A filmed masterclass with these two heroes of Irish Folk. A must see for all bouzouki players. You'll get a glimpse of what's behind their playing.
30 Jan 2022
Masterclass with Donal Lunny and Paddy Glackin
15 Jan 2022
Daoiri Farrell - The Galway Shawl
Daoiri takes this classic song into a new dimension. So beautiful!
https://irish-bouzouki.blogspot.com/2019/02/daoiri-farrell-on-rte-one.html
Now here are the chords for the song. Look at the video and try to play with him.
{t:The Galway Shawl}
{st:Daoiri Farrel Version}
[A] from intro
In Oran[D]more [D/F#] [G] in the County [A/C#]Galway
[G]Early, [D]early [D/C#] [D/B] in the [D/A]month of [G]May [D5] [A]
I spied a [D]damsel, [D/F#] [G]s o fair and [A/C#]handsome [G]
Her beauty it [D/A]stol[Dsus4/A]e my heart a[D]way
{soc}
She wore no jewels, nor costly diamonds
No paint nor powder, no none at all
But she worn a bonnet with ribbons on it
And 'round her shoulders was the Galway shawl
{eoc}
We kept on walking she kept on talking
'Till her fathers cottage came in to view
Said she, 'Come in sir', and meet my father
And play, to please him, 'The Foggy Dew'
She sat me down beside the hearthstone
I could see her father he was six feet tall
And soon her mother, had the kettle singing
All I could think of, was the Galway shawl
{soc}
She worn no jewels, nor costly diamonds
No paint nor powder, no none at all
But she worn a bonnet with ribbons on it
And 'round her shoulders was the Galway shawl
{eoc}
I played, 'The Black Bird', 'The Stack of Barley'
'Rodney's Glory' and 'The Foggy Dew'
She sang each note like an Irish linnet
And tears weld in her eyes of blue
'Twas early, early, all in the morning
I hit the road for old Donegal
Said she, 'goodbye sir', she cried and kissed me
But my heart remain with the Galway shawl
{soc}
She worn no jewels, nor costly diamonds
No paint nor powder, no none at all
But she worn a bonnet with ribbons on it
And 'round her shoulders was the Galway shawl
{eoc}
D/F#: x400
G: 0520
A/C#: 6770
D/C#: 6000
D/B:4000
D/A: 2000
D5: x057
A: 2202
D/A: 2400
Gsus2/A: 2500
Charles Monod - Vincent Fogarty: The Nightingale Jig in Am - Capo 7
Some Jigs played by Charles Monod on Concertina and Vincent Fogarty on a large Foley Bouzouki. I really love Vincent's accompaniment style.
I tried to tab the second Jig: The Nightingale. It starts at 0:34.
If you want the whole tab in pdf form just write an email and comment.First line in tab is melody, second line accompaniment. I got the melody from https://thesession.org/tunes/1868, but changed it at little in two bars.
5 Jan 2022
Ian McKenna, Joe De Georgeo and Brian Miller - Star of the North
Just came across this newly released album. Beautiful album and lovely bouzouki accompaniment by Brian Miller.
You can listen to it and buy it digitally at bandcamp:
https://joedegeorgeoandianmckenna.bandcamp.com/album/star-of-the-north
4 Jan 2022
Sam Hall - Tab Daoiri Farrell Style (hopefully ;-)
Inspired by Vince Jerrison's Video of "A bunch of Thyme" which I posted yesterday I tried to find another song in 4/4 on which to try some of these ideas. The first song I found was "Sam Hall". So this is what I came out with. Maybe I'll post a video at some time, have to practice first ;-)
You can download my tab here:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/z5ubi0kps6gmoy6/Sam%20Hall.pdf?dl=0
3 Jan 2022
A Bunch Of Thyme - Vince Jerrison
The classic ballad "A Bunch Of Thyme" played by Vince Jerrison. You can definitely hear that he is a student of Daoiri Farrell. Lovely accompaniment!
Well, I tried to tab the accompaniment in tabledit. So here it is, as good as I was able to do it, hope it's helpful. Download link:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/pr7l5lpvtk9y6co/A%20Bunch%20Of%20Thyme.pdf?dl=0
2 Jan 2022
Just Leo - Folk Pop with Irish Bouzouki
A young musicion from the Netherlands plays pop/folk with his Thomann Bouzouki. You can listen to the album here:
He now has released a youtube video of him playing the song "That's Alright" from his album. The tab for the song is in the video so you can play along with him if you like. He uses some nice chords, by the way. And the album is really worth a listen.
Just Leo on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/justleomusic/
Some of the chords he uses in this video (without capo):
x113 D#sus2
x002 Asus2 or Dsus2
x010 BbM(no5)D
x057 D5
x335 Fsus2 or Csus4/F
I found the chord names with the app: Reverse Chord Finder Pro on iPhone.
https://apps.apple.com/de/app/reverse-chord-finder-pro/id379856345
22 Dec 2021
The Cloonagrow - Vincent Fogarty accompaniment
I already posted the tab for the first tune in this set. Now here's the second tune, a reel called "The Cloonagrow". Here's the link to the tune in thesession.org:
https://thesession.org/tunes/5408
And this is the link to my tab:
If you want the whole tab in pdf form just write an email and comment.
