this is exactly how my fantasy porno video would start off, and after then the doorbell would ring by a pizza delivery guy who got the wrong address..........
Another sheer joy, late this evening! - You are an amazing musician! Thank you for sharing this - and the guitar is great, I love the sound and I think it is 100% right for this music... Don't sell it, whatever you do!:-)
Oh, ye fairest and most delightful of ladies! But would thou walk hand-in-hand w' me through the emerald pastures down by the sea? For I would rather hear your tenner at the pluck o' one string than to see the the waters lying and 'ear a chickadee sing!
@reevedavey.as always beautiful feel and performance.i,ve recently posted some arramgements "reevedavey" that you might care to look at and post comment on.being something of a you tube "celeb" it would be greatly appreciated!the quality of both playing and sound is awful posted as they were with my i phone!thanks and keep up the brilliant work.brian.
Dracapelly - You only have a handful of guitar videos posted, but you're one of my favorite YouTube guitarists. Love to hear your version of Si Bheag Si Mhor!
Hi Helen! I loved his performance. You have great self on the guitar. After all, is pretty as a princess! You would have to send me the score? My Email is luizdof@gmail.com. Kisses!
Absolutely beautiful! I have learned a few O'Carolan tunes in the past, but had never heard this one. Your playing prompted me to figure out a version for the banjo. Thanks so much for posting.
Can't believe I'd only just found this. This is wonderful playing - and it shows how the quality of playing is mostly about the player, not the instrument! You are fantastic!
i have 2 lovely acoustic guitars i now realise i cant really play.i think they are destined for ebay.a beautiful,wonderfully talented player.the Gods smile on you indeed ms marshall.an awful pity you are not left handed;you could be the proud owner or my taylor and my rosewood vintage!!
Excellent rendition. Even more amazing that you are self taught. I play this one on violin and I find that I have to play it at least once a week or I run into trouble if I don't.
Brilliant - super fast fingers! I'm chucking away my guitar and going off down the charity shop! (Thanks for the recommendation for Morone's book - I wonder if you've done Blind Mary?)
Wow, I LOVE you! I really think you should record this as a full version in a studio, 'cause I'm sure a lot of people would want to listen to you! :-)
You have so few videos on YouTube that these gems turn into pure nuggets of gold.But you won't get a full price for them as they are priceless,full of tone,colour and joy! Thank you for your wonderful playing!
my god. You absolutely put me to shame on the guitar. I should quit playing after seeing your incredible technique. How long have you been playing for? This is beautiful and what a beautiful girl to play such a tune.
Absolutely stunning - Thank you so much, you have brightened my day. Are you playing this in standard tuning? Did you learn it by ear or is there a tab somewhere you can point me at?
@jireejoo Thank you! This is in DADGAD, and the arrangement is the work of guitar maestro, Franco Morone. The tab is available in his book, 'The South Wind'. He has a CD by the same name, which I can't recommend highly enough. Hope that helps.
Great piece, was relaxing to listen to. I learnt to play classical guitar as a kid but have forgotten, and it seems there is a shortage of good local teachers nowadays! How did you start teaching yourself???
@jozzo6 Thanks, glad you liked it. I never learnt classical guitar from a classical perspective. I only read tab, for instance, and I don't adopt all the correct techniques. I taught myself guitar from the many guitar magazines available in the shops, the ones that have the accompanying CD's.
@Dracapalley Right now my guitar is tuned to normal C standerd tuning..This seems almost easy to play in Emajor? Maybe not thats why it is tuned to DADGAD with capo? And it sounds great,'' Your last chord looks like a the Dminor shape (first finger 3rd fret D string?) instead of a Dmajor? Guess im not seeing right.''
I first saw this video over a year ago and I must say, having viewed it from time to time, it is the best version I have heard , even if it isn't a top notch guitar you are playing still, your execution of this piece is flawless and moving. My first guitar cost $25 and, after 37 years of playing I wish I had it just as a reminder of how I got started.
Good luck for the New Year and may you always play your heart and soul! :)
WOW!! A friend and I ran across this recording yesterday when we were researching O'Carolyn tunes to learn on mandolin. We were blown away by the beauty both of the piece and your playing of it. Are you performing in public? An interest in coming to Vermont for a performance? If so, we would love to try to help you find a booking. Thanks for the beautiful music, Helen!
