Planxty Hewlett - Turlough O'Carolan - Dracapalley

[alexgeddylyfson]

ive been practicing this guitar peice for2 months but everytime i get discouraged i listen to this it sounds amazing you are WONDERFUL at guitar never stop playing you have a wonderful gift and beatiful too keep it up

[NileSings]

Beautiful!

[Akitrom]

Fantastic job. "Hewlett" is one of my favorite O'Carolan pieces; I've heard dozens of interpretations. Yours is one of my favorites! Thank you for your work, and thank you for posting.

[theirishman2011]

What a sweetly executed piece , Well done you ,beautiful .

[blumenthol]

i've been playing for 30 years - and this inspires me. nice work

[renatovcortereal]

great sound

[francos1960]

You trasform your cheap guitar in a celtic harp...Incredible... too easy for an angel...

[Dracapalley]

@francos1960 This isn't the cheap classical guitar that I used in the Carolan's Concerto video but thank you all the same!

[jimguitarfan]

Fantastic ! I l first heard this on a Planxty album (The Well Below the Valley, I think), and love it, though it was on the pipes on that version. You get an amazingly harp-like sound there. I always wanted to learn it, so thanks for the TAB link. Cheers for posting this, Jim

[harnamize]

THIS IS WHAT U TB IS ABOUT ...SHARING BEATIFUL THINGS

[petermillerguitar]

I love this playing.

Thought I'd come back for another listen.

God bless. excellent playing ! :o)

[pegheadproductions]

Never get rid of that guitar - it will be a famous instrument one day, because of its unique sound. I would swear you were playing along with a harp recording. Brilliant!

[Qwerti60]

You did it Man. You made us all feel like you play the Harp! You are real master!

[eggy851]

Beautiful, it gladdens the heart.

[mrwopsle]

Lovely.

[tordack]

I'm assuming you're not showing your face because you want the comments to be about the music, not how attractive you are? Very noble.

[rbloch66]

Nicely done!!!!!!!

[rolo99999]

Who is this wonderful mysterious woman who plays such beautiful music ?

[jack75391]

u are a superstar

[maurapo]

This is an arp not a guitar, brava! what kind of microphone do you use?

[Dracapalley]

@maurapo Thanks! It's an Audio-Technica AT4040 condenser mic.

[skillisme]

If I close my eyes, I swear it's a harp.

[Lansdownekid]

Fantastic rendition of this beautiful music 5*****

Regards // Harry

[locochica4788]

LOVE LOVE LOVE

[therebelfan]

Turlough Carolan was pure genius!

[Ungeniusman]

Hey, are those nylon strings? I think those are nylon strings.

[MichaelOBrien63]

Absolutely wonderful tone and technique!

Beautiful stuff indeed.

[bazookarka]

BRavooooooooooooooo :]

[sam7707uk]

Beautifully played ...

Don't know how much of that was original but folk music

sure is alive and well with such great music around ...

Please post with details of tuning you use etc ... ...

Always good to know these things ...

[Dracapalley]

Hi, thanks for your comment. I have put details of the TAB for this in the side info panel.

[casij]

I Actually love you. not in a creepy online stalker way, just in a ... i wish you were sat in my front room rocking out the charity shop guitars way. awsome dude

[MrBruceBarham]

much too short, I had to splice this together 16 times just to barely get enough

[jamescharles999]

i play this tune too, or i thought i did, actually sounds like a harp, really great!

[Donegaldan]

I have alays been fascinated with Turlough O' Carolyns history Ireland's blind Beethoven, who played planxties at weddings to earn a living. This lady can play guitar superbly. Thank you

[clarebannerman]

Just had to post a response. U sound like an Irish Harpist. Lovely technique ♪♫

[jimtiv]

Fantastic !! ... what a talent ......

[bndeyo]

you don't just hit the notes... you hit them so very cleanly and gracefully! I play this song now, thanks to you, but I stop by and watch you play it to remind myself how it should be done...

[davidablair]

Your playing just keeps getting better. Very nice!

[GoldCoastPiper]

Very beautiful, harp-like tone out of that little guitar! Well done!

[Donegaldan]

This exemplifies O'Carolyns sheer brilliance, Takes me back to my youth in the 70s in Belfast. Excellent playing thank you.

[fochie]

Are you classically trained ?

[Dracapalley]

Hi, thanks for your comments. No, I'm not classically trained, I'm self-taught. Thanks again.

[fochie]

True talent then well done.Ur lucky.....there's trained musicians tyring that who will be lobing there guitars into the bin right now.;)

[Dracapalley]

Thanks very much, although I hope no guitars are seeing the inside of bins; that would be criminal!

