer, The

4

Bm

DGDGBbD
178

Glen of Aherlow, The

Seán Ryan

2

Em

DADGAD
180

Glentaun, The
(a.k.a. "Geoghan's", "The Gleanntain Reel "and "The Gleanntán")

0

G

DGDGBD
181

Go on go on

Jim McAuley
Larne, Co. Antrim

2

Em

DADGAD
182

Golden Keyboard, The

Martin Mulhaire

2

Em

DADGAD
183

Golden Stud, The

Maurice Lennon
and Paul Roche

2

Em

DADGAD
184

Good Morning to Your Nightcap

2

Am

DGDGBbD
185

Gooseberry Bush, The

0

D

DADGAD
186

Gooseberry Fair

Sean Ryan

0

D

DADGAD
187

Graf Spee, The

0

D

DADGAD
188

Grant Lamb's Reel
(a.k.a. "Brid Harper's")

Grant Lamb
(Canada)

0

G

DGDGBD
189

Gravel Walk(s)
(a.k.a. "The Gravel Walk to Granny's" and "Snow on the Hills")

2

Ador/C

DGDGBD
190

Green Banks of Rossbeigh, The

2

Em

DADGAD
191

Green Fields of America, The

0

G

DGDGBD
192

Green Fields of Glentown, The

Tommy Peoples

7

A

DADGAD
193

Green Gates, The

0

G

DGDGBD
194

Green Groves of Erin, The

2

A

DGDGBD
195

Green Mountain, The

0

D

DADGAD
196

Hand me Down the Tackle

0

D

DADGAD
197

Happy Man, The

Paddy o'Brien

0

G

DGDGBD
198

Happy Reel, The

Joe Derrane

0

G

DGDGBD
199

Hare's Paw, The

0

G

DGDGBD
200

High Reel, The

2

A

DGDGBD
201

Holly Bush, The

2

Am

DGDGBbD
202

Holly Bush 2, The

Finbar Dwyer

0

D

DADGAD
203

Holy Land, The

0

D

DADGAD
204

Honeymoon, The

0

G

DGDGBD
205

Hughie Travers'

0

G

DGDGBD
206

Humours of Ballyconnell, The

0

D

DADGAD
207

Humours of Castlefin, The

2

Emo

DADGAD
208

Humours of Lissadell, The

0

Emo

DADGAD
209

Humours of Loughrea, The

0

G

DGDGBD
210

Humours of Portal, The

Will Hamon

2

A

DGDGBD
211

Humours of Scarriff, The

0