Magnificent! Zwalrus1 obviously doesn't know the first and only rule of guitar playing, which is: THERE ARE NO RULES. This is what I always tell my guitar students. I am self-taught too, and therefore have a special affection for musicians like us. Your playing is beautiful. There is no such thing as "technically correct."
Absolutely brilliant playing ! Just shows that it's not the tools but the work(wo)man that makes the difference. I've uploaded a few trad Irish and Scottish tunes myself, but this one is something special. Loved it. 5 stars and a sub from me :o) Thanks for posting. Cheers, Jim
I love your playing! It really is inspiring, Thank you for sharing your music, the way you play Hewlett is rather magical. I am curious, have you ever checked out Segovia's scales?
Really enjoyed this, thank you for posting it. Where are you based? Id love to see you play in public if that was something you do. Keep it up, its graceful and very inspiring.
Great hands...and I think the self-taught as opposed to classically trained is a bust anyway...training with a good teacher can be helpful but a lot of classically trained players I hear tend to sound "stiff" because of it...
I usually only favourite original songs but I'm making an exception for this...
For what it's worth...I now have a youtube account just so I could say...I LOVE YOU!! O'Carolan's is one of my favorite tunes, and I can't say I've ever witnessed a better version than you put on. Thanks you so much.
This was nicely done. I played classical guitar for many years and have been through the drill. You have a great musical soul. Stay with it. The right hand issues are minor. You obviously have the talent and passion to play very well. We just tend to focus on one hand or the other. In time they both come of age.
@Dracapalley Right, well good technicality really just makes things easier. For instance, in the right hand, you'll repeat the a (ring finger) or m (the middle) a few times in a row. It's so much easier to exchange between fingers so that no finger plays a single string twice in a row. It makes playing with speed much easier. Anyway, whatever is comfortable for you.
Kudos on Pure Imagination. I've been planning on doing an arrangement of that myself.
@zwalrus1 "For instance, in the right hand, you'll repeat the a (ring finger) or m (the middle) a few times in a row. It's so much easier to exchange between fingers so that no finger plays a single string twice in a row."
She played it exactly the way anyone with common sense would. Why on earth would anyone play the same string with alternate fingers unless they were double-picking (which she wasn't)? You might want to consider paying attention.
@sthugh I'm with walrus 1 on this, and I understand the temptation to hit the same string with the same finger. The result, however, is a choppy attack, and there's also an upper limit to how fast you can hit the same string with the same finger. This isn't to take anything away from her skill and considerable achievement. But you have to figure she posted her work for both acknowledgement and for helpful ideas.
@dagrote But it's supposed to be played repeatedly with one finger. It's called staccato. That's what the piece calls for. As I said, if the music doesn't call for double-picking, it would be pointless to use alternate fingers, and I don't believe you'll ever find another video on YT of anyone playing the piece that way. It's not very helpful to suggest she should play it incorrectly.
@sthugh Fair enough. If she's deliberately choosing that technique over the other for the effect, that's fine, though I'm not sure that the piece calls for it, or that it would be "incorrect" to play it another way. But if she's playing that way because she lacks the other technique, then would you admit that it's worthwhile to learn it? More skills, more options. That's all.
@dagrote I don't know if she can double-pick or not. I haven't seen enough of her videos to say. Yes, it's quite worth learning. I have a recent video showing a little about double-picking, although I do it with a thumbpick or plectrum. I've never tried to get the hang of using alternate fingers to do it since I'm not really a classical or flamenco player myself. But if I was strictly a classical/flamenco player, I would certainly practice doing it with the fingers instead.
@sth : That's a great technique, too, though it sounds like it commits your thumb to it, and that might force you to leave the drone unattended. In general, my policy is learning a new tune is the chance to learn a new technique. I worked on a tune once for years, and it never came out right. Then I figured it out. It meant I had to learn how to pass my middle finger underneath my index for the final note in a run. It took weeks. But now that I have that in my right hand, I use it all the time.
