Sandwood Down To Kyle by John Renbourn

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Sun Nov 30, 2025 6:34 pm

Sandwood Down To Kyle is a contemporary British Isles ballad written by Dave Goulder but arranged by John Renbourn.

Sandwood Down To Kyle is a ballad written by Dave Goulder and popularized by John Renbourn whose arrangement first appeared on his Ship Of Fools album in 1988. The tune is played in DADGAD, a tuning first made popular by John's contemporary English guitarist Davy Graham.

A bonus added to this lesson, for a limited time, is the audio recording from Neil's concert with John Renbourn in 1999. This was the first in a series Neil did there annually, each year sharing the stage with some of his favorite musicians. Later ones included Al Stewart, Laurence Juber and Keola Beamer.


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Sun Mar 29, 2026 6:42 am

Many thx for this lesson Neil ! I don't go to Dadgad often, but this is one of the few Dadgad songs I've actually tried to play and sing before, and now i have a chance to maybe play it right. Girding my loins to attempt Snap A Little Owl next.


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Sun Mar 29, 2026 4:54 pm

Hey David,

Thanks for the comment and I am glad to hear you are working on this, and good to hear you might be willing to try other DADGAD tunes. Snap A Little Owl is a bit more challenging, I think. But it should be fun!

Neil


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