23 Nov 2023

Tureencahill Summer School Concert - Brian Mooney

Just found these videos from a concert 2 years ago. Bouzouki player Brian Mooney alongside Bryan o'Leary, Aine  Francis O'Connor. 

Bryan's CD can be found on bandcamp

Here's Part 2:

21 Nov 2023

Andrew Finn Magill and Alan Murray - Full Live Concert

 I'm a big fan of Alan Murray's bouzouki playing. Here's a full concert of him and the Fiddler Andrew Finn Magill. Wonderful playing here. Check out their CD at bandcamp


19 Nov 2023

Randal Bays and Dave Marshall

 Just found these few videos of Randal Bays and Dave Marshall playing some tunes 2012 at Vancouver BC house concert. Enjoy.

John Murphy's, Last Night's Joy, The Beauty Spot reels

 

Paddy Fahey Reels

 

Pipe on the Hob - The Gallowglass - Clancy's jigs

 

 Molly Bawn and Cuilcaigh Mountain reels


Humours of Carrigaholt, McGreevey's, Toss the Feathers


Planxty Charles O'Connor / The Shaskeen Jig / The Floating Bridge

 


12 Nov 2023

Jon Antonsson practices some songs

 I knew Jon primalary as a flute player. He has a fine website for learners which includes Bodhran Metronome and Drones to practice. 

Jon on Bandcamp

 

Now he posted a video where he practices some songs. Well, practice? It sounds fantastic to me. Have a look:

00:00 Mary and the Soldier 02:57 My Paddle / Land of Silver Birch / En Fork i Sin... 06:10 Welcome Poor Paddy Home 09:08 Nu Är Det Synd Om Det Döda 11:14 Om Du Ville Människa Heta
 

1 Nov 2023

Donal Lunny at Custy's Music Shop - Unknown Jig Intro Tab for GDAD

Just found this video of Donal Lunny and Mary Custy playing two Jigs. Unfortunately they don't remember the name of the first tune. The second one is Bucks of Oranmore. I like the intro Donal plays, so I tried to tab it. 


So this is the tab.



29 Oct 2023

Pat Rainey Lesson 2 - Brent Matusik - Daoiri Farrell

 This is lesson No. 2 how to play Pat Rainey by Brent Matusik. Great way to learn song accompaniment.

 Here's a link to my page with chords and lyrics from 3 years ago:

https://irish-bouzouki.blogspot.com/2020/04/daoiri-farrell-pat-rainey-chords.html

And here a link to my tab for the Intro:

https://irish-bouzouki.blogspot.com/2019/07/daoiri-farrell-pat-rainey-intro.html



 

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18 Oct 2023

The Beautiful Goldfinch, a waltz written by Marcus Hernon


This is a beautiful waltz written by Marcus Hernon. It is commonly played in lots of sessions. Here is a very easy tab to accompany this tune.














 If you want the whole tab incl. B-Part just write me an email and comment.

 

This is how it could sound like. 

 


I used a youtube video from Bryony Quainton, which you might use to play along




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17 Oct 2023

How to accompany a reel in D major - The Merry Blacksmith

Eamon Coughlan posted a video how to accompany a reel in D. As example he uses the Merry Blacksmith.  First you can learn the melody, he implemented a tab for the tune.

After that he shows examples for accompaniment.


Pat Rainey Intro in the style of Daoiri Farrell - Lesson

Brent Matusik posted a new lesson on youtube. This time he shows how to play the intro of Daoiri Farrell's version of Pat Rainey.

It's three years ago I did a tab for the intro. You can find it here on my blog. I also posted chords for the song here.


 

It might be a good idea to check my older posts as well. You also could have a look at the keywords on the right. 

Maybe you could look for Daoiri Farrell, Tabs for GDAD, Workshops or Lessons

But there are lots of other things you might find interesting like Helpers, Right Hand, Finger Practice or just look for some great musicians like Andy Irvine, Eoin O'Neill, Donal Lunny etc. 

And if you're looking for chords like most of the people that visit my blog (is this really so important for you guys?) look here. Chords or here Chord Charts

26 Sept 2023

Niilo Sirola - The Blacksmith

 What a wonderful version of the old Planxty classic. On vocals is Salla Rimmi. They are from Finland and play in a band called Greenrose Faire. You can find them on bandcamp:


Here's a live homerecording of them:

 

20 Jul 2023

Eamon Coughlan - Basic Chords for Folk Music

 Here's some chord theory basics from Eamon Coughlan. He explains how chords are built and gives some tips for playing chords on the bouzouki.


16 Jun 2023

Bouzouki tutorials in Russian Language

 Here are some bouzouki tutorials in Russian by Роман Стансков. Maybe it helps if you turn on translation. But tbh the translation into German is really shit.

Video about Arpeggios:

Video about strokes:


Left hand:


Simple chords and their reversals


Sound production:


Counterpoint and bourdons






Some bouzouki lessons from Роман Стансков

 Just found some bouzouki lessons on youtube by Роман Стансков. First you see him play, afterwards he plays the tunes slowly and you can see the tab. Some of the tunes sound somewhat medieval.

Here you'll find all of his videos: https://www.youtube.com/@stanskov1/videos