@dagrote I learned long ago that there are some things I'm simply never going to be able to do because I don't have the time or because I'm physically not able. There are chords my fingers just aren't long enough to play cleanly for instance. I get by the best I can for not being a full-time player. I wish I would have had all these instructional videos available when I was just starting. Kids learn so darn fast today. I see 12-year olds doing things I couldn't do till I was 20.
@sthugh I know exactly what you mean. I don't know how old you are, but when I was learning a tune, it meant lifting the needle off a record and putting back at the same place a thousand times. And God help us if it was in an alternate tuning.These days, with CDs, slowing technologies, tabs, and instructional videos these kids can fly through new pieces.
@Dracapalley dont take any notice of zwalrus helen, just ask him to post his version. i dont think he could when i looked at his channel whos strange.
i think you play it beutifully and if you had a guitar and p a system like franco marone
there wouldnt be much diferenceand we all have something to give to music. canyou try ocaralons draught then i can learn it from you,icant make it sound right. cheers allan
Magnificent! There is nothing "strange" about your fingering, and there are no cons to being self taught . The first and only rule of guitar playing is: THERE ARE NO RULES. This is what I always tell my guitar students. I am self-taught too, and therefore have a special affection for musicians like you. Your playing is beautiful. There is no such thing as "technically correct."
@cwimpee TOTALLY agree with you. I do wish that some people are only watching in order to criticise or make people feel insecure. Sometimes not knowing what is "right" or "wrong" is an advantage. One of my friends is a fantastic self taught, play by ear jazz accordionist - he does things on the keyboard that seem impossible, but because he does not know any boundaries he triumphs over someone like me who was classically taught to play only what is written, and fumbles in despair :(
@Dracapalley: i have received Maestro's Celtic Book/CD and have now memorized this Beautiful music, i still polishing it to PERFECTION, I am use to the DADGAD tuning now...hehehe... Thank You for your 'tips', you had replied on my inquiry about learning / memorizing this piece in a short time... Thank You Again, along with Maestro Franco Morone for the INSPIRATION,
this is exactly how my fantasy porno video would start off, and after then the doorbell would ring by a pizza delivery guy who got the wrong address..........
yawnarmpitsweater 1 day ago
your pretty ツ
buckmanqp 1 day ago
Great! Very busy third finger...
digitalis7 3 days ago
Beautiful! You and your music! And this was recorded 10 years ago? Than You!
piperbrian 1 week ago
You look like a young Muriel Anderson.
ErisRon 1 week ago
jolie musique .bravo.
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Another sheer joy, late this evening! - You are an amazing musician! Thank you for sharing this - and the guitar is great, I love the sound and I think it is 100% right for this music... Don't sell it, whatever you do!:-)
Best wishes, Maria
MguitarL 1 week ago
Wow.
otogo2 1 week ago
Complimenti per la grinta e la sicurezza di esecuzione, con una chitarra migliore avresti fatto scintille. Brava !!!
frankajak 1 week ago
Great performance :) thanks !
tundrasheep 2 weeks ago
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That was the most lovely rendition of Sidhe Bheg Sidhe Mhor I have ever heard. You have an amazing talent, Helen.
TwaCorbiesHollow 2 weeks ago
That was the most lovely rendition of Sidhe Bheg Sidhe Mhor I have ever heard. You have an amazing talent, Helen.
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AngaratoC 2 weeks ago
You do not have to apologies, lovely played.
MimmiLill 2 weeks ago
Oh, ye fairest and most delightful of ladies! But would thou walk hand-in-hand w' me through the emerald pastures down by the sea? For I would rather hear your tenner at the pluck o' one string than to see the the waters lying and 'ear a chickadee sing!
vance7274 3 weeks ago 3
thank you for beautiful interpretation of this song
gigirad1980 1 month ago in playlist Carolan's Concerto
Bravo.
alancambridge03 1 month ago
amazing, I love it. you deserve an instrument of MUCH higher quality if you can make such a beautiful tone on a guitar you got from a charity shop.
AnderUnplugged 1 month ago
lovedthis since me da played it tome a a wee boy ,brought a tear tomy eye,bless ya xx
aidanunited 1 month ago
excellent bravo . more please
63drawoh 1 month ago
Beautiful!
