12/13/2022 0 Comments Vein of stars guitar tabThat diddley diddley diddley rhythm? That’s a jig – 6/8 and one of the basic tune forms. Listen to anyone of them for more than the time it takes to change channels, however, and things start to snap into focus. They can all be stereotyped and reduced to a caricature. When you think about it, every musical genre sounds “all the same” when you only give it that initial cursory glance. Many, many times have I heard the comment that trad “all sounds the same” – all diddley diddley diddley….so how hard can it be to play along with? I could go on and on about this and expand ad infinitum, but I have some ground to cover in this one blog post, so onward…. My role was a supporting one.Īnd after a while I realized that this “servile” role was actually the source of much liberation as a guitar player. It took me a minute, as someone who came from a rock/blues/jazz/punk/anything guitar background to realize I had no business vying for a piece of the spotlight. To encroach on that melody is the equivalent of drowning out the singer. When you sit down, guitar in hand, listening to Irish tune playing either via a musician friend or a recording, remember that it’s all about that melody line – that’s where the tradition lives. Traditional Irish Guitar Playersįor reference, listening to those that came before us is always a good idea, and here are some of the names to explore: Ok, I might change a few minutes hear and there, and for those of you who might want to dip your fingers into these waters, I thought I might offer some advice and spare you some of the bumps and bruises I acquired in my early days. My own journey over the last twenty years or so has been a balancing act between respecting the tradition and finding my own voice, and I wouldn’t change a minute of that learning curve. The roots of these tunes reach back into the ages beyond where any of us can pin point, and they offer incredible opportunities, challenges and rewards for the curious guitarist. Now when I say “traditional Irish music ” – or “trad” for short – I’m referring specifically to the instrumental forms of the dance music : the jigs, reels, slip-jigs, hornpipes and polkas (yes, polkas… Ireland was invaded by just about everyone at some time or other). GUEST POST – I thought I might offer a few words in this post about a guitar genre that rarely gets the spotlight outside of its own community of players, namely that of guitar accompaniment in traditional Irish music.
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