G minor slip jigs - cittern

Two moody slip jigs from the north-east of England, perfectly suited to this dark and wintery time of year. The first tune is a song melody "Gan to the Kye", and the second is a three part tune known as "Kissed Her Under the Coverlet". Both trad. More cittern music here louisbingham.b...

[@euroshopperbier1337]

excellent what lovely tunes to wake up by, Thanks!

[@lauren-kitsuneroach]

absolutely gorgeous stuff

[@LouisBinghamMusic]

Thank you!

[@hughjosephfeely]

Awesome, have to learn this

[@LouisBinghamMusic]

Great!

[@swarfmonster3998]

Good one

[@Brievel]

I remember watching my sister dance to music like this. Never could get the hang of slip jigs myself.

[@ladybalefire]

Me neither! There's something with the rhythm that's hard to get!

[@ShadyRTP]

Brilliant! Adding to my Cittern tunes-to-do list!

[@hughmanatee7433]

Phenomenal

[@LouisBinghamMusic]

Many thanks

[@celtic814]

Nice!

[@polodoc234]

Lovely tone off that.
You play it well
Maith thú

[@LouisBinghamMusic]

Míle buíochas, it's a great instrument

[@NiKo-gu6nc]

Buah!! Qué pasote de medley tronco!!
Supeb tunes and playing!

[@LouisBinghamMusic]

Gracias!

[@finleybraymusic9745]

Nice 👍

[@LouisBinghamMusic]

Cheers Fin!

[@clintspoon3765]

Top stuff! Bravo👏

[@LouisBinghamMusic]

Many thanks

[@franksabatino7576]

Thanks Louis. This is hypnotic. It would have been great to hear while smoking pot in the late1960s.

[@otherwisedm7027]

It's pretty good now 😁

[@ShouldaL]

♥️🤘♥️

[@willceurvels]

Top notch stuff, getting inspired to buy a bouzouki....

[@LouisBinghamMusic]

Cheers, aye the bouzouki family of instruments are great fun!

[@deltonhedges9476]

Love your stuff. Where could I find scores for this kind of music?

[@LouisBinghamMusic]

Many thanks, not really sure about scores I'm afraid. I'll post on here if I ever get round to making some myself...

[@brettmorgan-yh4wi]

what tunings please? absolutely beautiful

[@LouisBinghamMusic]

Many thanks. I use GCGDG tuning with octave strings on the lower three courses

[@peterdaldry8646]

Hi Louis, the tuning I use on my Cittern is GDGDG. Can I ask why you have the D down to C? And any benefits you find or if you play in the GDGDG tuning. I really enjoyed your playing and the tunes. Thanks!

[@MrPHart]

Always enjoy the art of someone playing nice music on a bouzouki or if you like a cittern. Not always sure what is the difference between a bouzouki and a cittern or an octave mandolin etc is. I own a Fender Irish Bouzouki, he owns a cittern and that one over there owns a octave mandolin and you can get about the same off of a 4-string tenor guitar. But set us down together with the same song in the same place on the same Sunday and lets have a go at it and see what makes noise and what makes music? I think it's all very much the same...but sometimes different, yes?
At my death I'll bleed out little musical notes all in a red form of color, maybe....maybe not! But my bouzouki will be sold and I really hope he or she plays the Cr_p out of it far beyond my ability to play as an old man today. Yep, he he just love music, don't you?

[@seanpoole6155]

You're right that it's fundamentally the same instrument as a bouzouki or tenor guitar tuned GDAD - though I think a cittern has a shorter scale than a bouzouki, and an extra course of strings, either a low C/D or a high A/B depending on player's preference.

[@jimobrien84]

Great playing. Who made your cittern? I play guitar and mandolin and I’ve been thinking about getting a cittern

[@LouisBinghamMusic]

Many thanks. It's a Fylde, standard model arched top cittern. I played tenor banjo and guitar before this and have found it a great middle ground :)

[@jimobrien84]

@@LouisBinghamMusic thanks! I may end up saving up for one

[@duncefunce1513]

This is better than Al Jolson singing 'Mammy'. Stringed instruments are essential to the West.

[@Whatzzzz999]

Anything is better than Al Jolson singing 'Mammy'.
Well except maybe Bob Dylan singing 'Must Be Santa',
yep that is the low point in modern musical history, no contest.

[@SilverWolf941]

what kind (brand/model) of cittern?

[@LouisBinghamMusic]

Tis a Fylde, standard arch top cittern

[@Ah01]

What kind of string set are you using on your GCGDG tuning? Is your cittern a 560mm scaled?

[@LouisBinghamMusic]

No it's 596mm. The lowest three courses are octave strung so I've worked out my own custom set which I order from Eagle Music Shop.

[@Ah01]

@@LouisBinghamMusic Most cittern players custom their own particular sets, I do that too. Was just curious to know the actual widths of the strings. I don't use octaves on lower strings, since I find the lighter ones to miss the capo too often. I use 0.56w, 0,44w, 0,28w, 0,18 and 0,12 on my 650mm cittern, with DGDAD tuning.

[@LouisBinghamMusic]

Couldn't remember my gauges offhand, just had a look in my notebook:
52/24
42/16
26/10
16/16
12/12

[@Ah01]

@@LouisBinghamMusicthanks 💪

[@VCJ731]

How is it tuned ? GDAD or GDAE ?

[@LouisBinghamMusic]

This instrument has five courses of strings, the tuning is GCGDG

[@VCJ731]

@@LouisBinghamMusic ah ok ! Thank you

[@jonathanbanks9500]

@@LouisBinghamMusic Are all the pairs tuned in octaves?

[@LouisBinghamMusic]

@@jonathanbanks9500 No, the highest two courses are in unison. I don't think you could get strings thin enough to have octaves above those