Showing posts with label A Minor. Show all posts
Showing posts with label A Minor. Show all posts

3 Feb 2026

Matt Heaton - Accompanying Tunes in A-Dorian - My answer video A-Dorian on the Irish Bouzouki (GDAD)

 This morning I put together a little video in which I tried to explain my transitions of Matt Heaton's approach to accompanying tunes in A-Dorian. I hope this helps understanding my writings in the previous post.



Once again the script I made yesterday:

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Main Chords: Am, G  also Em and C

Main Chords
Am: 2,2,0,2
G: 0,0,2,0 or 0,0,2,5 or 0.5.5.0
Em: 4,2,2,5 or 4,2,2,2 or x,2,2,2
C: 5,5,3,0 or 0,2,3,0

A: Part: 
Am | G | Em | Em-G
Am | G | Em | G-Am

or
Am | G | C-G/B | Em |
Am | G| C-G/B | Em-Am |

Run C, G/B, G
C: 5,5,3,0
G/B: 4,5,5,0 oder 4,5,2,0
G: 0,0,2,0 oder 0,5,5,0


Higher chords:

Am: 5,7,7,7
G: 0,5,5,0 oder 4,5,5,5 oder 4,5,5,0
connect with C and Em

more chords:

Am: 9,10,0,7
G: 0,9,10,0
Em: 9,9,10,0
they fit together well

Run C, G/B, G
C: x,10,7,0
G/B: x,9,10,0
G: x,5,5,0

Run: C, G, Am:    
C: x,10,7,0
G: x,9,10,0
Am: x,7,7,0 oder x,7,7,7


Tip for B-Part:

Start with D instead of Am! (D5!) - does not work always!!!
D: 7,7,0,0 
G: 0,5,5,0 oder 0,9,10,0
It works because D also includes A which is in the melody as well.


F-Chord
this works sometimes. In this tune there is no F in the melody. But you may use it in the B-Part, maybe in the repeat. 

Am | G | Em | G |
Am | G | Em | G-Am|
F | F | G | G |
Am | G | Em | G-Am |

F: 2,3,3,0
G: 4,5,5,0
Am: 2,2,3,0  oder 5,7,7,0

Another way of playing Am:
Am: 5,7,7,0
you might want to play it together with G: 4,5,5,0 and Em: 4,2,2,2 or 4,2,2,5 or maybe 0,2,2,2


So these are the tricks I found out while watching Matt's video. If you have other ideas I would be glad if you could send them to me. I would really appreciate your thoughts and would love to post them here on my blog.

2 Feb 2026

Matt Heaton - Tipps for Accompanying in A Dorian

Matt explains this matter for guitar, but it can be transferred to Bouzouki (GDAD) as well. These are my thoughts while looking at Matt's video. I wrote that in German, but I hope you can follow these thoughts. You may not understand my writings, if you don't watch the video, I think.



Hauptakkorde: Am, G  auch Em und C

Akkorde
Am: 2,2,0,2
G: 0,0,2,0 oder 0,0,2,5
Em: 4,2,2,5 oder 4,2,2,2 oder x,2,2,2
C: 5,5,3,0 oder 0,2,3,0

A: Part: 
Am | G | Em | Em-G
Am | G | Em | G-Am

oder
Am | G | C-G/B | Em |
Am | G| C-G/B | Em-Am |

Lauf C, G/B, G
C: 5,5,3,0
G/B: 4,5,5,0 oder 4,5,2,0
G: 0,0,2,0 oder 0,5,5,0


Akkorde in hohen Lagen:

Am: 5,7,7,7
G: 0,5,5,0 oder 4,5,5,5 oder 4,5,5,0
diese Akkorde mit C und Em verbinden

weitere Akkorde:

Am: 9,10,0,7
G: 0,9,10,0
Em: 9,9,10,0
diese passen gut zusammen!

Lauf C, G/B, G
C: x,10,7,0
G/B: x,9,10,0
G: x,5,5,0

Lauf: C, G, Am:    
C: x,10,7,0
G: x,9,10,0
Am: x,7,7,0 oder x,7,7,7


Tipp für B-Part:

Statt mit Am beginnen mit D! (Aber D5) - funktioniert nicht immer!!!
Also D: 7,7,0,0 
dann G: 0,5,5,0 oder 0,9,10,0
funktioniert, da in D auch A enthalten ist und Melodie viel A beinhaltet.


F-Chord
kann manchmal funktionieren. In diesem Tune kommt kein F vor. 
Im B-Part aber möglich, evtl in der Wiederholung:

Am | G | Em | G |
Am | G | Em | G-Am|
F | F | G | G |
Am | G | Em | G-Am |

F: 2,3,3,0
G: 4,5,5,0
Am: 2,2,3,0  oder 5,7,7,0

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Here's a video for you to practice:


31 Jan 2026

Declan Plummer - Workshop in Accompanying the tune "Scatter The Mud"

 Declan Plummer runs the "Top Score Music Academy" where he hosts a course for Irish Bouzouki. I mentioned it here before. Maybe you want to have a look at it here.

A few days ago he made a live session for his contributers on YouTube. He chose a YouTube video of a fiddler playing the tune and works out an accompaniment on the go. 



It's a really long video. If you only want to look at the results start at approx. Minute 43. Before that he listens to the tune, works out the key, transposes it to ADor and tries out some chords.
He uses a lot of apps I don't know, which I have to find out if they might be helpful for me. 

He always uses the actual played chord names which makes it a bit difficult to understand. In my opinion it would be easier to use the chord names of the chord shapes which are used. E.G. when capo is on 7th fret the chord you hear is Aminor, but the shape is that of Dminor. So if you know the chords which are usually used for Dmin it it much easier to follow. But that's only my point of view.

Here are some of the riffs Declan found out:



15 Jan 2022

Charles Monod - Vincent Fogarty: The Nightingale Jig in Am - Capo 7

Some Jigs played by Charles Monod on Concertina and Vincent Fogarty on a large Foley Bouzouki. I really love Vincent's accompaniment style.

 I tried to tab the second Jig: The Nightingale. It starts at 0:34. 

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

First line in tab is melody, second line accompaniment. I got the melody from https://thesession.org/tunes/1868, but changed it at little in two bars.


22 Dec 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:



21 Dec 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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