Also the way you play! Saludos
Algaleonable 2 months ago
BRAVA
dulcimerdan 2 months ago
very nice!!! stunning!! greetings from greece, have inspiration and health
mel
MrTodaywedream 2 months ago
betcha never seen it on a banjo?,check my channel out
TheLordbanjo 2 months ago
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DuffBasher 2 months ago in playlist Carolan's Concerto
Excellent ....Realy fantastic fingering ....well done and thank you for sharing your undoubted talent...
tiddlethepipes 2 months ago
Beautiful and talented. Great
jeapiat 2 months ago
you look loads like carla grimley
karmelodion 2 months ago
where can i find the free tabs? ç_ç
1865Sophie 3 months ago
your fingers moce across the fret like the legs of a spider on a web- so very graceful. Have you seen the arrangement by keefchap?
georgethedoggy 3 months ago
A tenner wel spent
Pat savage
ourpat1 3 months ago in playlist Liked
Very sweet performance!
Elis & Pepe (greetings from Brazil)
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elismack 3 months ago
Merci, c'est splendide!
enterprise11209 3 months ago
Just proves you only need a tenner to play guitar :D
Adie227 3 months ago
your pretty and you playing is too.
heymynameistyler 3 months ago
too much pretty ..greetings and congratulations from Venezuela..!! felicitaciones
chefahere 4 months ago
What kind of jealous troll would hit the dislike on this???!! A gorgeous woman with mad guitar skills. What's not to like?
jamekir 4 months ago
Well done. Beautiful.
LewisSmith 4 months ago
great playing
darrenrogerseire 5 months ago
quite fast...a little slower?
I prefer slow music, because I am slow...
MucusFelidae 5 months ago
seems like you deserve to play something a bit better than £10 from the charity shop :)
mcgigglish 5 months ago
@reevedavey.as always beautiful feel and performance.i,ve recently posted some arramgements "reevedavey" that you might care to look at and post comment on.being something of a you tube "celeb" it would be greatly appreciated!the quality of both playing and sound is awful posted as they were with my i phone!thanks and keep up the brilliant work.brian.
reevedavey 5 months ago
Attractive cleavage !
HATMANLELE 5 months ago
Dracapelly - You only have a handful of guitar videos posted, but you're one of my favorite YouTube guitarists. Love to hear your version of Si Bheag Si Mhor!
privettricker 5 months ago
WOW!!!! It just goes to show that you don't need fancy expensive equipment to show case real talent which you have in abundance.
NICKY752 5 months ago
I play this on chromatic harmonica and to have such a well played guitar accompaniment would be fantastic.
MrTonyBomber 5 months ago
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Hi, I'm just learning DADGAD, always wanted to learn but thought it was too difficult! always loved it!
highlandlaura 5 months ago
You go girl!
kyootzee 5 months ago
Absolutely elegant; thank you!
sensorysyrynx 6 months ago
This was great!
pookiebear81 6 months ago
Amazing! You no doubt have true natural talent.
AnarchoNationalist 6 months ago
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Hi Helen! I loved his performance. You have great self on the guitar. After all, is pretty as a princess! You would have to send me the score? My Email is luizdof@gmail.com. Kisses!
geampara 6 months ago
You are very gifted . . you should do this for a living, if your not already . .
1xstew 6 months ago
simply outstanding
andreafanciulli 7 months ago
Absolutely beautiful! I have learned a few O'Carolan tunes in the past, but had never heard this one. Your playing prompted me to figure out a version for the banjo. Thanks so much for posting.
banjukebox 7 months ago
Can't believe I'd only just found this. This is wonderful playing - and it shows how the quality of playing is mostly about the player, not the instrument! You are fantastic!
MarkHarmer 7 months ago
Fabulously played!
et7waage1 7 months ago
i have 2 lovely acoustic guitars i now realise i cant really play.i think they are destined for ebay.a beautiful,wonderfully talented player.the Gods smile on you indeed ms marshall.an awful pity you are not left handed;you could be the proud owner or my taylor and my rosewood vintage!!
reevedavey 7 months ago
Excellent rendition. Even more amazing that you are self taught. I play this one on violin and I find that I have to play it at least once a week or I run into trouble if I don't.
mactcampbell 7 months ago
O.O
odeamusic 8 months ago
Brilliant - super fast fingers! I'm chucking away my guitar and going off down the charity shop! (Thanks for the recommendation for Morone's book - I wonder if you've done Blind Mary?)
johndrummond 8 months ago
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romacomiesco 8 months ago
Great playing!
srefvik 9 months ago
Exquisite, just exquisite!
