Cooley's Reel - Octave Mandolin

[@jstandley3014]

Love the sound of your Northfield octave! Although Cooley's has been recorded with dozens of other reels, the most common pairing in traditional sessions is with The Wise Maid. A great recording of this is on the album Ómós Do Joe Cooley By Frankie Gavin and Paul Brock although Frankie plays it tuned up a half step. If you're interested in Celtic mando, listen to Marla Fibish, Mick Moloney, Andy Irvine (of Planxty) and Gerald Trimble

[@jacebeleren1703]

Very well played! Here's a few more tune suggestions for ya: Down the Broom reel Rainy Day reel Trip To Birmingham reel Out on The Ocean jig The Eavesdropper jig Contentment Is Wealth jig Young Tom Ennis jig Boys Of The Lough jig Humours Of Glendart jig Saddle The Pony jig Brian O Lynn jig The Pride Of Petravore hornpipe

[@rrbey3635]

13 love seastar keep on grroving creating

[@johnlarkin8226]

So many good Irish tunes: some jigs--Banish Misfortune, The Blarney Pilgrim, Tripping Up Stairs, Out on the Ocean, Jimmy Ward's, Morrison's Jig. Some Reels--Maid Behind the Bar, Silver Spear, Banshee, Gravel Walk, Julia Delaney. Hornpipes--Rights of Man, Off to California, Boys of Blue Hill.

[@johnlarkin8226]

I've only been playing Irish music for a couple of years, and don't know that many tunes, but those are some common ones here. Find a session to sit in with, and learn the tunes they play most often. You play very well--they will be happy to have you.

[@briellepetrie6145]

These are so great! Perfect suggestions, I’ll check some out

[@turrafirmaguitarchannel]

I know a lot of those tunes!!

[@sojnab1]

Mighty

[@richbaumannsingersongwriter]

Very nice

[@johndavy6056]

Thank you for such an accomplished performance, it a real inspiration.

[@CelticMandoDude]

Wonderful playing! I just discovered your old time mando vids, and here you are playing my favorite genre. Might be fun to hear mando and octave mando together? Also, jigs are fun, to get yourself out of 2/4.

[@briellepetrie6145]

Hey that's a good idea! I'll try it out

[@gabithemagyar]

Wonderful playing ! Great rhythm and lilt, beautiful tone and really crisp triplets. Bravo !!!

[@briellepetrie6145]

Thank you! You are so kind

[@oldtimetunesandsongs]

Great stuff. Lovely instrument too

[@hughjosephfeely]

Cool Octave you got there, sounds great!

[@KenneyCmusic]

Wow, great content! I just came back to Canada from a retreat at the Celtic Arts Foundation near Seattle

[@arynelhefe7726]

the port hole to kelp I've a house of my own with a chimney ontop of it

[@SableParrot]

The swallows tail reel is also good. Completely different to the swallowtail jig, also good. BTW this is also known as Joe Cooley's, which is cool. Lovely playing , there seems to be use of sustain on the lower strings while playing higher which gives a spooky quality.

[@christophpetermannmusic7645]

So nice played that reel. Love your style playing it. I learned it once on mandolin while touring through Ireland. Greetings from Germany…

[@vikrantmarwah835]

Waoooooo ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@raydaly7611]

Irish trad dance tune are played in sets of 2 or 3 tunes. The “wise maid “ is the usual tune played with Cooley’s reel - trickey but nice key change

[@briellepetrie6145]

awesome! I'll look that one up.

[@michaeladams2644]

Silver spire!

[@laurencefinston7036]

I recommend the book "Irish Fiddle Solos" by Pete Cooper from Schott. In fact, I recommend his other fiddle books, too. There's one for English tunes and one for Scottish tunes, and other books in the series. I don't think he edited them all, but all the ones I own are good, if not the last word on the subject. There are many collections of folksongs and dance tunes, scholarly and otherwise, for all kinds of places. It's a barrel without a bottom, as we say in German.

[@briellepetrie6145]

Amazing! Just ordered a copy!

[@laurencefinston7036]

@@briellepetrie6145 I hope you like it. The volume of English fiddle tunes has a couple of tunes I really like.

[@donreed417]

I love to hear you play. I'd love to set down and give you some rhythm guitar

[@briellepetrie6145]

Well that would be amazing :)

[@donreed417]

@briellepetrie6145 Grew up playing rhythm to fiddle tunes. I love it

[@macallisterarmstrong]

You have a deep well of repertoire! Do you get these tunes from youtube mainly, or do you have someone passing on material to you? If I might ask

[@briellepetrie6145]

Trying to make it deeper!! I'm just checking out tunes that my friends or folk on here suggest, then just learn by ear from popular recordings!