Let's learn the tune together. It follows a familiar A-B pattern. Here's the slow version:

Once you've learned it at a slow tempo, try playing along with this faster version.

Taking a quick break while I find some more folks to teach tunes. If you or someone you know would like to teach a tune, please go to the "Submit a Tune" link at the top of this page to do it. The instructions and guidelines are all right there. Meanwhile I'm learning a few more tunes myself so I can teach them in the coming weeks. Stay tuned!--Dan

Before we get started this week, I wanted to send out an appeal to teach us a tune. If you've got a favorite tune, or you know a good teacher or good amateur player in any melody instrument, I encourage you to submit a tune! It's really easy to do, and then you'll be famous. Or famouser. And you'll have the satisfaction of having given back to the community, which is always a great feeling. Trust me.

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Elise Kress is back this week to teach us The Reel of Rio. "I don't have anything brilliant to say about it," says Elise. "It's just a great reel to play." That's good enough for us, Elise! 

Let's give it a listen. I found this recording of Dylan Foley and John Whelan rocking (reeling?) out the tune here. This is what music is all about: the pure joy of playing and sharing. It doesn't get much more fun than this.

This week we're being treated to a tune taught by Andrew Caden of the Washington, DC, area of the United States. He is a student of Brian Conway, and the 2017 All-Ireland fiddle champion (15 to 18) at the Fleadh Cheoil in Ennis, Co. Clare. O'Donnell's is a hornpipe he learned from button accordion player Billy McComiskey. [Ed. note: There's more talent in that paragraph than one should rightly be able to contain.]

So first let's have a listen to Billy's playing.