Rannafast12 9 months ago
you are amazingly talented! Gorgeous too. i've definitely got to pick up my old guitar and get back to work now
jaydragon33 9 months ago
you were great i love your playing but im not keen on your wallpaper
wadefite 9 months ago
Absolutely marvelous!
I love classical guitar and lute and this young lady has done a stupendous job !
Bravo !!!!!!!!
~~~ Chuck S
cschoon1213 9 months ago
I have heard this song played by John Renbourn who is a true master of guitar. You ought to listen to him if you haven't already.
echels 10 months ago
Wow, I LOVE you! I really think you should record this as a full version in a studio, 'cause I'm sure a lot of people would want to listen to you! :-)
Holm182 10 months ago
Ah lovely!
jomellon 10 months ago
Beautiful...and so are you
moorewalshman 10 months ago
My wife and I play this on harp and flute so we appreciate this
Especially the second part
Not easy
Heath75032 10 months ago
i really enjoyed this.it goes to show an expensive guitar is not needed to sound good.it helps if you can play like draccopally1 though...
ralphcraddock 10 months ago
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ralphcraddock 10 months ago
I really love and adore this tune and you play it especially well!! I've posted your wonderful video on my Facebook page. Thanks so much!!
MultiBoo1000 11 months ago
Awesome-you play beautifully
1962mrwoody 11 months ago
Very impressive
sunaJH 11 months ago
Beutifull!!!!!
bluesnisse 11 months ago
Absolutely Wonderful !
Dawid698 1 year ago
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SirFrankieHowerd 1 year ago
You have so few videos on YouTube that these gems turn into pure nuggets of gold.But you won't get a full price for them as they are priceless,full of tone,colour and joy! Thank you for your wonderful playing!
SirFrankieHowerd 1 year ago
Wow!!!
mathiasmas 1 year ago
go raibh maith agat, ceol álainn
Thanks for sharing :D
Lectrosoul 1 year ago
my god. You absolutely put me to shame on the guitar. I should quit playing after seeing your incredible technique. How long have you been playing for? This is beautiful and what a beautiful girl to play such a tune.
SqueezeMyLemonBabe 1 year ago
i love you
kmacsound 1 year ago
Absolutely stunning - Thank you so much, you have brightened my day. Are you playing this in standard tuning? Did you learn it by ear or is there a tab somewhere you can point me at?
jireejoo 1 year ago
@jireejoo Thank you! This is in DADGAD, and the arrangement is the work of guitar maestro, Franco Morone. The tab is available in his book, 'The South Wind'. He has a CD by the same name, which I can't recommend highly enough. Hope that helps.
Dracapalley 1 year ago
Excellent stuff, I only play some Irish folk but would love to be able to play like this
jimdh67 1 year ago
golly...I gotta say that's an incredible level of mastery for such a difficult instrument - *especially* for someone who's self-taught :)
you're obviously gifted, for normally it's impossible to learn to play this kinda instrument that well on one's own
schwarzfalk 1 year ago 2
@schwarzfalk I respectfully disagree. Unless..there are a LOT of gifted musicians out there.
azimuth457 1 year ago
She is indeed a beautiful as what she plays. Very impressive :)
eh2erik 1 year ago
Great piece, was relaxing to listen to. I learnt to play classical guitar as a kid but have forgotten, and it seems there is a shortage of good local teachers nowadays! How did you start teaching yourself???
jozzo6 1 year ago
@jozzo6 Thanks, glad you liked it. I never learnt classical guitar from a classical perspective. I only read tab, for instance, and I don't adopt all the correct techniques. I taught myself guitar from the many guitar magazines available in the shops, the ones that have the accompanying CD's.
