Every Tuesday Declan Plummer (TopScore Music Academy) sends a live stream on youtube where he tries to find out accampanyment to a certain tune. This week he picked up the slipjig written by Michael McGoldrick called Farewell To Whalley Range. A beautiful tune written in F#m. To play the accompanyment place the capo on 4th fret.
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21 May 2026
Farewell To Whalley Range (Michael McGoldrick) - Slipjig accompanyment by Declan Plummer
This is the short video in which Declan shows the accompanyment which he came about. I made a tab so it is easier to follow. This is the A-Part. You can download the whole pdf here.
2 May 2026
Sam Cormier’s reel - Accompaniment by TopScoreMusic Academy Declan Plummer
Once a week, every Tuesday, Declan Plummer of TopScoreMusicAcademy, brings his live stream on youtube where he tries to work out an accompaniment to a tune he hasn't accompanied so far. The latest tune he worked on was Sam Cormier's Reel, composed by Denis Lanctot.
He always uses Video recordings by Fiddler Olivia Barrett. She plays this Reel in E, which seems to be the key in which Denis Lanctot composed it, although it seems that most musicians play it in D.
Here you'll find the short version of Declan playing Whistle and Bouzouki
This is the whole video, it's very long but it's interesting to watch how he developes his accompaniments.
This is the video of the final run through all the ideas, but without the melody played so you can listen to the accompanyment.
I made a tab out of his ideas which you can download here. First Line Melody from thesession, second line Declan's accompaniment.
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