@@Rowen170 this song is old enough to be before there was a lot of the modern rules of harmony established, which is not until the late 17th century. I think the melody existed for a loooong time before chords were added to it. That's just speculation, but it sounds right to me
@@mandohat I kinda think that old Irish fiddle tunes were written or created before a "modern" concept of a I-IV-V chord progression became a norm. When we modern 21st Century people do our simple boom chuck root five rhythm to accompany the melody we might find a bar or two outside what we think is "normal." And if you ever find yourself in a rural pub in the West of Ireland observing a traditional Irish session, and their Red Haired Boy comes up and twenty instruments are in lockstep in the melody with no variation whatsoever... there might be a guitar person strumming or thrashing away like a mad man, and you have no clue what the heck he or she is doing... the chord progression as we know it ain't part of equation.. but it works somehow. Don't jump in there with your bluegrass way of playing rhythm, you might get the Irish stink eye. As you say, "that's just speculation, but it sounds right to me...." I've been to Winfield, but I'm not someone who would ever get up there to compete and have Tom Chapman hand me a nice Martin for showing up to play.
@@dodgermartin4895 It's well worth listening to some Irish fiddle versions of this tune, they tend to play it as a hornpipe and a good bit wilder. (ua-cam.com/video/kssLm7ej7L4/v-deo.html) Of all the flatpicking guitar versions I know only Gary Tremel comes near to that wildness. I guess really you could say it is a tune that is best left to the fiddle, (although like you all I try to play it on guitar.)
These old tunes really show their beauty when you hear them played slow👍❤
We're both up late! Good job Andy!
Love this! Can you do this on mandolin too ?
@@Jack22VV prolly, maybe both but someone could also play mandolin with this one
Oddly enough this is how I normally play this on banjo, faster and faster 😂
@@bradr9581 try it backwards!
How and why does the open b note work over the D chord. With capo- c# over the e chord @ 0:24
@@Rowen170 this song is old enough to be before there was a lot of the modern rules of harmony established, which is not until the late 17th century. I think the melody existed for a loooong time before chords were added to it. That's just speculation, but it sounds right to me
@@mandohat I kinda think that old Irish fiddle tunes were written or created before a "modern" concept of a I-IV-V chord progression became a norm. When we modern 21st Century people do our simple boom chuck root five rhythm to accompany the melody we might find a bar or two outside what we think is "normal." And if you ever find yourself in a rural pub in the West of Ireland observing a traditional Irish session, and their Red Haired Boy comes up and twenty instruments are in lockstep in the melody with no variation whatsoever... there might be a guitar person strumming or thrashing away like a mad man, and you have no clue what the heck he or she is doing... the chord progression as we know it ain't part of equation.. but it works somehow. Don't jump in there with your bluegrass way of playing rhythm, you might get the Irish stink eye. As you say, "that's just speculation, but it sounds right to me...." I've been to Winfield, but I'm not someone who would ever get up there to compete and have Tom Chapman hand me a nice Martin for showing up to play.
@@dodgermartin4895 It's well worth listening to some Irish fiddle versions of this tune, they tend to play it as a hornpipe and a good bit wilder. (ua-cam.com/video/kssLm7ej7L4/v-deo.html) Of all the flatpicking guitar versions I know only Gary Tremel comes near to that wildness. I guess really you could say it is a tune that is best left to the fiddle, (although like you all I try to play it on guitar.)