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…
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 a series of books I'm working on - ...
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 ...
Available on Kindle worldwide as well as PDF download, Solid Session Tunes is a series of collections of popular (mainly Irish) session tunes. Each tune is presented in standard notation as ...
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 ...
Here are a couple of my favourite traditional Irish tunes.
First is The Road to Lisdoonvarna, a slide that's normally heard in the key of Em (or E dorian to be exact). Here I play it in Am (A ...
Here's my rendition of The Stranglers 1982 singie, Golden Brown. I remember this coming out while I was still at school. A lot of the kids at school felt betrayed by the distinct change of ...
This tune was originally a North American traditional song. The lyrics are thought to be inspired by the 19th century Kentucky mountaineer Joseph Clark and versions have been recorded by the ...
John Ryan's Polka - Traditional Irish Tune on Tenor Ukulele. Complete with video, sheet music and tab