Matt and Shannon's session was great fun again. They played some well-known tunes as well as some lesser-known ones. Matt played his bouzouki on three sets. Today I tried to pick out his arrangement for the jig ‘The Black Rogue’. In the first run-through, he mainly uses an open A chord (x707) in the A section. He also accompanies with beautiful bass lines.
The tune starts at 19:14
You can download my tab here:
If you find this useful you can buy me a pint.
The Maid Behind The Bar - Reel
Poll Halfpenny - Hornpipe
A Fig For A Kiss - SlipJig
Joe Bane's - Barndance
Otter's Holt - Reel
Haunted House - Jig
Lord Mayo - March
Inis Here - Waltz by Shannon Heaton
Sean South Of Garryowen - March
Ger The Rigger - Polka
Song Of The Chanter - March
The Wren - An Dro
The Black Rogue - Jig
The Virtual Guided Session by Matt and Shannon Heaton will be celebrating its 3rd year next Saturday.
Last week Shannon played the session with Bouzouki player John Coyne, because Matt was on Tour with Karan Casey. So this session was full of Bouzouki fun in ADAD!
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!)
Here's "Inis Here" to be played with Capo on 7th fret. Now you can use D-Chordshapes.
In this video Shannon first teaches the melody and after that Matt shows the chords on his Guitar. The waltz is in A, Matt uses Capo 2nd fret on his guitar to play in G. He is in standard tuning.
So this is my attempt to transfer the arrangement for bouzouki with capo on 7th fret with D-chords.
A beautiful new tune by Shannon Heaton. In this video she first teaches the melody and after that Matt shows the chords on his Guitar. The waltz is in A, Matt uses Capo 2nd fret, so do I on bouzouki.
Now I tried to transcribe the Guitar part to the bouzouki. Because of the tuning GDAD I had to change a few of the bass notes.
On March, 20th Matt & Shannon started their virtual session with this tune. Matt played a wonderful arrangement on his bouzouki. Here's my attempt to write down the arrangement for the first time round. The Song starts at around 5.10.
Here's the tab:
On August, 8th 2020 Matt and Shannon Heaton played a Set they started with the Reel "Otter's Holt", this is one of my all time favourite tunes. So I tried to write down the accompaniment of the first round through the tune.
Here you can find the video of the session with deep links to the sets:
http://www.vgsdb.com/sessions/2020/8/8
It is Set No. 8
A new tutorial from Matt Heaton. A very in deep tutorial how to play counter melodies. Basic rule to this: you have to know the tune you're accompanying very well. Otherwise it might clash with the melody.
So Matt did it again. Another great tutorial for bouzouki. He explains how to accompany tunes in Am. He uses the capo at 2nd fret and plays Gm shapes.
Matt's workshop for this weeks is all about accompanying in Em without capo. He gives some ideas to play in Em which might be useful when accompanying a set of tunes in different keys.
This time no chord diagrams necessary, just watch the video.
Matt just released the second workshop in his Backer Corner series. Here he gives an overview of useful chords in the key of G.
I made a chord-chart with the app guitartoolkit (highly recommended) so it is easier to follow him.
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Matt offers his first bouzouki tutorial. This one is about right hand technique. In this way he shares my opinion about accompanying tunes on the bouzouki. It sounds better if the bouzouki is played different from a guitar.
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At the last Slow Session Matt and Shannon played the warmup jig first in G and then in A. It's a nice idea to change the key during a tune. Works very well for the Haunted House.
So far I avoided playing in A. I always used the capo on 2nd fret and played G-shapes. So I found it very interesting how Matt manages playing in A.
Here's the video: Jig starts at 2:45, Jig in A starts at 4:54.
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This is the tab I made for the first round through the tune: Hope it is nearly correct. If you find any mistakes please let me know.
In the last bars of the tune (2nd round through) Matt uses a nice chord progression:
A, Bm, F#m, D, E, A
A: 2240
Bm: 4450
F#m: 6670
D: 7790
E: 99110
A: 2202
A new Slow Session from the Heatons last Sunday. The warmup Jig played on bouzouki. First in G, then in A. It's a nice idea to change the key during a tune. Works very well for the Haunted House. Here's the video: Jig starts at 2:45
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This is the tab I made for the first round through the tune: Hope it is nearly correct. If you find any mistakes please let me know. I will post a tab in A later.
Well, as Matt uses some interesting chords and rhythmic variations in the third round through I made a tab for it also. So here it is:
Today I tried to find out different variations to accompany the march Lord Mayo. Starting point was the video by Matt & Shannon Heaton. Matt plays Gm-Chords with Capo on 2nd fret. Then I found the version of the Floating Crowbars. They play Dm-Shapes with Capo on 7th fret. So I had 2 different approaches. Then I thought, how it would sound with Am-shapes without capo and tried different chords.
So at first here are some possibilities without capo, maybe you'll find some more:
Not every attempt sounds good to everyone, so you have to decide what suits you.
Here are some chords that might be useful in Am:
Now lets look at Gm-shapes with capo on 2nd fret. First here's the video of Matt & Shannon Heaton. Lord Mayo starts at 42:20.
Now let's look at the recording of the Floating Crowbars. They use Dm-shapes with capo on 7th fret:
I really like the intro and groove of this accompanyment. Here's a tab for it:
And possible chords:
Another lovely slow session by Matt and Shannon Heaton. This times two sets with bouzouki. One of them a beautiful An Dro called the Wren. I know it for many years as a song by Tri Yann from France. They called it Kerfank 1870 and it is on their Album "Urba". If you don't know it give it a listen. This is the album where they began to change their style to be more electric.
The melody can be found at thesession:
https://thesession.org/tunes/2828
So here's the video. The Wren starts at 41.15
I made a tab file of the first round through the tune. Here it is:
This is a slow Polka in G. Shannon and Matt are playing it nice and slow. The tune starts at 3:05.
This is the tab I made for the first time round the tune. Looks more difficult that it is. First time I tried to write a tab for a Polka. 2/4 time. I hope I did it right.
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You'll find lots more tabs for tunes and songs on this blog here:
https://irish-bouzouki.blogspot.com/search/label/Tabs%20for%20GDAD
I also made a tab of the 2nd time round the tune because Matt uses several chords up the neck here:
Here is a tab for the melody at capo 2. I made it from the second file on thesession.org with the program tabledit, but changed a few little things. https://thesession.org/tunes/1367
From the Heaton's weekly virtual session from July, 25th here is a jig called The Haunted House. Matt uses several voicings for G, C and D. Tune starts at 7:42.
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This is the tab I made for the first time round:
You'll find lots more tabs for tunes and songs on this blog here:
https://irish-bouzouki.blogspot.com/search/label/Tabs%20for%20GDAD
A slow march played by Matt & Shannon Heaton called Sean South of Garryowen. Matt plays in G without capo. He uses several voicings for G, C and D. Tune starts at 3:18.
I tried to write down the first round through the tune. Hope, I got it right. Here's my tab:
You'll find lots more tabs for tunes and songs on this blog here:
https://irish-bouzouki.blogspot.com/search/label/Tabs%20for%20GDAD
