A collection of modern tunes in old styles: Volume 1

42 original tunes composed by Philippe Barnes, including tunes from CrossHarbour, The Madrid Sessions, All Jigged Out & The Wilderness Yet. For any melody instrument, including chord suggestions. Reels, Jigs Waltzes and miscellaneous. Philippe Barnes graduated from the University of Limerick in 2008 with an MA – First Class Honours in Irish Traditional Music Performance. Philippe has enjoyed a varied career, from irish to jazz to flamenco flute. From Franc O’Shea’s jazz-flamenco fusion album “Alkimia” and Attab Haddad’s arabic-flamenco fusion quintet to playing uilleann pipes and whistles on the Olivier award winning show “Come From Away” TV soundtracks and appearances include ITV’s Sanditon & feature film EMMA – (Baroque flute). Flute, guitar and Galician pipes with Dizraeli and the Small Gods.This book has tunes from his recordings with CrossHarbour, All Jigged Out, The Madrid Sessions, The Wilderness Yet, Philippe Barnes & Tom Phelan.”Phenomenal Technique” – London Folk”I’ve heard nobody else who can make the Boehm flute sound like the true traditional thing, who can mould tone to fit the tune so nicely… the sheer musicality is exceptionally impressive…” – Jon Brophy, Irish Music Magazine”Breathtaking” – MOJO