Thursday 18 April 2024

Wild Mountain Thyme - Robin Jones Tutorial

It seems that Robin is very busy doing tutorials at the moment. Here he shows his approach to the well known song Wild Mountain Thyme. The crosspicking pattern he shows can be used to accompany lots of more songs in 3/4 time. Even Daoiri Farrell uses it a lot, e.g. in his song Creggan White Hare.

This is part 1 of the tutorial. If you want to go further you can get it here.

Edit: I bought part 2 yesterday. I think, it's really worth it. You get 11 videos in which Robin shows and explains the arrangement line by line. Some of them are really short, where he plays one line, others are longer where he gives some tips for playing. In the last video he shows how to play this arrangement to a metronome, which is important to play in time. So I'd really would like to encourage you to buy this tutorial if you are interested in accompanying songs.


Tuesday 16 April 2024

Black is the Colour - Robin Jones - Trials of Cato

Another video Robin Jones posted on youtube. The classic song Black is the colour. He uses the arrangement of James Fagan. If you want to learn to play like this you might consider taking classes with Robin, he has some free slots at the moment.

 

This is how James Fagan plays it:


Now I tried to tab the Robin Jones version. Here's the intro. If you would like the pdf including the first verse please write me an email and I will gladly send it to you.



Sunday 14 April 2024

600 000 views, wow!


 This blog now has 600 000 views. Thanks a lot for your interest in the Irish Bouzouki. 

I'm still looking for someone who would like to help me with this blog. Do you have any content, tabs or whatever has to do with the irish bouzouki please get in touch with me.


Friday 5 April 2024

Old Hag, You have killed me - Robin Jones Arrangement (Trials of Cato)

Robin plays a wonderful arrangement of the tune Old Hag... I tried to tab the first time round, hope I did a good job. If you want the whole tab please send me a email and I'll gladly send it to you for free.

Here's the website of Trials of Cato: https://www.thetrialsofcato.com/

Robin also gives lessons, if you are interested look at www.robinjonesmusic.com

 



Thursday 4 April 2024

Viimaheim - Medievial Folk Music on the Irish Bouzouki

 I haven't covered much medievial music on my blog. Mostly I'm into celtic music. This man captured my attention because I like his rhythmical style of playing. He tunes his bouzouki in ADAD, which I think most players of medievial music do.

His youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Viimaheim

Hej, Sokoły! (AKA Na zielonej Ukrainie) Slavic folk song Originally music by Maciej Kamieński

 The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Drink Up, There's More! Game: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (CD Project RED, 2015) Originally music by Marcin Przybyłowicz, Mikołaj Stroiński and Percival

 

Herr Manneling Scandinavian (Swedish) folk song