2021 Tionol Colin Farrell, Shane Farrell, Alan Murray

 A short concert for Tionol 2021.

 

In Conversation ... Donal Lunny and Paddy Glackin

Donal and Paddy speaking to Carl Corcoran about their lives in music at Blas International Summer School of Irish Traditional Music and Dance, in association with the North Atlantic Fiddle Convention. 

They also play some tunes together.

Daoiri Farrell - Sweet Portadown - Chords and Intro

 

A wonderful love song from Daoiri's latest album.


 

You'll find lots more tabs for tunes and songs on this blog here:
https://irish-bouzouki.blogspot.com/search/label/Tabs%20for%20GDAD 

 Intro:

 

{t:Sweet Portadown}

{st:Daoiri Farrell}

{c:}

As [Dm]I went out [C]walkin' one [Gm]morning in [Am]June,

I [Bb]spied a fair [Am]damsel in the [Bb]sweet summer [C]bloom,

Her [Dm]cheeks they were [Am]rosy, her [Gm]hair it hung [Am]down

And she [Gm]came from Black[Am]water near to [Bb]sweet Porta[Dm]down.

I [Dm]stood in a[C]mazement as the [Gm]breezes did [Am]blow,

And the [Bb]blood in my [Am]veins like a [Bb]river did [C]flow

I [Dm]thought her the [Am]fairest in all [Gm]Ireland was [Am]found,

The [Gm]day when I [Am]met her, near to [Bb]sweet Porta[Dm]Idown

Says [Dm]I my we [C]lassie, I [Gm]don’t know your [Am]name,

She [Bb]answered me [Am]shyly, I’m a[Bb]fflicted the [C]same,

Says [Dm]I mine's O’[Am]Connor, a [Gm]name of re[Am]nown,

She [Gm]says mine's O’[Am]Driscoll from [Bb]sweet Porta[Dm]Idown,

I ex[Dm]cused myself [C]kindly, I [Gm]said if you [Am]please,

We will [Bb]both take a [Am]ramble in the [Bb]Blackwater [C]breeze

I’m [Dm]sorry she [Am]said, but I [Gm]can’t go to[Am]day, 

For I’m [Gm]searching for [Am]young lambs, that [Bb]have gone a[Dm]stray.

Then [Dm]I will go [C]with you, in [Gm]search of your [Am]flock,

And the [Bb]sun it did [Am]dazzle on her [Bb]dark amber [C]locks,

We [Dm]searched the [Am]whole day, till the [Gm]sun it went [Am]down,

And at [Gm]length we lo[Am]cated them near to [Bb]sweet Porta[Dm]down,

As we [Dm]made our way [C]homeward, we [Gm]sat down to [Am]rest,

And we [Bb]watched the rock [Am]thrush on the [Bb]Blackwater [C]cress,

I t[Dm]old her I [Am]loved her, as the [Gm]sun went [Am]down,

Be[Gm]hind the [Am]green hills near to [Bb]sweet Porta[Dm]down,

She [Dm]said if you [C]love me, you [Gm]must be ex[Am]cused

For [Bb]I am a [Am]poor girl, so you [Bb]must be re[C]fused,

I [Dm]work hard for a [Am]living, the [Gm]whole year a[Am]round,

And be[Gm]sides I would [Am]never, leave [Bb]sweet Porta[Dm]down,

I won’t [Dm]ask you to [C]leave it, the [Gm]place of your [Am]birth,

For [Bb]I know it’s the [Am]grandest and [Bb]fairest on [C]earth,

But if [Dm]you’ll con[Am]sent for to [Gm]be my own [Am]bride,

It’s [Gm]married we’ll [Am]be by the [Bb]Blackwater [Dm]side,

We [Dm]went to her [C]parents, they [Gm]considered a[Am]while,

Her [Bb]mother looked [Am]on me, and at [Bb]length she did [C]smile,

If [Dm]Flora con[Am]sents, so [Gm]we’ll consent [Am]to

And it’s [Gm]married we [Am]were on the [Bb]18th of [Dm]June

Come [Dm]all ye fair [C]maidens, as[Gm]semble to[Am]night,

And [Bb]marry your [Am]first love, even [Bb]though at first [C]sight,

Don’t [Dm]marry for [Am]riches or [Gm]fame or re[Am]nown,

For [Gm]we living [Am]happy near to [Bb]sweet Porta[Dm]down.

