Welcome to The Reel Book. I created this site in 2005 after a flood nearly destroyed my collection of 1739 transcriptions of
Irish Traditional Music Performances.
There are 973 pages of hand written music which come from the recorded performances of 190 Irish musicians from 117 albums along with several field recordings.
The albums release dates range from the 1920's up to 1992. See: Tunes by category
I collected these albums and transcribed the performances over a ten year
period using standard music notation. As the project progressed, I included ornamentation in the scores.
The best way to use this site is to listen and follow along
with the written music. Start with the Samples page which has written music and
links to MP3s. See: All Media
On the Search page you can search by Title, Type, Musician,
Instrument, Group, or Album. Members can click on a tune title to open a
page of music. For best results use Internet Explorer. See: How to use.
The Black 47 Archive consists of press, photos and music arrangements I've kept since I joined the band in 1989.
transcriptions by Fred Parcells
