Mel Bay's Irish Session Tune Book
by Cari Fuchs
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Given that this book is a collection of music, how does its structure—the selection and arrangement of tunes—implicitly guide a learner or contribute to our understanding of Irish traditional music as a living tradition?
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While there are no traditional "characters" in this book, what sense do you get of the anonymous musicians who created these tunes, or the communities for whom this music is central? How does the music itself embody a collective spirit or a shared cultural voice?
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The concept of an "Irish session" is central to this collection. How does the act of learning and playing these tunes, perhaps with others, transform the individual experience into a communal one? What insights does this offer into the power of shared cultural practices?
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