Turlough O'Carolan was born in County Meath Ireland in 1670. He was trained as a youth to play the harp and throughout his life composed a large number of songs. O'Carolan developed a personal style containing melodic elementsof Irish folk music courtly harp music and Italian baroque music. O'Carolan's music was not published during his lifetime; therefore various versions of his melodies have been handed down through the aural tradition. It is alsonot known how he accompanied his melodies. This collection presents 39 favorite O'Carolan melodies in easily playable lively arrangements for alto (treble) recorder with guitar chords above the staves. Included are four originalmelodies by Richard Voss inspired by and in the style of the early master.

Listen Learn and Play-Tilmann Dehnhard the writer of the successful ?Jazz Studies for Flute? (UE 33703) now turns his expertise to the alto recorder. In ?Easy Jazz Studies for Recorder? he offers ten easy to intermediate compositions that help with melodic style and articulation as they relate to jazz. Some of the pieces are based on the same chord progressions as well known jazz standards and may therefore sound tantalizingly familiar!Useful hints on swing articulation and ornamentation are provided. The accompanying CD provides recordings at various tempos with the demonstrational soloist before the player is ready to take on the full solo role with the backing track. Suitable forgrades 2-5.