Title: Calliope House
Composer: Dave Richardson
Arr. Bruce Young
Year: 1984
Description: Written in honor of Calliope House in Pittsburgh, PA. In gratitude for hospitality afforded The Boys of the Lough. A favorite Irish jig with Sligo-style ornaments.

Title: The Five Note Roll
Composer: Trad.
Arr. Bruce Young
Year: 2008
Description: The "Big" Sligo ornament. It'll take some woodshedding to get a light enough touch to throw this expressive staple ornament properly. Kevin Burke features a section on it in his Homespun teaching video but I learned it the hard way, by listening very closely and practising a whole lot!

Title: The Shake or Bowed Triplet
Composer: Trad.
Arr. Bruce Young
Year: 2008
Description: Another "Big" Sligo ornament. "Shakes" are more commonly found in reels and hornpipes but there are a few players who insert them into jigs. I often set them up with a big down bow on the previous note and perform them starting on the up stroke. Kevin Burke and Liz Carroll, when questioned, told me they preferred the opposite bowing, with a big upstroke to play the ornament starting on the down bow instead. It's worth practising both directions, is my advice. Scottish and Cape Breton fiddlers greatly favor this ornament, too.

Title: Turns
Composer: Trad.
Arr. Bruce Young
Year: 2008
Description: Another very common Sligo ornament. "Turns", for lack of a better term, are found scattered through all types of Irish fiddle music. Usually they are performed with the next higher (in pitch) finger flicking the string very lightly to create more of an interuption of the fundamental note. If you use the index or middle finger, however, a similar effect can be achieved with the ring and fourth fingers, respectively. This variant has been described to me as "old-fashioned" and can be heard on recordings from the 1920's and 30's. It takes a lot of touch to get this one, too.