I have been working on the song..."Amhran A Leabhair"
I have played it on my penny whistle and I am now trying to work it out on the mountain dulcimer. The drone sound is great.
I think I have the chords worked out but was wondering if anyone knows the chords to this tune.
What does the name mean? How do you pronounce it? And if possible do you know the story behind the song.
I have been playing this song as a set with "Fig for a Kiss". Do you have any other set suggestions?
Laura - I looked for and found this tune in JC's Tunefinder - I ran it through ABCMUS and it looks like it is all Em and G - I have not tested it out - if I get it to sound right I'll post the ABCs here.
The title of your song is generic, it means "song from a book." "Amhran" means song, it's pronounced "ow-ron," and "leabhair" means book, it's pronounced "lov-har."
As far as chords for the song are concerned - one of the most fun things about playing this kind of music is the chance to reharmonize and use the chords that you come up with for each tune. Just make sure that they're diatonic, blah blah - that they sound good. If they sound good to you, there are no "right" or "wrong" chords, per se.
Looking For Chords
Looking For Chords
Hello Folks,
I have been working on the song..."Amhran A Leabhair"
I have played it on my penny whistle and I am now trying to work it out on the mountain dulcimer. The drone sound is great.
I think I have the chords worked out but was wondering if anyone knows the chords to this tune.
What does the name mean? How do you pronounce it? And if possible do you know the story behind the song.
I have been playing this song as a set with "Fig for a Kiss". Do you have any other set suggestions?
Laura
# Posted on January 12th 2002 by hillfolk
Re: Looking For Chords
Laura - I looked for and found this tune in JC's Tunefinder - I ran it through ABCMUS and it looks like it is all Em and G - I have not tested it out - if I get it to sound right I'll post the ABCs here.
Steve
# Posted on February 5th 2002 by Rice-st
Re: Looking For Chords
Hi there,
The title of your song is generic, it means "song from a book." "Amhran" means song, it's pronounced "ow-ron," and "leabhair" means book, it's pronounced "lov-har."
As far as chords for the song are concerned - one of the most fun things about playing this kind of music is the chance to reharmonize and use the chords that you come up with for each tune. Just make sure that they're diatonic, blah blah - that they sound good. If they sound good to you, there are no "right" or "wrong" chords, per se.
Good luck
Cara
# Posted on February 20th 2002 by carafiddle