The mandolin -- First steps -- First tunes -- Polkas -- Double jigs -- Other jigs -- Hornpipes -- Reels -- Traditional music and language -- Dynamics or accenting and unaccenting -- Posture -- Practicing -- Learning new tunes -- Playing with and learning from other musicians -- The weak little finger -- A selection of tunes -- Improvisation and personal interpretation.
Tunes: Tell me Ma -- The star of the County Down -- The Derry air -- Oh! Those britches full of stitches -- The Brighton polka -- Slieve Russell -- The geese in the bog -- Old John's jig -- Drops of brandy -- The peacock follow the hen -- The road to Lisdoonvarna -- Bobby Casey's hornpipe -- The red haired boy -- The wind the shakes the barley -- The boys of Malin -- Sergeant Early's dream -- Kerry polka -- Scatter the mud -- The humours of Kesh -- The merry blacksmith -- The humours of Tulla [with two variations] -- The hunter's purse -- Delahunty's hornpipe -- Ger the rigger -- The humours of Ballyloughlin -- The sporting pitchfork -- Willie Coleman's -- Langstern's pony -- Tobin's favourite -- Out on the ocean -- The butterfly -- The kid on the mountain -- The Sligo chorus -- Chief O'Neill's favourite -- The king of the fairies -- Collier's reel -- Mother's delight -- The rakish Paddy -- The Earl's chair -- The maids of Michelstown -- The glass of beer -- The golden keyboard -- The green fields of Rossbeigh -- The yellow tinker -- The swallow' tail -- The star of Munster -- The pigeon on the gate.