Dracapalley 1 year ago
@Dracapalley Right now my guitar is tuned to normal C standerd tuning..This seems almost easy to play in Emajor? Maybe not thats why it is tuned to DADGAD with capo? And it sounds great,'' Your last chord looks like a the Dminor shape (first finger 3rd fret D string?) instead of a Dmajor? Guess im not seeing right.''
dannyhood66 11 months ago
@Dracapalley I did that too
Maguirearch 3 months ago
Talented...and hot.
vonbrach 1 year ago
man beautiful and can play guitar never thought id see it this girl has it all
alexgeddylyfson 1 year ago
I first saw this video over a year ago and I must say, having viewed it from time to time, it is the best version I have heard , even if it isn't a top notch guitar you are playing still, your execution of this piece is flawless and moving. My first guitar cost $25 and, after 37 years of playing I wish I had it just as a reminder of how I got started.
Good luck for the New Year and may you always play your heart and soul! :)
MrBlackwolf63 1 year ago
£10 very well spent! An inspiring performance. Thank you for the Post.
[Tyneside, England.]
spring74light 1 year ago
I really enjoy O'Carolan ... and this is one of the nicest renditions of the Concerto I've heard. Thank you. Thank you.
TheDharmaPup 1 year ago
deadly lil tune...i play afew of his tunes too...good job on dat 1 dra
IRLPOKERBRAT13 1 year ago
WOW!! A friend and I ran across this recording yesterday when we were researching O'Carolyn tunes to learn on mandolin. We were blown away by the beauty both of the piece and your playing of it. Are you performing in public? An interest in coming to Vermont for a performance? If so, we would love to try to help you find a booking. Thanks for the beautiful music, Helen!
bookersdad1 1 year ago
@bookersdad1 Thank you! I've sent a message to your inbox.
Dracapalley 1 year ago
awesome................................
love3469 1 year ago
awesome................................
love3469 1 year ago
marry me.
stonesoul45 1 year ago
Very nice ! Great job ! Thanks ...
Bigerjoel 1 year ago
I've always admired O'Carolan. You've done a wonderful job of this. Have you any more of his stuff online?
Thanks so much - J
osseuse2 1 year ago
i like it
55sincorriente 1 year ago
Amazing:)
jennygo 1 year ago
You a great guitar player, no doubts! Beautiful music!!
mccloud55 1 year ago
oh joy, an absolutely lovely rendition. bellisima!
toodance 1 year ago
Very nice and absorbing performance - if you are self taught then I admire your skill even more!
Mike
ImaLanger 1 year ago
Wow. What beautiful playing!
UncleQuinn 1 year ago
Excellent performance.!!!! consummate execution.
natobaden 1 year ago
ur a doll ....you did so fine sweety ...love ya ....george
rubylaser163 1 year ago
Magnificent! Zwalrus1 obviously doesn't know the first and only rule of guitar playing, which is: THERE ARE NO RULES. This is what I always tell my guitar students. I am self-taught too, and therefore have a special affection for musicians like us. Your playing is beautiful. There is no such thing as "technically correct."
cwimpee 1 year ago
Excellent performance of a Carolan piece!
tabietaful 1 year ago
nice to hear this on a guitar! You play it very well....
and you look very beautiful too X
AlouaisA 1 year ago
nice:)
mabbettmusic123 1 year ago
my God, 440 stars..can I buy some¿! :-D
Qpidon 1 year ago
Absolutely brilliant playing ! Just shows that it's not the tools but the work(wo)man that makes the difference. I've uploaded a few trad Irish and Scottish tunes myself, but this one is something special. Loved it. 5 stars and a sub from me :o) Thanks for posting. Cheers, Jim
jimguitarfan 1 year ago
Hi, did you ever get round to learning "Mrs Edwards"?
jamescharles999 1 year ago
Molto bello,complimenti!
micael5963 1 year ago
Beautiful. And, beautiful.....
zener81 1 year ago
Very well done, that's all I can say for the moment. Best of luck!!
