Irish Guitar Podcast
Episodes
Episodes of Irish Guitar Podcast
Mark All
Occasionally Tony will pick up a tune that just seems to feel so natural to play, so easy on the fingers, it rolls off the musical tongue so to speak. This is one of those tunes. It’s eerie but it’s as if Ryan composed this for guitar. It’s t
“Shoemaker’s Daughter” is a composition of legendary Cavan fiddler Ed Reavy (1897-1988).The A Part of this tune is played in a G Mixolydian Mode, whilst the B Part is in G Major. Transcriptions in Irish music of tunes that change to different
“Scatter The Mud” is a tune sometimes played in E Minor but this version is in the more common A Minor (Dorian mode). Tony has arranged this version for Open A tuning (EAC#EAE) but we have included a version in standard tuning for those who w
The tune is in jig time (6/8) but is a set dance and is played considerably slower than normal jig tempo.However, other than tempo, all the “rules” that apply to jigs apply to this tune.
A very well known tune, so much so that it is played by musicians outside of the Irish music genre.the standard key is G, but Tony transposed it to A Major on the banjo, then started playing it on the guitar in Open A major tuning and came up
As much as Tony would like to claim credit for this composition it’s not his to claim. This tune was in circulation a long time ago.This tune is normally played in A mixolydian so you will need to capo on the second fret.
Some musicians play this tune in C, others in D.Tony plays it in D on the banjo but in C on the guitar. For this lesson the capo is on 2, thus it’s in D.In the podcast, Tony talks about the importance of listening to other versions of any tun
This tune is sometimes known as “Dr. John Stafford”.The tune begins on a C chord. For the accompaniment Tony plays and holds a bass note and then, instead of a full chord, he plays the notes of a chord individually.
Tony describes how to play a triplet on the lower (thicker) strings when describing how to play this reel.
Máire Rua, translated as “Red Haired Mary”, is a slip jig in G.The B Part of the tune moves into a D Mixolydian mode but as this mode contains the same notes as G Major, that is one sharp (F#), there is no need to change the key signature. T
The Garden Of Daisies is a set dance and is played in hornpipe time, but somewhat slower than your average hornpipe.Note that the tempo on the recording of Marie Walsh is the correct tempo for tunes of this type.
Here we have a tune in Open A (although in the book you'll also find a version in regular tuning.)The Open A tuning Tony uses is, from the lowest string to the highest:E A C# E A E.
These two tunes are both in G Major and coincidentally have the same three notes at the beginning.The first part of Castlebar Races is played in open position, the second part almost entirely in third position; that is the first finger is posi
McFadden’s Handsome Daughter is an A Major tune but for the guitar Tony plays it in G with capo on the 2nd fret.The tune is a composition of John McFadden (1847-1913).
This slip jig moves between E Minor and G Major. The E Minor parts of the tune use the Natural Minor Scale rather than the Dorian Mode.
This tune is sometimes known as “The Funny Reel” and is played in D. On the guitar Tony plays it in C with the capo on the 2nd fret.
There is at least one other jig known as “Boys Of The Town”, starting on a high G (3rd fret, 1st string). But this “Boys of the Town” starts on a middle G (open 3rd string). The two tunes are quite different and in no way related.
“Athair” is the Irish word for “father”, and the Anglicized title “Fr. JackWalsh” is often used as the title for this tune, as is “Tatter Jack Walsh”.The tune is played in the D mixolydian mode and thus contains the samenotes as a G Major
The “Yellow Tinker” is a tune in the G mixolydian mode. In other words the scale used is a C Scale but played in the key of G.The tune is associated with the playing of Galway accordionist Joe Burke , and perhaps because of Burke, it is very
The “Swedish Jig", sometimes known as Arthur Darley’s, is a most unusual tune.In the first part of the tune a time signature change occurs in bar 7 from the standard 6/8 to a 9/8, just for one bar, before reverting back to 6/8. In effect you p
Polish in origin, mazurkas are not very common in Irish music.Sonny’s Mazurka is arguably the most well known of the mazurkas played in Ireland.As mazurkas are written in 3/4 time the rules that you use for waltzes also apply to mazurkas. In
Version:1.0 StartHTML:0000000167 EndHTML:0000000698 StartFragment:0000000454 EndFragment:0000000682This tune is one of those lovely 16-bar reels in the key of D Major, of which there are many in Irish music. Structurally it is a very simple tu
One of the better-known compositions of the great Turlough O'Carolan.Tony has set this arrangement in 4/4 rather than 2/2 or “cut” time, that is 4 groups of 2 quavers rather than 2 groups of 4. This is a subtle difference although with a tune
Tony learned this lovely 3-part polka from the playing of New York button accordionist Patty Furlong.48-bar polkas are not common in Irish music and are not used much for sets. Tony consulted Marie Brouder here in Melbourne about this. Marie i
This is an often-played polka, normally in the key of G.Polkas, like marches, are in 2/4 time. That is, there are two groups of quavers, or the equivalent. Where you have two groups of four quavers, you should play:down on the first quaverd
Unlock more with Podchaser Pro
- Audience Insights
- Contact Information
- Demographics
- Charts
- Sponsor History
- and More!
- Account
- Register
- Log In
- Find Friends
- Resources
- Help Center
- Blog
- API
Podchaser is the ultimate destination for podcast data, search, and discovery. Learn More
- © 2024 Podchaser, Inc.
- Privacy Policy
- Terms of Service
- Contact Us