Colin Farrell - Alan Murray - The Cotton Grass, The Killavil & The Old Flail - Cotton Grass Tab

A recent video of Colin Farrell featuring Alan Murray, at the moment one of my favourite Bouzouki players. 

 This first SlipJig is also called Na Ceannabháin Bhána, An Ceannabhan Ban, Bog Cotton, Cannabhan Ban, Ceannabhan Ban, The Cotton Grass Flowers, The Cottongrass, The Little Fair Canavans, Little Fair Cannavans, The Little Fair Cannavans, Na Ceannabain Bana, Na Ceannabáin Bhána, Na Ceannabh, Na Ceannabhain Bana, Na Ceannabhain Bhana, Na Ceannbháin Bhána according to https://thesession.org/tunes/612

Colin mentions that he learned the tunes from Cormac Braetnach. They can be found on the album "Music for Whistle and Guitar" Spotify link

I tried to tab the first SlipJig. If you want the tab in printable form just write me an email 

and comment.

Most watched blog entries during the last 12 months

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So this are the most watched posts on my blog during the last 12 months. Interesting that most people are looking for chords or information on building a bouzouki.

Please tell me, what are you looking for, what information do you need for your playing the bouzouki. Any questions, any hints what you would like me to post here?

Do you know of any hidden treasures on the web which I haven't covered here? Please let me know and I will try to post it.

The Sun's Coming Over The Hill - Karine Polwart Song played by Dylan Pearse - Tab for GDAD

Some time ago I found this beautiful video on youtube. Today I came across it again an tried to make a tab of the accompaniment. 

By the way, Dylan released a CD not long ago, you can find it here:
https://dylanpearse.com/

Unfortunately this song is not on the album.

This is his site on bandcamp where you can listen to the album:
https://dylanpearse.bandcamp.com/album/songs-from-the-north-country

Here's the link for the tab

{t:The Sun's Coming Over The Hill}
{st:Karine Polwart}

[G]Six rain-ridden [D/F#]summers and she [C/G]still had an [G]eye for me
She [C/G]kissed me each [G]evening and she [Am]told me she'd [D]die f' me
She [Em]ran off the [G]road, for [C/G]whisky and [G]irony
[C/G]She always [D]meant what she [C/G]said

So [G]{soh}I{eoh} took to [D/F#]whisky that I [C/G]I might re[G]call
The [C/G]taste of her [G]mouth on my [Am]lips  and that's [D]all
And I [Em]tried the same [G]trick with a [C/G]truck, but it [G]stalled
The [C/G]engine was [D]better off [C/G]dead


{soc}
[C/G]      Oh [G]oh the [C]nights are so l[G]ong
But [C/G]life is [G]longer [D]still
[C/G]Oh [G]oh the [C]nights are so [G]long
But the [G]sun's coming [D]over the [C/G]hill
{eoc}


The [G]taste never [D/F#]left me, and I [C/G]don't think it [G]will
And it [C/G]caused me to [G]supplement [Am]whisky with [D]pills
But there was [Em]something in[G]side that [C/G]I couldn't [G]kill
Be[C/G]lieve me, I [D]really did [C/G]try

Now there's [G]some say you [D/F#]get what you de[C/G]serve, but they're [G]wrong
You [C/G]get what you're [G]given, and [Am]then it's all [D]gone
And you're [Em]lucky if [G]you are suf[C/G]ficiently [G]strong
To [C/G]daily de[D]cide not to [C/G]die

{soc}
[C/G]      Oh [G]oh the [C]nights are so l[G]ong
But [C/G]life is [G]longer [D]still
[C/G]Oh [G]oh the [C]nights are so [G]long
But the [G]sun's coming [D]over the [C/G]hill
{eoc}

Well I [G]can't say there's [D/F#]many things [C/G]I wouldn't [G]change
There's [C/G]better days [G]gone than [Am]those that [D]remain
But [Em]I can find [G]joy in the [C/G]sound of the [G]rain
You [C/G]have to find [D]joy where you [C/G]can

{soc}
[C/G]      Oh [G]oh the [C]nights are so l[G]ong
But [C/G]life is [G]longer [D]still
[C/G]Oh [G]oh the [C]nights are so [G]long
But the [G]sun's coming [D]over the [C/G]hill
{eoc}

Kevin Elam - Bold Young Rover - Accompaniment

In this video Kevin explains how he arranged the song Bold Young Rover from his CD. It's a long and very informative video. So give it a go if you are interested in Song accompaniment.

 

 

In the next, actually the first video he gives some tips how to arrange the melody of the song.

 

You'll find some more videos of him on youtube. He also has a patreon page with additional content: 

https://www.patreon.com/kevinelammusic

Here's my tab of the chorus made with Tabledit: