Endeavouring to comprehend what 'celtic acoustic fingerstyle guitar playing' means to an old welsh hillbilly
( that's 'yr hen mountain william cymraeg', in the local dialect ) in these post-modern days where we all find ourselves. Examples may be heard at Celtic Guitar Talk forum by those with time to spare and curiosity to indulge.
Naturally, you ask, why ?? Well, one justification ( stolen from Dylan Thomas ) - a shepherd who, when asked why he made, from within fairy rings, ritual observances to the moon to protect his flock, replied :
"I'd be a damn fool if I didn't ! ".
Good enough for the shepherd, good enough for Dylan, good enough for me. Sometimes waving, sometimes drowning, sometimes clutching at straws...
Miscellaneous oddments by me here :
Links I like:
http://www.johntaylorgatto.com/historytour/history1.htm
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6714356054823827684&q=&hl=en
http://www.patriotsquestion911.com/
http://comhaltas.ie/music/detail/comhaltaslive_254_1_mac_darra_o_raghallaigh/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1EU4ipTkRg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4OAkUN-m3A&NR=1
http://www.soundlantern.com/UpdatedUser.do?UsName=willcpt&UsId=1131
http://www.soundlantern.com/UpdatedUser.do?UsName=benhall_1&UsId=1134
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73vUksucPz8&feature=user
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpcM6LEeon4
http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=zF0b35jn-Ts
http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=mBNBAu6pbUs&feature=related
http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=uNhkRQB6rwg&feature=related
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Zb1K5BCtLY8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWNcjUpRg04&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsIXxFQ74TU&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pOtZkeJkLE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jxq3a6e555Y&feature=related
My philosophy here :
http://www.geocities.com/dao_house/basics.html
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2381164272554857228&hl=en
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/gunaratana/wheel351.html
http://www.katinkahesselink.net/tibet/jhana.html
Tunes in wolfbird's tunebook: 13
| Boys of the Lough, An goirtin eornan | July 7th 2008 |
| The Valley of Knockanure | December 21st 2007 |
| Didgeridoos | November 22nd 2007 |
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| Name | Type | Key |
|---|---|---|
| The Pretty Girl Milking Her Cow | waltz | Adorian |
| My Mind Will Never Be Easy | slip jig | Aminor |
| The Eel In The Sink | reel | Amixolydian |
| Junior Crehan's | jig | Dmajor |
| Niel Gow's Lament For His Second Wife | jig | Dmajor |
| The Rambling Pitchfork | jig | Dminor |
| Toss The Feathers | reel | Dmixolydian |
| The Walls Of Liscarrol | jig | Dmixolydian |
| Toss The Feathers | reel | Edorian |
| The Valley Of Knockanure | waltz | Eminor |
| The Cuigiu Lasses | jig | Gmajor |
| The Stack Of Barley | hornpipe | Gmajor |
| Ride A Mile | slip jig | Gmajor |