Rose in the Heather, Irish Jig

Rose in the Heather, Irish Jig

This is my version of The Rose in the Heather, a traditional Irish Jig in the key of D major, which is popular in sessions everywhere.  I’ve always loved playing this smooth, melodic jig, ever since I first came across it at a North London session many years...
Irish Jigs – Reverse Bowing

Irish Jigs – Reverse Bowing

When I first started learning to play Irish traditional music on fiddle, I found, like most people, that jigs were easier to get to grips with than reels.  The main reason, looking back, was that you could play them fairly convincingly with minimal slurs.  When it...
Phil Berthoud – Solo Acoustic Guitarist – based in Devon

Movable Chord Shapes for Guitarists – A shape

Following on from the previous post, I’m looking at movable chord shapes on the 3 thinnest strings.  These shapes are really useful when:- you want to create high versions of chords to fill out/add higher voicing to the sound of the lower open chords you want more...
What Key is that Tune? Tunes that Change Key

What Key is that Tune? Tunes that Change Key

Following on from the last article on finding out the key of a tune or song, this post will present a couple of more challenging examples. Most tunes stay in the same key throughout, but there are examples that have parts in different keys, and then there are tunes...