MoGhaoil 1 year ago
Oops, So is Carolan's Concerto!
jbcinyelm 1 year ago
I love your playing! It really is inspiring, Thank you for sharing your music, the way you play Hewlett is rather magical. I am curious, have you ever checked out Segovia's scales?
jbcinyelm 1 year ago
I have been playing guitar seriously now for over 30 years-and this absolutely floors me!!! You have made a new fan, Turlough!!!
unionfiddler 1 year ago
Wow, I would almost give you my guitar just so it could sound like that for one lifetime. I'm still hoping to make it sound like that in mine.
barryb83110 1 year ago
Really enjoyed this, thank you for posting it. Where are you based? Id love to see you play in public if that was something you do. Keep it up, its graceful and very inspiring.
jamestkcc 1 year ago
so cool !
orth3rion 1 year ago
Very Nice
mywidescreen3162 1 year ago
Great hands...and I think the self-taught as opposed to classically trained is a bust anyway...training with a good teacher can be helpful but a lot of classically trained players I hear tend to sound "stiff" because of it...
I usually only favourite original songs but I'm making an exception for this...
5/5* Fav
wooddragon45 1 year ago
i like your comment '..., the guitar was a tenner from the charity shop.'
nsumx 1 year ago
Excellant, and so effortlessly done, bravo!
urbanguerrilla64 1 year ago
i would bang her SO hard. beautiful and good at the guitar. schwing.
hockeyyismylife 1 year ago
Dear Helen
For what it's worth...I now have a youtube account just so I could say...I LOVE YOU!! O'Carolan's is one of my favorite tunes, and I can't say I've ever witnessed a better version than you put on. Thanks you so much.
TroutMcTupelo 1 year ago
Don't know how many times I listened to you pieces...they are GREAT...hope you put a few more up...well worth paying for actually...
jimmycan123 1 year ago
beautiful!
Sweemoo 1 year ago
loved this really well played
davestewartuk 1 year ago
who cares what fingerings are used? sound is the most important thing, and this sounds good
gjh61261 1 year ago
beautiful. well done.
fergalino 1 year ago
whoaooow magnifique !
TIFOOL75 1 year ago
Really musical. Superb.
Mikejohnw1111 1 year ago
One amazing young lady, just love your music more please x
penniluck 1 year ago
This was nicely done. I played classical guitar for many years and have been through the drill. You have a great musical soul. Stay with it. The right hand issues are minor. You obviously have the talent and passion to play very well. We just tend to focus on one hand or the other. In time they both come of age.
thistlenstar 1 year ago
A bad craftsmen always blame his tools but a good craftswomen can even make a tenner guitar sing sweetly.
Normanskie 1 year ago
Un seul mot : SUPER !!!
Patrick
stpatrickun 1 year ago
Brilliant. Never heard this before - a beauty.
key2kingdom 1 year ago
Just seems to get better every time i listen to it. The feel you have, for the music, goes way beyond technical correctness, pure class.
jimbutler1950 1 year ago
Beautifully played, and on a junk guitar too!
After hearing that you might as well have mine.
pewknee 1 year ago
Beautiful, and on a junk guitar too!.
After hearing that you might as well have mine..
pewknee 1 year ago
Why do you repeat the same fingers in the right hand instead of exchanging them? So strange.
zwalrus1 1 year ago
@zwalrus1 I guess that's one of the cons of being self-taught... I figured out a way to play that was comfortable for me but not technically correct.
Dracapalley 1 year ago
@Dracapalley Right, well good technicality really just makes things easier. For instance, in the right hand, you'll repeat the a (ring finger) or m (the middle) a few times in a row. It's so much easier to exchange between fingers so that no finger plays a single string twice in a row. It makes playing with speed much easier. Anyway, whatever is comfortable for you.
Kudos on Pure Imagination. I've been planning on doing an arrangement of that myself.
zwalrus1 1 year ago
@zwalrus1 "For instance, in the right hand, you'll repeat the a (ring finger) or m (the middle) a few times in a row. It's so much easier to exchange between fingers so that no finger plays a single string twice in a row."
She played it exactly the way anyone with common sense would. Why on earth would anyone play the same string with alternate fingers unless they were double-picking (which she wasn't)? You might want to consider paying attention.
sthugh 1 year ago
@sthugh I'm with walrus 1 on this, and I understand the temptation to hit the same string with the same finger. The result, however, is a choppy attack, and there's also an upper limit to how fast you can hit the same string with the same finger. This isn't to take anything away from her skill and considerable achievement. But you have to figure she posted her work for both acknowledgement and for helpful ideas.
