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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Is there printed material for the Master Class?
I just uploaded a couple extra fingering charts. Thanks for asking!
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
http://youtu.be/y7b3vP_hOck
Hey kumquat,
You do good… enjoyed… great name too.
Nat
St Charles, MO