Book with Online Audio. The slow air is regarded as one of the most beautiful facets of Irish traditional music. A well played air has a splendid soaring quality that comes from the sean-nos (old style) song or ballad tradition. This collection includes 118 airs, some by Carolan, and others that are purely instrumental, such as "Lament for Staker Wallace" and "O'Donnell's Lament." With brief notes on ornamentation and phrasing. 101 pp.