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Finger style steel string for Irish folk maybe??
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Paul Magnussen
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RE: Finger style steel string for Ir... (in reply to Leñador)
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I'm thinking to get in touch with my roots and learn Irish folk music. If you’re going to play it properly, you need to listen to it. The folk music of the British Isles has been exploding ever since the Revival of the ’60s. Everyone’s going to have their own ideas about CDs to listen to; but these days you can get some amazing DVDs too, which to my mind is an order of magnitude better. For instance (Amazon ASINs in parentheses): Planxty: Live 2004 (B0002W0YN4) Danú: One Night Stand (US B00073K8B6, UK B0009WL90O) Dervish: Live at Johnny Fox’s (B000AA4KJW) Dervish: The Midsummer’s Night Session (UK B004SXGHQ6) Andy Irvine et al: 70th Birthday Concert (from Andy’s web site) Andy Irvine, in particular, is the Grand Old Man of Irish folk music, having been in Sweeney’s Men (the band that introduced the bouzouki), Planxty, Mozaik and many more. All of these turn up for his birthday concert. FWIW, here’s a stab at my Top Ten CDs: Andy Irvine/Paul Brady Craobh Rua: If Ida Been Here, Ida Been There Danú: Think before you think Dervish: Live in Palma Dolores Keane & John Faulkner: Sail Óg Rua Déanta (1st album) Patrick Street: Cornerboys Planxty (1st album) The Bothy Band (1st album) The Johnstons/The Barley Corn (twofer of 1st & 3rd))
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Paul Magnussen
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But is is true that, because the guitar is alien in Irish music, it is usually played in alternate tuning. Often, certainly. But it’s not because the guitar is alien: many people played in standard tuning for years, and many still do. But when Davey Graham invented DADGAD, it caught on like wildfire, because the tuning is so rich harmonically, and so suited to the music. The down side is that it’s not versatile as regards different keys. I once saw the guitarist with Danú (Noël Ryan at that time) start an instrumental medley with two (2) Dunlop capos on the guitar, and quickly flick them off one after the other (on to the floor), as the keys changed. It was really smooth, and drew my admiration. quote:
Look for Pierre Bensusan (?) on internet. He is French but plays great Irish music. He plays a steel string Lowden. Yes, he’s terrific. His first two albums are the ones to get for folk music; later ones are mostly his own compositions. He also produced (in my opinion) easily the two best books on DADGAD: • The Guitar Book • DADGAD Guitar (now unfortunately out of print) and two volumes of instructional DVDs (with tab)
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