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.
Link to the tune on thesession.org:
https://thesession.org/tunes/4225
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.
A nice workshop by Daoiri Farrell about playing Jigs on the bouzouki.
Right hand pattern he shows:
The other right hand pattern:
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
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).
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.
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
