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Old 07-04-2017, 05:50 AM
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Default A Celtic Fingerstyle Medely

A celtic-y, fingerstyle medley. DADGAD (Capo II)



This medley of tunes is classically what I first play when I tune to DADGAD. I've never recorded it but did the other day — a bit scratchy but you get the idea. The tunes:

Prelude: A simple introductory tune knocked up to get the fingers going.

Jack Hazeldean: A traditional tune found both in Scotland and in NW Ireland.

The Banks of the Bann/Lord of All Hopefulness: Another traditional tune which has been used for the hymn Lord of my Hopefulness — for some reason it is the hymn I hear when I play this.

When A Knight Won his Spurs: this is a gorgeous traditional tune which was originally collected in Somerset. A hymn lyric was added by Jan Struther (Songs of Praise hymn book 1931).

These tunes have been around for a while although my inspiration here comes from Martin Simpson who recorded the last three.

Simpson recorded Jack Hazeldene and Banks of the Bann in Dropped D tuning. I first saw these two strung together in a medley by Simpson when playing live. When A Knight Won his Spurs was recorded by Simpson in C sus 2 sus 9 tuning (CGCFCD)
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Old 07-04-2017, 09:19 AM
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Very enjoyable, Andy!

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Very nice! I like the medley approach, too.
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I like this very much Andy! Very soothing, great sound and expressively played.
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Great stuff Andy!
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