Dm: 7000
C: 5500 or 5530 or sometimes 0230
Gm: 0010 or 0550
Am: 2202 (A5) or 2230
Bb: 3010 or 3013

Matt Heaton - Accompanying Slides

 Just found the time to make a little tab for this tutorial by Matt Heaton. In this series he talks about accompanying slides. He takes the DUDUDU - Jig Rhythm as basis and omits some parts. He ends up with D_DU_U|D_DU_U| etc.

This is how it looks in Tab:

The last bar is a little variation for endings.

 

A groovy Jig Rhythm pattern

 

This is a groovy Jig Rhythm pattern. Found it on the CD Wooden Flute Obsession 2 Disk 2 on the tune Fly on the porter. Sorry, key signature is wrong, has to be G for D Mixolydian.

Link to the tune on thesession.org:

https://thesession.org/tunes/4225

A nice Jig Rhythm pattern

 

   I like this little Jig rhythm pattern a lot.

Darren Lynch - Spancil Hill - Lyrics, Chords

 Darren Lynch presents the classic song Spancil Hill on a Six String Bouzouki. 

 

{t:Spancil Hill - Darren Lynch}
{st:Darren Lynch}
Capo 4th fret

Last[Gm] night as I lay [F]dreaming, of pleasant days gone [Gm]by,
Me [Gm]mind being bent on rambling,to [F]Ireland I did [C]fly,
I [Gm]stepped on board a vision,and [F]followed with a [C]will,
Till the [Gm]first I came to [F]anchor at the cross at Spancil [Gm]Hill,


T’was [Gm]on the twenty [F]third of June,the day before the [Gm]fair,
When [Gm]Ireland’s sons and daughters,and [F]friends assembled [C]there,
The [Gm]young the old the brave the bold, their [F]duty to full [C]fill,
At the [Gm]parish Church near [F]Clooney,a mile from [Dm]Spancil [Gm]Hill.


I [Gm]went to see me [F]neighbors to see what they might [Gm]say,
The [Gm]old one’s were all dead and gone,the [F]young one’s turning [C]grey,
I [Gm]met with tailor Quigley, he’s as [F]bold as ever [C]still,
Sure he [Gm]used to make me [F]britches when I lived in [Dm]Spancil [Gm]Hill.


I [Gm]paid a flying vi[F]sit to my first and only [Gm]love,
She’s as [Gm]fair as any lilly as [F]gently as a [C]dove,
She [Gm]threw her arms around me saying [F]Johnny I love ye [C]still,
She was [Gm]Meg the farmer’s [F]daughter,the pride of [Dm]Spancil [Gm]Hill.

I [Gm]dreamed I held and [F]kissed her as in the days of [Gm]yore
Ah [Gm]Johnny, you're only jokin', as [F]many's the time be[C]fore
Then the [Gm]cock, he crew in the morning, he [F]crew both loud and [C]shrill
I a[Gm]woke in Cali[F]fornia, many miles from [Dm]Spancil [Gm]Hill

Chords:

Gm:  x 5 1 0
F:      x 3 3 0
C:     x 2 3 0
Dm:  x 0 0 3

 

Here's a tab for the Intro and the first two lines. Accompanyment of line 3 is the same as line 2 and then the first line repeats.

 

Daoiri Farrell about accompanying Jigs

 A nice workshop by Daoiri Farrell about playing Jigs on the bouzouki.

Right hand pattern he shows:

 

 

 

 

The other right hand pattern:

 

The Foggy Dew - By the Vagabonds - Tutorial by Jasper Kaye

Jasper Kaye uploaded a tutorial video to the song The Foggy Dew as played by Ye Vagabonds. This is not the well known Song!

 

First the song, sung and played by Jasper 

And here's his tutorial video:

 

Here's a solo version by Brian Mac Gloinn of Ye Vagabonds where you can hear the
bouzouki very well:

Here are the lyrics with some chords I figured out, don't know, if they are exactly the same as Ye Vagabond's. They differ a bit from Jasper's chords. There is always more than one way to accompany a song ;-)

When [D]I was [G/A]a [D/F#]bachelor [D]young [G/A]and [D/F#]bold
I [Bm]followed the [G]roving [D]tra[A]de
The [D5]only [A/E]thing that I [D/F#]ever done [G5]wrong {soh}(Basslauf!){eoh}
I [Bm]courted a hand[G]some [D]maid

I wooed her all the summertime
And part of the winter too
The only thing I ever done wrong
Was to keep off the foggy dew

