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6 May 2020

Julie Fowlis - Song from Fonn Mo Bheatha - Bouzouki Arrangement Eamon Doorley

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Julie is one of my favorite female singers in trad music. With her husband Eamon by her side she even gets better. I once found this recordi...
4 May 2020

Chordhouse - Find notes on the fretboard

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I posted this more than 10 years ago and still like it. Too good to be forgotten. So here it is again. A site for guitarists, but you can...

Fretmaster App - iPad - Learn notes on your fretboard

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Some years ago I mentioned this app. I found it again and think it is really worth to try it. Fretmaster can help to lern the notes on th...

Accompanying Tunes in Am with Gm-Chords Capo 2 - The Castle Jig

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A nice way of accompaniment for A Dorian tunes (Am) is to put the capo in 2nd position and play in Gm. This way you can use the G-string and...

Dennis Cahill Style - Tutorial Video by Folk Friend - Nye Farley

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Today Nye Farley published a video in which he explains a bit the style of Dennis Cahill. It's a video for Guitar, but maybe some of the...
3 May 2020

A selection of strumming patterns - Nye Farley

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Nye Farley (Folk Friend) offers a series called Folky Fridays where he talks about several techniques for Irish Guitar. In No 3 he talks abo...

Planxty - Live at Vicar Street 2004

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The legendary concert on youtube. Buy the CD and DVD if you haven't got them already.

Paul Brady - Wearin' The Britches - Chords

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Paul plays greek bouzouki and sings this ode to traditional values with Andy Irvine and Donal Lunny in the Embankment, Tallaght in 1976. ...
2 May 2020

Planxty - Yarmouth Town

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An old video of Planxty. It's a song only available as Single, and on a compilation, as far as I know. Yarmouth Town. Here are the c...
30 Apr 2020

Liam O'Brien, Ciara Ní Bhriain & Macdara Ó Faoláin - Stone of Destiny

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Macdara is one, if not the best bouzouki player of the younger generation. He also builds bouzoukis and other instruments. Here he is with  ...

West Coast Of Clare - Intro

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Just found this really old post of mine. The video link did not work anymore. The link to my tab either. So here is the re-post, 12 years af...

Ceird an Cheoil - Bouzouki, TG 4

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This fantastic RTE-Programme about the bouzouki is not available on youtube anymore as far I know. But I just found it on Dailymotion. Here...

Si Bheag Si Mhor - Turlough O'Carolan

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Si Bheag Si Mhor is o ne of Turlough O'Carolan's (1670-1738) waltzes. Translated into English it is called "Little hill, big hi...
28 Apr 2020

Updates

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Over the last few days I updated or deleted several sites on the blog which were outdated. Since I started the blog more than 10 years ag...

Chords Am and G - Matt & Shannon Heaton: Reels in the Heaton Kitchen - Flute and Bouzouki [Leaving the Station, Rollin, Maud Millar]

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A lovely video made in the Heaton's kitchen. In the first tune Matt plays Am C G chords (Capo7, so it's Em) In the second tun...