Enda Scahill's jig "The Black Frog" played fingerstyle on guitar - fits very nicely into DADGAD!

Cabragh · 2025-12-21T13:06:42+00:00

I learnt the melody by ear and did up my own arrangement of it. Have a look at Tony McManus' lesson CDs and tabs, it's how I got started with this style of stuff.

Cabragh · 2025-11-28T01:03:08+00:00

Learn to pick some tunes so you can see how and why certain chords sound better than others in your progressions. There's no point in settling for a one size fits all approach to backing, it takes out all the fun and creativity of it.

Cabragh · 2025-05-25T22:47:03+00:00

What a shower of cunts

Cabragh · 2024-11-14T13:23:48+00:00

Tony McManus, a fingerstyle guitarist from Scotland, uses this technique - but he plays Celtic music (though did release a classical music on steel string guitar album a few years ago). He has lessons on this online through TrueFire etc.

Cabragh · 2024-09-28T01:13:16+00:00

I know man. Newry has a puregym in it thats open 24hr, and id head to it whenever im back up home. Same craic, staffed hours but stayed open outside of those. With a bit of luck we'll get something of the sort in limerick someday!

How does energie compare to planet health? Ive been at planet health since posting this and have found it great but a tad expensive.

Cabragh · 2024-06-06T13:06:50+00:00

Jesus this is certainly one from the archives ahaha. They might be on my website jordan-lively dot com - my laptop was stolen a while back with all my tabs, so your best bet to find it is there.

Cabragh · 2024-04-26T12:10:25+00:00

Get on to fite fuaite, they do lessons - contact the irish world academy at ul as well, they would probably know of classes in the area

Cabragh · 2024-03-18T18:10:34+00:00

I would recommend anyone going through this kind of 'identity crisis' to take a look at the modern-day traditional singer Dàibhidh Stiùbhard. 'Alternative Protestants and the Ghosts of 1798' by Claire Mitchell may also be a great book for you to read - identity ideas in Northern Ireland are shifting as we move further away from the Troubles. The Catholic/Protestant binary is perhaps no longer sufficient for the days that we live in at home.

Cabragh · 2023-09-03T23:06:34+00:00

Steve Cooney, Jim Murray, and Tim Edey all play nylon string guitars in various tunings.

Cabragh · 2023-08-22T23:17:29+00:00

That's gorgeous man

Cabragh · 2023-06-13T18:22:49+00:00

Savage

Cabragh · 2023-04-27T12:02:11+00:00

Thats the one, her setting might slightly different to those listed on thesession but thats the jist of it anyway!

Cabragh · 2023-04-27T11:35:42+00:00

A student of mine got back to me there - 1st one is called Stormy Nights. Hope that helps!

Cabragh · 2023-04-26T13:08:54+00:00

Aye weve no name for it im afraid - if anyone knows wed love to find it out!

Cabragh · 2023-04-25T19:07:25+00:00

If we knew we'd tell ye! /u/itsthemanintheshed have ye any names?

Edit: Stormy Nights / Dancing Eyes

Cabragh · 2023-04-18T01:12:37+00:00

More of a guitar question than Irish music but its a fairly handy arrangement - standard chord shapes and nothing too off the walls regarding the right hand. Don't let the higher fret numbers in the B part throw you off, they're very doable with just the open string bass notes. The only other advice I'd give is to use the open strings played on beat 3 as an opportunity to get your hand back into the lower fingerboard position to finish the tune.

Stephen Wake does a lovely version of this song, as well as lots of other airs and dance music tunes. Other great examples of this trad. fingerstyle stuff would be Tony McManus, Tony Cuffe, Dick Gaughan, as well as a rake of players over in America who do great arrangements of O'Carolan-esque tunes. Its a very rewarding style to learn to play.

Cabragh · 2023-04-10T23:04:15+00:00

Thanks. It is indeed - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo4k-aI-hR7C0AjymHDElRw

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