Red Haired Boy

Here’s I cool tune that I have become rather enamored with lately.  The A section and the B sections are almost identical… only one line different from each other, so once you learn the A section you’ll practically have the whole tune down!  Below are 3 versions, EZ to more advanced.

There are quite a few versions of this song out there, it also goes by another names sometimes: “Red Haired Irishman” and “Little Beggarman.”  I could try to teach as many of those as I can I guess, but when I heard fiddler Ian Walsh play this Celtic flavored,  bluesy, funky, version I decided to start and end right there!  No sense in goofing around, let’s just get to the cool version right away!  Right?  Thanks Ian!

3 Charts: Basic/Jammer Level (simple tune), Intermediate/Gigger Level (tune with a few twists), advanced/Artist Level (plus double stops and drones).

Music Mechanics and Jamming: Key of A with some Blues notes thrown in in this version.  Jamming 101 = A blues scale, Jamming 102 = A major Pentatonic scale, Jamming 103 = “MixoBluesian” scale (Major Pent. and Blues mixed).  Many play-along tracks included in this lesson too!

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5 Responses to Red Haired Boy

  1. Daniel Scroggins May 23, 2022 at 3:16 pm #

    Is there printed material for the Master Class?

  2. Erland Crupper May 18, 2020 at 12:55 pm #

    Okay. Gotta a problem. Playing Red Haired Boy. Each time I change from D string to A string, the D string sounds when I pull my 2nd finger off, adding a note I do not want. This happens in other pieces on other stings as well. I do not thiink it is my bow, at least not all the time. Yuk. Any suggestions? I can make the sound I do not want by just lifting my finger off the string, but I gotta do that, don’t I?

    I am still on Atoodz – A Major, G Major, & D Major level I and creeping in a bit on Atoodz A Major level II. I do not want to leave level I exercises until I can play them easily and correctly with good intonation at least 3 times in a row, then to feel free to return but not in every practice session, I am getting there on one rep but cannot seem to make that rep a habit yet. Still enjoying the encouragement and sense of enjoyment on your web site. Since I first started a two months ago, I think I am doing okay – noticing gradual improvement.

    Thanks,

    Crup

    • Nat Helms August 11, 2014 at 4:10 pm #

      Hey kumquat,

      You do good… enjoyed… great name too.

      Nat
      St Charles, MO

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