When I first started David Burleigh kindly pointed me in the direction of the 
first four tunes in Derek Hobbs' Folk in Harmony, Book 1:
Morag of Dunvegan
Leaving Lismore 
Queen Mary 
Believe Me  

Highly recommended for beginners.
C

>-----Original Message-----
>From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu 
>[mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of Anthony Robb
>Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2010 11:23 AM
>To: NSP group
>Subject: [NSP] Re: technique etcetera
>
>
>   Helen,
>   Good choice for a starter.
>   The beauty with that tune is it can be tried: a) as a very 
>free air, b)
>   steady waltz, c) faster "Circle Waltz",  to keep interest up.
>   Cheers
>   Anthony
>   --- On Wed, 22/12/10, Helen Capes 
><helen.ca...@paradise.net.nz> wrote:
>
>     From: Helen Capes <helen.ca...@paradise.net.nz>
>     Subject: [NSP] Re: technique etcetera
>     To: "John Dally" <dir...@gmail.com>, "NSP group"
>     <nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu>
>     Date: Wednesday, 22 December, 2010, 7:50
>
>   Quote from Anthony Robb:
>   May I suggest picking one tune that really speaks to us but 
>isn't yet
>   inside us (this includes brain, heart and fingers) and 
>devote half our
>   practice time each week to that single tune for 1-6  months 
>(depending
>   on time allocated to practice and complexity of tune).
>   Which do you suggest?
>   The first tune I ever did this with was Crooked Bawbee, as 
>suggested by
>   Bill Hume. It worked well for me, I didn't get bored with it.
>   Helen
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>
>References
>
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