Wednesday 22 December 2021

The Cloonagrow - Vincent Fogarty accompaniment

I already posted the tab for the first tune in this set. Now here's the second tune, a reel called "The Cloonagrow". Here's the link to the tune in thesession.org:
https://thesession.org/tunes/5408

And this is the link to my tab:

If you want the whole tab in pdf form just write an email and comment.

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Tuesday 21 December 2021

The Battle of Aughrim - Vincent Fogarty - Part 2

 This is the second round through the tune as played by Vincent Fogarty tabbed by me. First the video again:

 

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The Battle of Aughrim - Accompanyment by Vincent Fogarty

Here's a video of Charles Monod on Concertina and Vincent Fogarty on Bouzouki. The first tune is The Battle of Aughrim. But it is a slightly different version of this well known march. It refers to the playing of Micho Russell. Lovely playing from both of them. The other tunes are The Cloonagroe (Reel) and Micho Russell's Mason's Apron (Reel).

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I tried to tab the first round through the first tune.

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Alan Reid - Banish Misfortune backing


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alan Reid posted a video of his backing of the tune Banish Misfortune on the bouzouki group on Facebook. I tried to tab the first round through the tune. 

If you want the whole tab in pdf form just write an email and comment.

Here's the link to the video, but I think you need to have a facebook account and you have to be member of the bouzouki group to be able to watch the video.

https://www.facebook.com/alfranreid/videos/252697683633235

perhaps you can try this one:

https://mbasic.facebook.com/groups/1689228111104135/permalink/5620726031287637/?_rdr


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Monday 22 November 2021

Alan Reid - Bouzouki tutorials on Patreon


Some months ago Alan started his Patreon page on which he regularly posts tutorials for bouzouki and banjo. If you pay 5€ per month you have access the the growing library of videos, Tabs etc. Up to now he posted tutorial videos which describe the style of Donal Lunny and Alec Finn (50 min!) and also 2 videos in which he gives lots of hints of how to accompany tunes in Mixolydian modes.

I first hesitated to join, but a few days ago I couln't resist and I have to say, it is really worth it. Can't wait for another video!

https://www.patreon.com/alanreid/posts



Tuesday 16 November 2021

Luke Ward, Aaron O'Hagan, Brendan Mulholland - Live in Texel

I spent a lovely folk workshop weekend in Texel, Netherlands. This is the teachers concert I filmed there. Luke Ward on his Sobell together with Brendan Mulholland on Flute and Aaron O'Hagan on Pipes. Great craic!

First the two videos that Aaron posted on his youtube channel:


The Hut on Staffin Island - Kiss the Maid behind the Barrel - Palmers Gate


 

Trip to Killavil - Scotsman over the Border - Health to the Ladies. Jigs
special Guest: Rolf Wagels on Bodhran

 

Here's the full Concert out of my camera:

Daoiri Farrell - John O'Dreams

I really like Daoiri's version of this old song. He uses some nice chords here. I tried to tab the chords, which can only be very loose, because he plays very free. Capo on 2nd fret. Hope this might be helpful. Maybe I'll try to tab the intro one day, but it's a lot of work.

By the way, if someone of you has some tabs, helpers or anything to with with the irish bouzouki to offer which I can post on my blog, this would be very appreciated.

 

 

John O’Dreams

written by Bill Caddick

When midnight comes and people homeward tread
Seek now your blanket and your feather bed
Home comes the rover his journeys over
Yield up the night time to old John O’Dreams

Across the hills the sun has gone astray
Tomorrows cares are many dreams away
They stars are flying your candle is dying
Yield up the darkness to old John O’Dreams

Both man and master in the night are one
All things are equal when the day is done
The prince and the ploughman, the slave and the freeman
All find their comfort in old John O’Dreams

When sleep it comes the dreams come running clear
The hawks of morning cannot reach you here
Sleep is a river, flow on forever
And for your boatman choose old John O’Dreams








Thursday 4 November 2021

Tuesday 26 October 2021

Tijn Berends - Concert 2015

Tijn is a fantastic bouzouki player from the Netherlands. Here's a concert filmed in 2015.

 

Sunday 3 October 2021

Ye Vagabonds - Lowlands of Holland

 Ye Vagabonds and their lovely version of the classic Song "Lowlands of Holland". I tried to tab the intro because it is so beautiful. Capo 2nd fret. The bouzouki is stringed in octaves, so it sounds different if your bouzouki is stringed in unisons. 

If you find any mistakes please let me know.



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


If you want the whole tab in pdf form just write an email and comment.