'Twas on one night about twelve o'clock
As I lay fast asleep
There came this maid to my bedside
And bitterly she did weep

She wept, she moaned, she tore her hair
And she cried "what shall I do?"
So I rolled her into bed
And covered up her head
For to keep off the foggy dew

Well all the first part all that night
And we did sport and play
And all the latter part of that night
Snug in my arms she lay
 
And when the broad daylight appeared
She cried "I am undone!"
Well hold your tongue
My pretty young girl
For the foggy dew has gone

Well I never told nobody her name
And its damned be if I do
But it's often times that i think on that night
That I kept off the foggy dew

Chords could be:

D: 2,0,0,0
G/A: 2,5,0,0
D/F#: 2,4,0,0
Bm: 4,4,0,0
G: 0,0,2,0 or 4,5,0,0
A: 2,2,0,2 or 2,2,0,0
D5: x,0,0,0
A/E: x,2,0,2
D/F#: x,4,0,0
G5: x,5,5,0
Bm: 4,4,0,0
G: 0,0,2,0 or 4,5,0,0
D: 2,4,0,0 or 7,0,0,0

New Bodhran Metronome on Youtube

 Santiago Molina uploaded some Bodhran Metronome tracks on youtube. Each track lasts for around 10 minutes. Up to now he uploaded metronome tracks for polka and jigs in various speeds.

This is the link to his channel, where you can find lots of interesting videos:
https://www.youtube.com/c/gaitero/videos

Here is one example for polka (140 BPM) and one example for jig (110 BPM).

Matt & Shannon Heaton - Inis Here in D - Capo 7th fret

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.

 

 

 

Matt & Shannon Heaton - Inis Here

 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. 

 

 

 

Finale Guitar - How to play strummed triplets in slip jigs

Nye Farley talks about strumming triplets in slip jigs. Of course this one is made for guitar, but can easily be translated for bouzouki. If you like it look for more videos of Finale Guitar on youtube. Nye also has published a good book on accompanying irish tunes on guitar with a lot of ideas you also can use for bouzouki.

Here's his youtube channel:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiiTbjn4LW-CkWt1t2dC_Kg

Bodhran Metronome

 Are you in need of a cool metronome? Well, ask youtube. You'll find Bodhran beats you can use as metronome. Here is a list of a few of them, maybe you'll find some more. 

Unfortunately until now only Jig and Reel available.

These are from this website: 

https://www.tunesandtools.com

Jig 110 BPM

Jig 90 BPM

 

 

Reel 100 BPM

 

 

 

 

Reel 90 BPM

 

 

Richie Rosencranz - Three Fishers, Stan Rogers cover

A beautiful version of the Stan Rogers Song "Three Fishers" played by Richie Rosencranz from Portland, Oregon on Shruti Box and Bouzouki.

Here he can be found on soundcloud (but only guitar and or banjo)
https://soundcloud.com/richierosencransmusic

Capo 3rd fret

Three [Bm]fishers went [Bm]sailing out [G]into the [A]west
[Bm]Into the [Bm]west as the [G]sun went [A]down
Each [G]thought on the [G]woman that [Bm]loved him the [A]best,
and the [Bm]children stood [Bm]watching them [G]out of the [A]town
 
 
{soc}
For [D]men must [D]work and [G]women must [A]weep
For there's [Bm]little to [Bm]earn and [G]many to [A]keep,
and the [G]harbour [G]bar be [A]moanin',
and the [Bm]harbour [G]bar be [A]moa[D]nin'
{eoc}

 

Three wives sat up in the lighthouse tower,
They trimmed the lamps as the sun went down, and
They looked at the squall and they looked at the shower, and
The night-wrack came rollin' in, ragged and brown.

 

For men must work and women must weep,
Though storms be sud - den and the waters be deep, and
The harbour bar be moanin', and
The Harbour bar be moanin'.

 

Three corpses lay out on the shining sand,
In the morning gleam as the tide went down, and
The women were weepin' and wringin' their hands,
For those who would never come back to the town.

 

For men must work and women must weep, and
The sooner it's over, the sooner to sleep, and
Good - bye to the bar and its moanin', and
Good - bye to the bar and it's moanin',

 

Oh men must work and women must weep, and
The sooner it's over, the sooner to sleep, and
Good - bye to the bar and its moanin', and
Good - bye to the bar and it's moanin',

 

 

Bm: 4400

G: 4500 or 0550

A: 2200 or 6700 

D: 7000