Music Articles
Here’s where you’ll find a variety of articles on music
From fiddle bowing to movable guitar chords;
from mandolin tips to ukulele arrangements
plus loads more…
As is often the case when a old tune title features a person's name, information about that person is lost to history. Whoever Lady Anne Montgomery was, she either inspired or wrote this great ...
This great French Canadian reel is one of those rare tunes - the title of which is descriptive of the the music itself. With the grumbling low first part and the high-pitched second part, it ...
This beautiful slip jig was composed by the legendary Tommy Potts. A perennial favourite in sessions everywhere.
If you're a fiddle player and you want to develop your reel playing, you will be ...
A slightly unusual double jig, this, but always fun to play.
If you're a fiddle player and you want to develop your reel playing, you will be interested in a series of books I'm working on - ...
A great old Sligo tune, The Mountain Road.
If you're a fiddle player and you want to develop your reel playing, you will be interested in my new book - The Ultimate Reel Book available on ...
This reel is very popular and is heard everywhere in sessions.
If you're a fiddle player and you want to develop your reel playing, you will be interested in my new book - The Ultimate Reel Book ...
The Drunken Landlady - double reel in two parts - 32 bars in all. The tune is in E dorian.
When it comes to reels, bowing is all-important in bringing the tunes to life. So, bowings are shown ...
The Congress Reel is one of my favourites. I first came across it on the fantastic Hidden Ground album by Paddy Glackin and Jolyon Jackson and it's been a staple tune for me since then.
If ...
Jackie Coleman's Reel - double reel in two parts - 32 bars in all. the tune is in D major.
When it comes to reels, bowing is all-important in bringing the tunes to life. So, bowings are shown ...
The Sporting Paddy - single reel in two parts - 32 bars in all. A dorian is the key.
When it comes to reels, bowing is all-important in bringing the tunes to life. So, bowings are shown below ...
The Boys of the Lough - double reel in two parts - 32 bars in all. D major is the key.
When it comes to reels, bowing is all-important in bringing the tunes to life. So, bowings are shown ...
Rewind back to 24th May 1979 and an episode of Top of the Pops that I'll always remember. Along with Roxy Music's Dance Away, Boys Keep Swinging by David Bowie and Shine a Little Love by ELO ...
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