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Hi Everyone!

We have a new Acoustic Snapshot with Neil playing the Irish Melody Danny Boy

Enjoy!




Danny Boy ranks as one of the most beautiful melodies to ever come out of Ireland,
although the lyrics as we know them were written by an Englishman, Frederic
Weatherly. He wrote the lines in the early 20th century to a different melody before
he was introduced to the tune known as Londonderry Air, which had its origins in
the 17th century.

This arrangement started out as a project for a student and I thought to try to keep
it somewhat simple or straightforward and just bring in a little harmony below the
melody notes, most of which are thirds or sixths. The main difficulty became playing
it lyrically and connecting the voices smoothly.

My student begged off as he thought it was too hard but I figured I might as well
make the most of it and polish it up a bit. I hope you enjoy it.

Beautiful arrangement and exquisitely played. Seems like there'd be much to gain from learning it.

Thanks Dean,

This turned out to be a really fun project and a lesson is on the way.

Neil

Neil

Great Acoustic Snapshot

Dermot

:ohmy:

TGNeil wrote:

Thanks Dean,

This turned out to be a really fun project and a lesson is on the way.

Neil

This just jumped to the top of my to do list. Looking forward to this lesson.


Tom N.

Thank you Neil

I love that song Danny boy. I’m so glad you’re going to put a lesson up on it soon. Jim taught it to me in his vocal lessons.

Sandy

Beautiful playing!