 

 {t:Lowlands of Holland}
{st:Ye Vagabonds}
{c:a comment}


The [D]love that I have cho[G]sen I there[D]with be con[Bm]tent
The [D]salt sea shall be fro[G]zen be[D]fore that [A] re[D]pent
Re[D]pent it shall I [G]ne[D]ver un[G]til the [D]day I [Bm]die
But the [G]lowlands of [D]Holl[G]and has [D]twined my [A]love and I[D].

My love lies in the salt sea and I am on the side
enough to break a young thing's heart that lately was a bride.
But lately was a bonny bride and pleasure in her eye.
For the lowlands of Holland has twined my love and I.

My love he built a bonny ship and set her on the sea
With seven score good mariners to bear her company.
But the weary wind began to rise, the sea began to rout
And my love then and his bonny ship turned with the shins about.


There shall nae a quaff come on my head nor comb come through my hair
There shall neither coal nor candlelight shine in my bower mair.
Nor will I marry another one, until the day I die
For the high winds and stormy seas have twined my love and I.

Oh hold your tongue my daughter dear, be still and be content.
There's men enough in Galloway, you need not sore lament.
Oh there's men enough in Galloway, alas there's none for me
For I never had a love but one and he's drownded in the sea.

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Tuesday 28 September 2021

2021 Tionol Colin Farrell, Shane Farrell, Alan Murray

 A short concert for Tionol 2021.

 

In Conversation ... Donal Lunny and Paddy Glackin

Donal and Paddy speaking to Carl Corcoran about their lives in music at Blas International Summer School of Irish Traditional Music and Dance, in association with the North Atlantic Fiddle Convention. 

They also play some tunes together.


Daoiri Farrell - Sweet Portadown - Chords and Intro

 

A wonderful love song from Daoiri's latest album.


 


You'll find lots more tabs for tunes and songs on this blog here:
https://irish-bouzouki.blogspot.com/search/label/Tabs%20for%20GDAD 

 Intro:


 
{t:Sweet Portadown}
{st:Daoiri Farrell}
{c:}


As [Dm]I went out [C]walkin' one [Gm]morning in [Am]June,
I [Bb]spied a fair [Am]damsel in the [Bb]sweet summer [C]bloom,
Her [Dm]cheeks they were [Am]rosy, her [Gm]hair it hung [Am]down
And she [Gm]came from Black[Am]water near to [Bb]sweet Porta[Dm]down.

I [Dm]stood in a[C]mazement as the [Gm]breezes did [Am]blow,
And the [Bb]blood in my [Am]veins like a [Bb]river did [C]flow
I [Dm]thought her the [Am]fairest in all [Gm]Ireland was [Am]found,
The [Gm]day when I [Am]met her, near to [Bb]sweet Porta[Dm]Idown

Says [Dm]I my we [C]lassie, I [Gm]don’t know your [Am]name,
She [Bb]answered me [Am]shyly, I’m a[Bb]fflicted the [C]same,
Says [Dm]I mine's O’[Am]Connor, a [Gm]name of re[Am]nown,
She [Gm]says mine's O’[Am]Driscoll from [Bb]sweet Porta[Dm]Idown,

I ex[Dm]cused myself [C]kindly, I [Gm]said if you [Am]please,
We will [Bb]both take a [Am]ramble in the [Bb]Blackwater [C]breeze
I’m [Dm]sorry she [Am]said, but I [Gm]can’t go to[Am]day, 
For I’m [Gm]searching for [Am]young lambs, that [Bb]have gone a[Dm]stray.

Then [Dm]I will go [C]with you, in [Gm]search of your [Am]flock,
And the [Bb]sun it did [Am]dazzle on her [Bb]dark amber [C]locks,
We [Dm]searched the [Am]whole day, till the [Gm]sun it went [Am]down,
And at [Gm]length we lo[Am]cated them near to [Bb]sweet Porta[Dm]down,

As we [Dm]made our way [C]homeward, we [Gm]sat down to [Am]rest,
And we [Bb]watched the rock [Am]thrush on the [Bb]Blackwater [C]cress,
I t[Dm]old her I [Am]loved her, as the [Gm]sun went [Am]down,
Be[Gm]hind the [Am]green hills near to [Bb]sweet Porta[Dm]down,

She [Dm]said if you [C]love me, you [Gm]must be ex[Am]cused
For [Bb]I am a [Am]poor girl, so you [Bb]must be re[C]fused,
I [Dm]work hard for a [Am]living, the [Gm]whole year a[Am]round,
And be[Gm]sides I would [Am]never, leave [Bb]sweet Porta[Dm]down,

I won’t [Dm]ask you to [C]leave it, the [Gm]place of your [Am]birth,
For [Bb]I know it’s the [Am]grandest and [Bb]fairest on [C]earth,
But if [Dm]you’ll con[Am]sent for to [Gm]be my own [Am]bride,
It’s [Gm]married we’ll [Am]be by the [Bb]Blackwater [Dm]side,

We [Dm]went to her [C]parents, they [Gm]considered a[Am]while,
Her [Bb]mother looked [Am]on me, and at [Bb]length she did [C]smile,
If [Dm]Flora con[Am]sents, so [Gm]we’ll consent [Am]to
And it’s [Gm]married we [Am]were on the [Bb]18th of [Dm]June

Come [Dm]all ye fair [C]maidens, as[Gm]semble to[Am]night,
And [Bb]marry your [Am]first love, even [Bb]though at first [C]sight,
Don’t [Dm]marry for [Am]riches or [Gm]fame or re[Am]nown,
For [Gm]we living [Am]happy near to [Bb]sweet Porta[Dm]down.


Dm: 7000
C: 5500 or 5530 or sometimes 0230
Gm: 0010 or 0550
Am: 2202 (A5) or 2230
Bb: 3010 or 3013

Wednesday 1 September 2021

Matt Heaton - Accompanying Slides

 Just found the time to make a little tab for this tutorial by Matt Heaton. In this series he talks about accompanying slides. He takes the DUDUDU - Jig Rhythm as basis and omits some parts. He ends up with D_DU_U|D_DU_U| etc.


This is how it looks in Tab:

The last bar is a little variation for endings.


 


Monday 30 August 2021

A groovy Jig Rhythm pattern

 

This is a groovy Jig Rhythm pattern. Found it on the CD Wooden Flute Obsession 2 Disk 2 on the tune Fly on the porter. Sorry, key signature is wrong, has to be G for D Mixolydian.


Link to the tune on thesession.org:

https://thesession.org/tunes/4225


A nice Jig Rhythm pattern

 

   I like this little Jig rhythm pattern a lot.

Monday 7 June 2021

Darren Lynch - Spancil Hill - Lyrics, Chords

 Darren Lynch presents the classic song Spancil Hill on a Six String Bouzouki. 


 

{t:Spancil Hill - Darren Lynch}
{st:Darren Lynch}
Capo 4th fret

Last[Gm] night as I lay [F]dreaming, of pleasant days gone [Gm]by,
Me [Gm]mind being bent on rambling,to [F]Ireland I did [C]fly,
I [Gm]stepped on board a vision,and [F]followed with a [C]will,
Till the [Gm]first I came to [F]anchor at the cross at Spancil [Gm]Hill,


T’was [Gm]on the twenty [F]third of June,the day before the [Gm]fair,
When [Gm]Ireland’s sons and daughters,and [F]friends assembled [C]there,
The [Gm]young the old the brave the bold, their [F]duty to full [C]fill,
At the [Gm]parish Church near [F]Clooney,a mile from [Dm]Spancil [Gm]Hill.


I [Gm]went to see me [F]neighbors to see what they might [Gm]say,
The [Gm]old one’s were all dead and gone,the [F]young one’s turning [C]grey,
I [Gm]met with tailor Quigley, he’s as [F]bold as ever [C]still,
Sure he [Gm]used to make me [F]britches when I lived in [Dm]Spancil [Gm]Hill.


I [Gm]paid a flying vi[F]sit to my first and only [Gm]love,
She’s as [Gm]fair as any lilly as [F]gently as a [C]dove,
She [Gm]threw her arms around me saying [F]Johnny I love ye [C]still,
She was [Gm]Meg the farmer’s [F]daughter,the pride of [Dm]Spancil [Gm]Hill.

I [Gm]dreamed I held and [F]kissed her as in the days of [Gm]yore
Ah [Gm]Johnny, you're only jokin', as [F]many's the time be[C]fore
Then the [Gm]cock, he crew in the morning, he [F]crew both loud and [C]shrill
I a[Gm]woke in Cali[F]fornia, many miles from [Dm]Spancil [Gm]Hill

Chords:

Gm:  x 5 1 0
F:      x 3 3 0
C:     x 2 3 0
Dm:  x 0 0 3

 

Here's a tab for the Intro and the first two lines. Accompanyment of line 3 is the same as line 2 and then the first line repeats.