Friday, 25 March 2022

Note-orious App - Find the notes on the fretboard


Note-orious is an app/game which helps you to learn the notes on the fretboard. It cost approx. 2€. You can use it for a lot of stringed instruments, also for GDAD tuning. It's fun playing around with it and it really helps to get to know the fretboard.
It is available for iPhone, iPad, Mac (Catalina and higher). Sorry not for Windows or Android. 
 

 

Brenda Curtin, Donal Murphy, Kevin Murphy - The Banshee Tab

The Banshee, a well known Reel is the second tune in this set. I like the accompaniment of the bouzouki a lot, so I tried to tab it. You'll find the download link under the video.

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

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Monday, 7 March 2022

What is the Irish Bouzouki - An intro by Eamon Coughlan

Just found this video on youtube. Eamon Coughlan gives an insight to the Irish Bouzouki. 

You find him on bandcamp: https://eamoncoughlan.bandcamp.com/

 

In this video he covers the following topics:

00:00 - Intro 
00:31 - Background / Origin of the instrument
04:57
- Tunings and Versatility
09:55 - Irish Bouzouki vs Octave Mandolin vs Cittern
13:00
- Instrument Range
14:06
- My Bouzouki (Where I got it, Cost)
15:05
- Demos (Background Information on Tunes)
15:56 - Demo I - Irish (Sí Bheag, Sí Mhór)
18:26
- Demo II - Swedish (Byggnan)

 

Thursday, 3 March 2022

The Muskerry Tram - Accompaniment transcribed - Macdara Ó Faoláin


A few days ago I discovered the album by Pádraig Mac Aodhgáin (Paddy Egan) called Tobar Gan Trá which you can buy by pre-order. On it there is a lovely jig-set which starts with the tune "The Muskerry Tram" written by Sean O'Driscoll and released on his CD "The Kitchen Session". 

The accompanyment by Macdara Ó Faoláin is really beautiful, so I tried to transcribe it. There may be lots of mistakes in it, but I think you can (hopefully) find the essence of it.

Here's the tune on bandcamp:

 

Here you can download my tab as pdf. It contains also the melody as tab. Capo on 5th fret.

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

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