[fochie]

With alot of tears attached...:)

[ShawDAMAN]

Self-taught? My word. For how long? Makes me disappointed in myself and inspired at the same time ;-)

[Dracapalley]

Thanks a lot. I've been playing for around 13 years, although had a break of some years in between. Thank God for guitar magazines!

[ShawDAMAN]

Guitar magazines and the internet of course ;-D

I learned "Carolan's receipt" by watching your video, (not as well of course) but I may post it soon :) can't have too much Carolan on youtube. =) Thanks, and I certainly hope you can share more of your playing with us in the not-too-distant future!

[Dracapalley]

Excellent, really hope to hear/see your version on here!

[fochie]

Nice,

[Ticlano]

Impressive! Thank you for keeping O'Carolan's work alive!

Keep it up!

[bndeyo]

That was absolutely wonderful. You inspire me... I have to go practice now.

[MrChriswhale]

Beautiful.. I think this is the best version of this song I have heard. Sounds much better played on nylon strings.

[TheWindingSheet]

Simply beautiful... Thank you.

[bay6ford]

magic well done.

[cienanosdesoledad]

I love both of your hands, specially the right one!

[1lorol]

Anche oggi mi sono regalato un tuo ascolto... suoni davvero con molta bravura e ti muovi sulla chitarra con tutta naturalezza e precisione! Il rultato? Magia e meraviglia!!!

[jms2055]

Great technique, excelent sonority.

[Oakeeper]

Very very nice !! *****

[jamescharles999]

love this tune

[cbvillanueva]

Wonderful! Thank you for sharing you talent...

[TwoHarps]

Excellent!

[lakenewell]

Your playing is so magnificent. I know I will come back many times to enjoy your playing Thanks you for posting. I look forward to more.

[stevecr223]

Lovely! You've got the tone of a harp and great technique. What type of guitar is that?

[YANHYK]

Just very very nice !!

[stmike12]

Wow. Very impressive. 5*

[aussiebluesman]

Just beautiful playing........well done

[SDG1750]

Beautifully done =)love it.

[JasmineAshley82]

Lovely

[AndanteLargo]

Sigh... the guitar sounds excactly as a harp with that tuning!

Very, very inspiering and beautiful. A stoke of genious tuning it that way!

Respect!

Per-Olov

[franckph]

Amasing,it sounds like a harp! How your guitar is tuned?

[ferretgimp]

This must be one of only a handfull of pieces of music that stirs my soul. Keep up the fantastic work, this truly is wonderful!

[farandaway]

I bet that the guitar used in this video is a Spanish Flamenco. I recently bought one these because I loved the sound that it produced... not overly resonating but with a crisp sound with alot of attack and volume. Also I love this video and the other one where you play Carolan's Concerto. You have an amazing musicality... love the style of playing in Carolan's Concerto such as fretting with the thumb. I'm thinking that this must give the classical players fits. Thanks again for the videos.

[pontepolentepontepi]

beautiful playing ... it's a pleasure

to stay earing and watching your videos.

Brava !

[MuNkYBizNess]

Oh my what a deft and delicate player you are, a fantastically sweet treat of magical musicianship

[SeadartVSG]

Very lyrical performance, amazing sound from such a humble guitar, you have a real talent, best wishes for your future in music.

[plungermute]

you have a lovely playing style.

[MYABUTTREEKS]

Your guitar tone and playing are a sight to behold. Fantastic job.

[guywolff]

Very Very nice thanks for posting this .. Yours Guy

[SUNNYD3322]

That's well played. There is a celtic flavour inspite of the guitar.Thanks for posting.

[potgieter]

i love you

[Qpidon]

How you get that marvelous harp sound out of that guitar remains a miracle...did you alter the sound a bit after the recording? just curious...

[Dracapalley]

That's the beauty of alternate tunings/open strings! There is a bit of reverb on the recording, but not overly altered, only what you hear. Nothing else added. The guitar seems unusual, a classical that just doesn't play like a classical (to me!) and I have no idea of the make/model... so it's a mystery to me too!

[1bhaiya]

Beautiful playing and such feel for the music. You make the guitar sing. Maybe you could work at making it look just that bit more difficut so we with less talent don't get too discouraged.

More please !

[Dracapalley]

Thanks, I'll see what I can do ;0) (and don't lose heart!)

[dagonsor]

Hello: do you have the tab of this piece?

Thank you.

[Dracapalley]

If you go to the Keith Hinchliffe website and follow through to 'Carolan's Dream' and you will find the free tab of Hewlett.

[dagonsor]

OK. Thank you.

You are a great guitarist.

