Aqus Music

	Aqus Trad Seisuin Petaluma Irish Music

	First Thursday of each month 7pm

QUALIFIED PLAYERS SOUGHT
We have created an authentic traditional pub seisuin in Petaluma
where seisiun-seekers can hear or play “comhaltas ceoltoiri” level traditional music in our area.
Local Irish players of experience are sought to form a core. All other comers can learn what to expect, and how they can learn Irish. After a gathering set, trad music will rule.

ALL PETALUMA AREA “LEARNERS” INVITED
Once the seisiun players can get themselves started, all others --- beginners through classicists ---- can browse ways to learn Irish playing by ear. The tunes? The etiquette? Home practice? Local gatherings?

While at Aqus, you can get our O’Petaluma Playlist --- the 39 the most-played Irish tunes of local Bay Area seisiuns. Irish singers may offer to join future seisiun evenings, within the trad seisiun norms.
To keep your self in the loop sign up for the email at
www.aquscafe.com/signup

The "O'Petaluma Playlist"
IRISH TRADITIONAL SEISIUN TUNES

These traditional jigs, reels, hornpipes and airs are the ones found most-often-listed on playlists around northern California, and probably the ones most trad Irish musicians hereabouts can play.
So these are good for starters.--- either to learn or to get into familiar playing territory

Cooley's
Maid Behind the Bar
Planxty Fanny Power

Swallowtail Jig
Butterfly
Out on The Ocean

Merrily Kiss the Quaker
King of The Fairies
Hewlett

Harvest Home
Rights of Man
Boys of Blue Hill

Wind That Shakes the Barley
Drowsy Maggie
Ships Are Sailing

Kesh Jig
Connachtman’s Rambles
Sh’beg & Sh’more

Top of Cork Road
Morrison's
Planxty Irwin

Rambling Pitchfork
Saddle the Pony
Miss McCleod's

Road to Lisdoonvarna
Dennis Murphy’s
O’Keefe’s

Walls of Liscarroll
Blarney Pilgrim
Morning Dew

Banish Misfortune
Merry Blacksmith
Off to California

Silver Spear
Whiskey Before Breakfast
Star of Munster

Lark in The Morning
Cup of Tea
Musical Priest

Memory rules! A sheet is available suggesting ways to fearlessly learn these melodies by ear --- by listening to internet sites, CD's, or by playing-along live in a "ceoiltais" (traditional fearless learning session for all beginners). Sheet music is available, but is NOT used in a trad seisiun, and NOT recommended to replace memorizing the tunes and playing them by ear.

Also check out comhaltas.ie