Monday 30 January 2023

Matt and Shannon Heaton - The Maid behind the Bar - Tab

 On January 21st Virtual Guided Session Matt and Shannon played the Set "Maid behind The Bar" and "Sally Gardens". The Set starts approx. at 46:35.

Today I made a little tab for the bouzouki accompanyment. I did not try to tab all the high notes correctly, but concentrated on the bass notes. If you listen to what Matt plays you'll get it, I think.

If you want the whole tab just write me an email and comment here.  (Melody is in the second line!)



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Wednesday 25 January 2023

Mandolin Scale Essentials Free App for iOS

Learning scales is one essential task for musicians. Now I found a free app which might help. It is called Mandolin Scale Essentials by Tobias Nasterlack. Ok, it is made for mandolin, but you can chose the tuning and put it to GDAD. Then you can chose a scale, maybe D Mixolydian and it shows the scale. It also shows the chords that go with this scale. How to fret these chords is not implemented.

You also can practice the scales with some Beats as background or with a metronome.


You'll find some more information here

Tuesday 24 January 2023

Whelan's Old Sow - Brid O'Gorman - Eoin O' Neill

 A lovely Jig which reminds me of another Jig called Rolling Waves. Absolutely beautifully played by Brid and Eoin.


Here is my attempt to tab the accompanyment. Be careful, Eoin plays in ADAD but I tabbed it for GDAD. Upper line is melody from thesession.org, second line is bouzouki accompaniment.

If you want the tab in printable form just write me an email and comment.



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Tuesday 3 January 2023

Tips for Jigs 6/8 time by Fernando Barroso

 A new Tutorial video by Fernando Barroso. Some really helpful ideas how to accompany Jigs. Make sure, subtitles are enabled if you don't speak Spanish.


Bouzouki Tips by Fernando Barroso

Fernando Barroso, a fantastic bouzouki player from Spain has recently published some videos on youtube and instagram where he shows some tips for beginners of the bouzouki. They are all in Spanish but you can get subtitles in English.

You can find him on instagram  

This is his youtube channel where you'll find lots more videos of his playing. Highly recommended!

 

First Video about picks:

 

 

Second video how to get a better sound:


Third video use of capo - how to build chords