Chiff and Fipple Forums

oh ya, the "gangajang" chords! try some punk rock style bar chords instead: D: x5777x G: 355433 A: 577655 use your fret hand to mute the strings while changing chords but don't stop strumming. it adds some percussion to the whole mix, which adds to the drive. try to fill the mid-ground bet...

Lightheaded Mike, I think "cowboy chords" might refer to the boom-chick style of strumming in old country & western songs where the guitar alternates between plucking the root of the chord then strumming the chord itself in a stiff rhythm. That's the impression I get. The problem may n...

I'd say that 99% of harmonizations I've ever seen for ITM repertoire have been nothing more than I, ii, IV, V & vi chords (D, Em, G, A & Bm in the key of D).

That said, some recorded material would suggest that anything is fair game.

Also keep in mind that the chord progressions aren't set in stone because harmony is a relative newcomer to ITM. You are free to re-harmonize these pieces anyway you see fit.

have you tried this?: go to the members area of the session and click on tunebook. session tunes listed by popularity (among members, anyway).

I've been checking through the Celtic Guitar Talk site, but it's not exactly what I'm looking for. It seems like everyone there is obsessed with some sort of Celtic finger-style process that blends the modalities of ITM with the techniques of traditional classical guitar playing on steel string guit...

lol - i do - i was just curious if it (that little mandolin bit only) was part of a larger piece that might be fun to learn in it's entirety.

this one's sort of a little running joke of mine, but when i got my whistle a few weeks ago one of the first things i learned was the opening guitar riff to 'smoke on the water' (starting on f# instead of g, so it lays out better on the whistle and i can jam live with deep purple when they tune 1/2 ...

so some folks swing reels more than others? the players on the disc i'm referring to are apparently from Dublin.

there is at least one instance in the movie where they do throw in some borrowed material. i believe one of their instrumental passages is a strauss waltz or something like that. so i was just curious if this little mando-ditty was borrowed as well. that's all.

I know there's not a lot of this going on. Most people regard the guitar as an accompaniment instrument if they consider it an instrument at all, but there are a few players using it as a melodic instrument as well. Does anyone have any sites/resources to share dedicated to this topic? Just curious,...

I just got the book/CD Ireland's Best Session Tunes Vol. 1 via mail order. They slow all the tunes down a bit so newbies like me don't have to struggle as hard, and all the reels have a very heavy swing factor to them.

Guess I should take the time to learn them straight too.

You're definitely a talented guitar player - can't hold that against you. This sounds more like music inspired by Irish music than Irish music itself, and as such comes off sounding almost English. Guitar's a tricky beast. I'm trying to do the same thing, attempting to learn a traditional instrument...

I can only hope I sound that good in 11 weeks.

As a new day dawned today, I entered my second week as a whistler with new resolve to get a more natural flow happening. So far my playing has been slow & laboured, so when I sat down this morning to work on "The Frost is All Over" I found myself ridiculously nervous, almost how it use...