These lovely Irish melodies play especially well on the modern flute. They provide excellent material for developing skills in rapid tonguing and extended breath-control. Many of these melodies have fascinating histories datingfrom the 1700s up to the time of the Irish music publisher Francis O’Neill who was also the Chicago chief of police. The collection includes jigs reels hornpipes songs fiddle tunes hymn tunes whistling tunes and melodiesby renowned Irish harper Turlough Carolan. A separate recorder edition is available.