Uilleann piping tunes are at the heart of Ireland's dance music tradition. This curated collection of Irish traditional tunes offers a variety of ornamentation and melodic variations for beginner, intermediate, and advanced players. Musicians looking to expand their repertoire will find a rich selection of reels, jigs, and hornpipes to play in the session or on the stage.

20 Essential Uilleann Piping Tunes draws on core repertoire of the uilleann pipes to teach students of Irish music how to think about playing dance music in a traditional style. Each of these 20 classic tunes has been carefully selected, transcribed, and arranged to offer musicians a guide for ornamentation, harmonization, and variation. Distilled from two decades of teaching experience, this book also explains how to understand the rhythm of Irish traditional dance music so that the musician can play with greater confidence.