dagrote 1 year ago
@dagrote But it's supposed to be played repeatedly with one finger. It's called staccato. That's what the piece calls for. As I said, if the music doesn't call for double-picking, it would be pointless to use alternate fingers, and I don't believe you'll ever find another video on YT of anyone playing the piece that way. It's not very helpful to suggest she should play it incorrectly.
sthugh 1 year ago
@sthugh Fair enough. If she's deliberately choosing that technique over the other for the effect, that's fine, though I'm not sure that the piece calls for it, or that it would be "incorrect" to play it another way. But if she's playing that way because she lacks the other technique, then would you admit that it's worthwhile to learn it? More skills, more options. That's all.
dagrote 1 year ago
@dagrote I don't know if she can double-pick or not. I haven't seen enough of her videos to say. Yes, it's quite worth learning. I have a recent video showing a little about double-picking, although I do it with a thumbpick or plectrum. I've never tried to get the hang of using alternate fingers to do it since I'm not really a classical or flamenco player myself. But if I was strictly a classical/flamenco player, I would certainly practice doing it with the fingers instead.
sthugh 1 year ago
@sth : That's a great technique, too, though it sounds like it commits your thumb to it, and that might force you to leave the drone unattended. In general, my policy is learning a new tune is the chance to learn a new technique. I worked on a tune once for years, and it never came out right. Then I figured it out. It meant I had to learn how to pass my middle finger underneath my index for the final note in a run. It took weeks. But now that I have that in my right hand, I use it all the time.
dagrote 1 year ago
@dagrote I learned long ago that there are some things I'm simply never going to be able to do because I don't have the time or because I'm physically not able. There are chords my fingers just aren't long enough to play cleanly for instance. I get by the best I can for not being a full-time player. I wish I would have had all these instructional videos available when I was just starting. Kids learn so darn fast today. I see 12-year olds doing things I couldn't do till I was 20.
sthugh 1 year ago
@sthugh I know exactly what you mean. I don't know how old you are, but when I was learning a tune, it meant lifting the needle off a record and putting back at the same place a thousand times. And God help us if it was in an alternate tuning.These days, with CDs, slowing technologies, tabs, and instructional videos these kids can fly through new pieces.
dagrote 1 year ago
@Dracapalley dont take any notice of zwalrus helen, just ask him to post his version. i dont think he could when i looked at his channel whos strange.
i think you play it beutifully and if you had a guitar and p a system like franco marone
there wouldnt be much diferenceand we all have something to give to music. canyou try ocaralons draught then i can learn it from you,icant make it sound right. cheers allan
bigalli100 1 year ago
@Dracapalley pretty good for being self taught I'd say. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
onelegkickboxer 1 year ago
Magnificent! There is nothing "strange" about your fingering, and there are no cons to being self taught . The first and only rule of guitar playing is: THERE ARE NO RULES. This is what I always tell my guitar students. I am self-taught too, and therefore have a special affection for musicians like you. Your playing is beautiful. There is no such thing as "technically correct."
cwimpee 1 year ago 2
@cwimpee well said and wise ,self taught carries a unique gift all on it's own.
natobaden 1 year ago
@cwimpee TOTALLY agree with you. I do wish that some people are only watching in order to criticise or make people feel insecure. Sometimes not knowing what is "right" or "wrong" is an advantage. One of my friends is a fantastic self taught, play by ear jazz accordionist - he does things on the keyboard that seem impossible, but because he does not know any boundaries he triumphs over someone like me who was classically taught to play only what is written, and fumbles in despair :(
ImaLanger 1 year ago
@zwalrus1 Thats probably her own style,
louie10ish 1 year ago
@louie10ish Ultimately, whatever works but technically it's incorrect. But it doesn't seem to hold her back. She plays well.
zwalrus1 1 year ago
@zwalrus1 Never mind.That' s the way lute players play. "If it sounds right, it is right!"
gitaresco 1 year ago
lovely playing!
quincydubois 1 year ago
@Dracapalley: i have received Maestro's Celtic Book/CD and have now memorized this Beautiful music, i still polishing it to PERFECTION, I am use to the DADGAD tuning now...hehehe... Thank You for your 'tips', you had replied on my inquiry about learning / memorizing this piece in a short time... Thank You Again, along with Maestro Franco Morone for the INSPIRATION,
LAPUbutsekikMAG 1 year ago