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My Lady Binnies Lilt My Lady Binnies Lilt
Attempt at an arrangement by Rob MacKillop of a 17th century Scottish Lute piece - Wemyss MS. Tanglewood TW73 Guitar.
Lilt-Milne Lilt-Milne
Attempt at an arrangement by Rob MacKillop of a 17th century Scottish Lute piece - Wemyss MS. Tanglewood TW73 Guitar.
Shoes Rare and Good in All Shoes Rare and Good in All
Attempt at an arrangement by Rob MacKillop of a 17th century Scottish Lute piece - Straloch MS. Tanglewood TW73 Guitar.
Lady Lie Near Me Lady Lie Near Me
Attempt at an arrangement by Rob MacKillop of a 17th century Scottish Lute piece - Wemyss MS. Tanglewood TW73 Guitar.
Rosebery Murders Rosebery Murders
The lyrics of this song are a severely edited version of a poem by my wife, Sandra. It refers to a true incident, which resulted in the deaths of two gamekeepers and the hanging of two miners. Tanglewood TW73 guitar.
Rocky Road to Dublin Rocky Road to Dublin
Attempt at the Trad Rocky Road to Dublin in a guitar arrangement by Steve Eulberg. Starts with just the TW73 guitar on rhythm and melody. Octave Mandolin and Mandolin join in later and show how important they are for this style of music.
Leaving Leaving
3rd attempt at composing a "tune" on Acoustic Guitar. Tanglewood TW73, partial capo 4th fret strings 3,4 and 5. Ended up pretty much in the key of E it seems - there's A major, B major, A add2 and Esus2 when I look at it now.
Is Just Different Enough - Improv F# Is Just Different Enough - Improv F#
Improv on Tanglewood TW73 - just a snapshot of a mood. Partial capo fret 4 strings 3,4 and 5, plus full capo fret 2. So effectively F#sus4 played "open". First half is sparse with maybe too few notes, second half has maybe too much chordal playing.
Where's that Teaspoon At Where's that Teaspoon At
Slightly disorganised Jam made up on the spur of the moment - trying to do an acoustic blues. Tanglewood TW73 rhythm part and lead part Violin Bass.
You Dont Know My Mind You Dont Know My Mind
Cover version of a Leadbelly song, influenced by the Hugh Laurie Version. TW73 Parlour Guitar, Tenor Mandola, Cittern.
Ramblin On My Mind Ramblin On My Mind
Don't usually do cover songs. But trying to extend the use of my Gretsch Alligator Resonator and this seemed like a good possibility. Loosely based on a Hawkeye Herman version on JamPlay.
The Lilting Banshee The Lilting Banshee
Acoustic Guitar, Bass, Mandola, Mandolin, Octave Mandolin and Cittern in an attempt at a rendition of "The Lilting Banshee". Still early days in getting the hang of playing the mandolin family.
Is a Minor Blues Still There Is a Minor Blues Still There
Checking after several months of acoustic playing, will the blues still come calling on the electric guitar. Vintage Lemon Drop, with the dust wiped off. SCXD amp. Guitar Backing Track.com "Blues Backing in Am".
The Chancellours Farewell The Chancellours Farewell
Attempt at a Trad Scottish Lute piece arranged for Guitar by Rob MacKillop. Tanglewood TW73 Parlour in DADF#AD tuning. Can't seem to manage a recording of it without a few errors so this is the least worst attempt.
Elvira Madigan Elvira Madigan
Cover of a folk song done by Mr Fox and written by Bob Pegg. It's been one of my favourites for a long time and now I'm playing acoustic I thought I should have a go. Tanglewood TW73 guitar, plus Violin Bass, and Mandolin.
Fusion with a Twist of Cittern Fusion with a Twist of Cittern
Trying another style with a new Blue Moon Cittern to see what it'll do. Fusion this time. David Wallimann Backing Track in D. Two tracks with the cittern - one higher register notes, the other bass. Just being silly!
A Cittern at the Backdoor Blues A Cittern at the Backdoor Blues
Trying out a Blue Moon Cittern and trying different styles. This is a Blues using Lawrence Fritts Backing "Backdoor Buzzer Blues" in D.
A Mothers Lament on the Death of Her Child A Mothers Lament on the Death of Her Child
Solo Guitar in Open G. A Celtic tune from the Patrick MacDonald collection arranged by Rob MacKillop, with ornamentation left up to the player. Tanglewood TW73 recorded on a Yamaha Pocketrak PR7 recorder.
What Started Off as a Good Idea What Started Off as a Good Idea
Short song bewailing the ills arising from a big garden no longer suited to its original purpose. Tenor Mandola and Octave Mandolin accompany my croaky vocal. Recorded on a Yamaha Pocketrak PR7 with just a tad of tweaking in the DAW.
Rhonas Tune Rhonas Tune
Attempt at interpreting an arrangement by Rob MacKillop of a 17th century Scottish Lute piece. Played on the Tanglewood TW73 in open D tuning.