21 Dec 2021
The Battle of Aughrim - Vincent Fogarty - Part 2
This is the second round through the tune as played by Vincent Fogarty tabbed by me. First the video again:
If you want the whole tab in pdf form just write an email and comment.
The Battle of Aughrim - Accompanyment by Vincent Fogarty
Here's a video of Charles Monod on Concertina and Vincent Fogarty on Bouzouki. The first tune is The Battle of Aughrim. But it is a slightly different version of this well known march. It refers to the playing of Micho Russell. Lovely playing from both of them. The other tunes are The Cloonagroe (Reel) and Micho Russell's Mason's Apron (Reel).
I tried to tab the first round through the first tune.
If you want the whole tab in pdf form just write an email and comment.Alan Reid - Banish Misfortune backing
Alan Reid posted a video of his backing of the tune Banish Misfortune on the bouzouki group on Facebook. I tried to tab the first round through the tune.
If you want the whole tab in pdf form just write an email and comment.
Here's the link to the video, but I think you need to have a facebook account and you have to be member of the bouzouki group to be able to watch the video.
https://www.facebook.com/alfranreid/videos/252697683633235
perhaps you can try this one:
https://mbasic.facebook.com/groups/1689228111104135/permalink/5620726031287637/?_rdr
22 Nov 2021
Alan Reid - Bouzouki tutorials on Patreon
Some months ago Alan started his Patreon page on which he regularly posts tutorials for bouzouki and banjo. If you pay 5€ per month you have access the the growing library of videos, Tabs etc. Up to now he posted tutorial videos which describe the style of Donal Lunny and Alec Finn (50 min!) and also 2 videos in which he gives lots of hints of how to accompany tunes in Mixolydian modes.
I first hesitated to join, but a few days ago I couln't resist and I have to say, it is really worth it. Can't wait for another video!
https://www.patreon.com/alanreid/posts
16 Nov 2021
Luke Ward, Aaron O'Hagan, Brendan Mulholland - Live in Texel
I spent a lovely folk workshop weekend in Texel, Netherlands. This is the teachers concert I filmed there. Luke Ward on his Sobell together with Brendan Mulholland on Flute and Aaron O'Hagan on Pipes. Great craic!
First the two videos that Aaron posted on his youtube channel:
The Hut on Staffin Island - Kiss the Maid behind the Barrel - Palmers Gate
Trip to Killavil - Scotsman over the Border - Health to the Ladies. Jigs
special Guest: Rolf Wagels on Bodhran
Here's the full Concert out of my camera:
Daoiri Farrell - John O'Dreams
I really like Daoiri's version of this old song. He uses some nice chords here. I tried to tab the chords, which can only be very loose, because he plays very free. Capo on 2nd fret. Hope this might be helpful. Maybe I'll try to tab the intro one day, but it's a lot of work.
By the way, if someone of you has some tabs, helpers or anything to with with the irish bouzouki to offer which I can post on my blog, this would be very appreciated.
John O’Dreams
{t:John O'Dreams - Daoiri Farrell}
{c:Bill Caddick}
[G]When midnight [G/B]comes and people[C] homeward [G]tread,
[G]Seek out your [G/B]blankets and your [C]feathered[G] bed,
[G]Home [G/B]comes the [D]rover, his journey's[C]over
[G]Yield up the [G/B]night time to old [C]John O[D]’Dreams
[G]Yield up the [G/B]night time to old[C] John O'[G]Dreams
[G]Across the [G/B]hill the sun has [C]gone a[G]stray
[G]Tomorrows [G/B]cares are many [C]dreams a[G]way
[G]The [G/B]stars are [D]flying, your candle's [C]dying
[G]Yield up the [G/B]night time to old [C]John O’[D]Dreams
[G]Yield up the [G/B]night time to old [C]John O'[G]Dreams
[G]Both man and [G/B]master in the [C]night are [G]one
[G]All things are [G/B]equal when the [C]day is [G]done
The [G]prince [G/B]and the [D]ploughman, the slave and the [C]free man
[G]All find their [G/B]comfort in old [C]John O’[D]Dreams
[G]All find their [G/B]comfort in old [C]John O'[G]Dreams
[G]When sleep it [G/B]comes the dreams come [C]running [G]clear
[G]The hawks of [G/B]morning cannot [C]reach you [G]here
[G]Sleep [G/B]is a [D]river, flow on for [C]ever
[G]And for your [G/B]boatman choose old [C]John O’[D]Dreams
[G]Yes for your [G/B]boatman choose old [C]John O'[G]Dreams
The words are by Bill Caddick, who took the tune from Tchaikovsky (Symphony No. 6, Pathetique) who in turn borrowed it from a southern Italian lullaby entitled Piva Piva.
4 Nov 2021
Steve Knightley - The Mandocello (GDAD Chords)
Steve Knightley from Show of Hands shows some nice Chords and shows how to use them.
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