A greeting

Daniel

[dagonsor]

Excelente musicalidad. 10*

Un saludo

Daniel

[gamesrmelife]

more...more...more...we want more. Your musicianship is unbelievable.  Bravo!!!!

[tarkineWild]

Gorgeously played. It sounds wonderfully harp like when played so well and in such skillful hands

Bravo!

[MegMerrilies]

Beautifully played.

[60moo]

Part of Dracapalley's magic lies in her ability to maintain vibrancy. It sounds so fresh, as though she's creating the music, not just playing it.

She just has the most wonderful feel for music.

[5Bishop001]

That was superb. I wish I could play that clearly, or maybe its cause I only use an acoustic guitar and not a classical =(

Anyways, awesome work! It was beautiful... now lets hear another one =D

[legboot]

What a flowing, gentle song....beautiful! What kind of guitar is that?

[Dracapalley]

Thank you very much. The guitar is a classical. All the best :0)

[legboot]

You get a wonderful sound with it...do you know anything more about the guitar? Who made it and when or what's the wood it's made of, scale and dimensions? I'm curious because it sounds so good. If I ever go looking for a 'classical', this kind of information would be helpful. By the way, are you a music student right now? I did that once, many years ago. Thanks.

[Dracapalley]

These are questions I'd like to know myself! It was bought from a shop here in the UK over 30 years ago, there's no luthier name, just a label saying 'Made In Spain' and that's as much as I know. The wood is presumably cedar. I could be wrong, but I think the darker/honey-coloured wood is nearly always cedar for classical guitars. Sorry I can't be more helpful. It was an unusual guitar to play, it didn't really respond like a typical classical but worked well for other things. All the best.

[Dracapalley]

I can't help with scale or dimensions either as I don't have the guitar, sorry. No, not a student in any institutional way, more a bedroom guitarist!

[legboot]

You're probably better off (obviously, from the sound of Planxty Hewlett!). You'll get more done on your own, without some professor telling you what to practice. I learn best just listening to recordings (or watching YouTube!) and playing what I hear. Cedar, huh? That's interesting...

[Dracapalley]

The guitar was bought in 1972 for £24(!), whatever that value is today; that may help you in your quest for a guitar. :0)

[Folkmill]

On its tone and finish - now about 40 years old - I think we're looking a week's to month's pay.

Then for £25 you'd expect a fair bit for your money, but was perhaps before people got used to what stuff was worth in new pence.

Please, take some credit for the removing a lot of umming and ahhing from me buying a resonator yesterday.

It's going to live in G. In November it was simply something it may eventually be nice to end up owning, sometime.

Thanks for the TAB pointer & Planxty.

[asteist]

please!the tuning you use for planxty hewlett.asteist.thanks.

[Dracapalley]

CGDGBD is the tuning. If you go to the Keith Hinchliffe website you can get the tab free. I tried to post the URL before but youtube won't let me. Go to 'Carolan's Dream' from the main page, then 'tune book' and you should find the tab of Hewlett. Have fun!

[Qpidon]

thanks!

[GuitarVlog]

Another nice performance. I need to do more searches for these pieces. If you can recommend a repertoire book, let me know.

[Dracapalley]

Hi, yes the book by Keith Hinchliffe is called 'Carolan's Dream' and has this piece. The other video I have of Carolan's Concerto isn't his arrangement, it's by Franco Morone and can be found in the book 'The South Wind'. All the best, and thanks for the nice comments.

[GuitarVlog]

Thank you so much! :)

[asteist]

as ive come to expect,superb in feel,execution,sympathy.angeko­kk.

[oscilis]

wow! Beautiful playing.

[Maxdesander]

Are you making an album ?

Please do...

[NunoN8]

very very beautiful!

[RB3Gibson]

Very nicely done Dracapalley! Beautiful.

[Xellameere]

Beautiful! Like a harp.

[Gealach74]

well done!

did you made your own arrengement?

[Dracapalley]

Thanks! No, this isn't my own arrangement, the wonderful Keith Hinchliffe arranged it. He has done some lovely arrangements of Turlough O'Carolan, worth checking him out.

[GuitarVlog]

Dracapalley, is there a specific book by Keith that contains this piece and O'Carolan's Concerto?

Thanks again for this wonderful performance!

[patricegoyaud]

very good playing, and great feeling.

Patrice

[criltunieddu]

Great performance. That arrangement and that sound remind me the atmosphere of harp recordings of Carolan's repertoire. Please post more tunes!!!

[Hurdingas]

very beautiful

[JMDenver]

That is beautiful. Good to see you got your guitar fixed! You manage to make a guitar sound as smooth as a harp. Excellent playing.

[Dracapalley]

Thanks for the kind words. No fixed guitar, this was loaned to me but it's welcome relief, if only for a little while!