Cooley’s

Cooley’s is a popular Irish reel in E Minor. I consider it an intermediate or advanced tune due to the disjunct nature of the melody (it jumps around quite a bit), as well as the prevalence of repeated Bs that lend themselves to some trickier B cuts, B short rolls, and B rolls. Playing with great backbeat and well-timed breaths is also important.

Learning the Tune provides all tune-learning resources. Every tune has different resources available and every player has different preferences for how to learn tunes. One path you might consider is 1) Slow Tune Learning and/or Sheet Music, 2) Play Along, 3) Tune Breakdown.

Tips for the Tune provides technical resources which will be helpful to playing the tune well. These may include exercises in the same key, tips that might help, and how-to videos for ornaments and techniques specific to the tune.

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