Reel - The Castle (Mulqueen's Reel)
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This is a great, spirited reel. This version has no ornamentation added (we'll get to that in the next topic). Click here to hear the basic tune.

EXERCISE 24
Read and play through the tune slowly until you are familiar with it. Then, start by tapping your foot in a slow, even rhythm, and try to play the tune keeping in time with your foot. As you learn the tune, gradually increase your speed. This tune has a lot of notes that are adjacent in pitch, so make sure your note-to-note transitions are crisp, and that you hit each note at the right time. Also, the first part has some tricky breathing - practice changing between the upper and lower octaves cleanly. Continue until you have learned the tune and can play it at a moderate speed.

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