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Tune Listening

• How to Check an Irish Tune Name — To check an Irish tune name, preserve the title you were given, then connect it to a specific recording, transcription or catalogue record.
• Irish Traditional Music Instruments: A Listener's Guide — Common Irish traditional music instruments include fiddle, wooden flute, tin whistle, uilleann pipes, button accordion, concertina, tenor banjo, and bodhrán.
• Jig vs Reel: Hear the Difference Before Counting — An Irish double jig commonly groups six eighth notes into two larger beats of three and is often written in 6/8: ONE-two-three, FOUR-five-six.

Session Culture

• How to Listen at an Irish Traditional Music Session — Listen respectfully at an Irish traditional music session by sitting outside the musicians' working circle, keeping conversation below the music, leaving…