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Celtic World Collection – Mandolin
Audio Tracks · Tune Index · MuseScore · Resources · brentrobitaille.com
This companion page supports the updated edition of Celtic World Collection – Mandolin by Brent C. Robitaille. Use it to find audio, video, MuseScore examples, tune details, and practice resources for the 56-tune collection.
How to Use This Page
Practice with the book, audio, and tune index together
Start by choosing a tune from the index. Listen to the available audio or watch a scrolling score video, then return to the book for notation, tablature, chords, and fingering practice. The filters can also help you browse by tune type, key, or origin when building your own sets.
Audio & Video
🎵 Full Audio Set — SoundCloud
All available tracks from the book. Mandolin with guitar accompaniment at a learning tempo.
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📘 Product Page — Audio Downloads
Audio tracks are also available on the book product page alongside purchase options.
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▶ Scrolling Score Videos — YouTube
Notation scrolls as the tune plays. Good for following along and checking phrasing.
View Playlist →
Carolan’s Concerto — Celtic Mandolin
Featured video from the book. More tune videos in the full playlist.
Interactive Scores — MuseScore
April Snow Reel
Bay of Fundy
More interactive scores being added. Check back soon.
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Tune Index
The 56-tune collection includes Irish jigs and reels, Scottish airs and marches, Cape Breton jigs, hornpipes, waltzes, songs, O’Carolan pieces, and original mandolin compositions. Use the search and filters below to browse tunes by title, type, key, or origin.
All
Jigs
Reels
Airs
Hornpipes
Songs
Originals
56 tunes shown
| Tune | Type | Key | Origin | Resource |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| After the Battle of Aughrim | Air / Lament | A Dorian | Irish | 🎵 Audio Set |
| April Snow Reel | Reel | A | Original | 🎶 MuseScore |
| Auld Lang Syne | Song | G | Trad / Song | — |
| Bay of Fundy | Reel | G | Cape Breton | 🎶 MuseScore |
| Black Velvet Band | Song | D | Irish | 🎵 Audio Set |
| Black Tar Jig | Jig | G | Original | 🎵 Audio Set |
| Blind Mary | Air / Lament | G | Irish | — |
| Byzantinesque | Other | E Phrygian Dom | Original | — |
| Cairo | Other | D Phrygian | Original | — |
| Cape Breton Jig | Jig | D | Cape Breton | 🎵 Audio Set |
| Carolan’s Concerto | Air / Lament | D | Irish | 🎵 Audio Set |
| Concession Eight | Jig | G | Original | — |
| Connaughtman’s Rambles | Jig | G / D | Irish | 🎵 Audio Set |
| Danny Boy | Song | G | Irish | 🎵 Audio Set |
| Drowsy Maggy | Reel | E Dorian | Irish | — |
| Eleanor Plunkett | Air / Lament | G | Irish | — |
| End of the Holidays | Reel | Dm | Original | — |
| First Day of School | Other | G | Original | — |
| Fisher’s Hornpipe | Hornpipe | D | English | — |
| Flowers of Edinburgh | Reel | G | Scottish | 🎵 Audio Set |
| Haste to the Wedding | Jig | D | Irish | 🎵 Audio Set |
| Hector the Hero | March | G | Scottish | 🎶 MuseScore |
| Hewlett | Other | G | English | — |
| High Road to Linton | Reel | G | Scottish | 🎵 Audio Set |
| Hole in the Wall | Other | G | English | — |
| Humours of Whiskey | Jig | D | Irish | 🎵 Audio Set |
| I’ll Tell Me Ma | Song | G | Irish | — |
| Irish Mazurka | Mazurka | D | Irish | 🎵 Audio Set |
| Irish Washerwoman | Jig | G | Irish | — |
| Jeannie’s Waltz | Waltz | G | Scottish | 🎵 Audio Set |
| John Ryan’s Polka | Polka | D / G | Irish | 🎵 Audio Set |
| Kesh Jig | Jig | G | Irish | 🎵 Audio Set |
| Lark in the Clear Air | Air / Lament | D / G | Irish | 🎵 Audio Set |
| Late for Dinner | Reel | Em | Original | — |
| Little Kate | Air / Lament | Bm | Original | — |
| Loch Lomond | Song | G | Scottish | 🎵 Audio Set |
| Merrily Kiss the Quaker | Jig | G | Irish | 🎵 Audio Set |
| Mimi’s Backyard | Reel | D | Original | — |
| Molly Malone | Song | D | Irish | — |
| Morrison’s Jig | Jig | E Dorian | Irish | 🎵 Audio Set |
| Neil Gow’s Lament | Air / Lament | G | Scottish | — |
| O’Carolan’s Draught | Air / Lament | G | Irish | 🎵 Audio Set |
| O’Dowd’s No. 9 | Reel | D | Irish | 🎵 Audio Set |
| The Parting Glass | Song | Bm | Irish | 🎵 Audio Set |
| Planxty George Brabazon | Air / Lament | G | Irish | 🎵 Audio Set |
| Raccoon in the Attic | Jig | G | Original | — |
| Rakes of Kildare | Jig | A Dorian | Irish | — |
| Red Haired Boy | Reel | A | Irish | — |
| Rights of Man | Hornpipe | Em | English | 🎵 Audio Set |
| Sailor’s Hornpipe | Hornpipe | G / D | English | 🎵 Audio Set |
| Sí Bheag, Sí Mhór | Air / Lament | D | Irish | 🎵 Audio Set |
| Strong Bow | Reel | A | Original | — |
| Swallow Tail Jig | Jig | E Dorian | Irish | — |
| Whiskey in the Jar | Song | G | Irish | — |
| White Cockade | March | G | Scottish | 🎵 Audio Set |
| Wind That Shakes the Barley | Reel | D | Irish | 🎵 Audio Set |
Mandolin Learning Path
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The Mandolin Learning Path covers mandolin (GDAE), octave mandolin, mandola (CGDA), and mandocello — with free lessons, chord posters, Celtic tunes, audio play-alongs, scale resources, and related mandolin books. This book fits into Step 3: Tunes + Audio.