Irish Reel on an old Gibson F4

[misterpulsar]

i want a beer o.o

[TheBanjoGeezer]

Wow, excellent...

[bjograsshopper]

I had heard of player pianos... those that don't require a pianist to actually play the piano... Now I see they have come out with a player mandolin. It played the last few bars of the reel for you Dan, that is so cool... where can I get one of those?

[DanBeimborn]

@bjograsshopper

Somehow the A/V sync got lost when youtube convered from the camera format I used :-) I have another recording of the same set uploaded that doesn't suffer from the same issue though!

[irishmckiddo]

im from ireland and i like that music very much,i hear in the us and a for cultural journeys

[hamdigidy]

awesome video sir. Was wondering if you had any advice for someone looking to learn more celtic standards on mandolin and guitar. I know how to play the insturnments, i just wanted to know of maybe some good songs or tab sites. i would greatly appreciate it.

[DanBeimborn]

@hamdigidy

if you search on "ABC music" you'll find many good libraries of tunes. The best way to learn is to find a good session to listen in on, and listen to as many recordings as you can. It's mostly "aural", learned by ear, and nothing can really beat a good teacher or session!

[magicamos]

tabs will be great



[alfonsgoffin]

Wow that is super!! What a fine Mandolin!! Great play!!!

[44Daddy44]

Now that is how pussy is obtained.

[DanBeimborn]

@44Daddy44 :

Ahahahah!

*deep breath*

Ahahahah!

[sonofsatchmo]

is that tune called the silver spear?

[DanBeimborn]

@sonofsatchmo : Not these two.. Someone told me "Maids of Castlebar" for the first.. even though I've heard "Johnny Doherty's" as an alternate for the first.. JD was a great Donegal player, and many tunes bear his name if folks can't remember the title.. Second is "The Wise Maid"

[sonofsatchmo]

@DanBeimborn : Oh right ta. Awesome playing, awesome mandolin... =) =)

[iloveavians]

Absolutely amazing!!

[janken919]

You play faster than sound!! I love the tone of that instrument.

[DanBeimborn]

ilikefluffycow: a quick up/down/up or down/up/down. Some of them are done with a normal down/up picking rhythm and a hammer-down or pull-off in the middle.

After the first 3-4 years of doing them they become fairly automatic, it's mostly muscle memory!

[ilikefluffycow]

fucking triplets, how do they work?

Great job here

[holmes1978]

Very Cool !!! Gibson History !

[daclaryjagr]

Wow! How do you do that? I'm in awe.

[chris673129]

What's the name of this one?

[DanBeimborn]

Johnny Doherty's/wise maid

[UberNoobtard]

im jealous of your playing, and the mandolin!

[2732551]

Love your playing and your cd's. That F-4 is incredible--one of the best two sounding ones on youtube.

[angloammusician]

To WObb1344, If your comment is true which I seriously doubt, then the pupil has far surpassed the master. Great picking and wow, hat triplets.

[mandolinplayer13]

fuck i thought i was good (dont judge me by my vids please) but holy shit dude, 5/5

[Oczwap]

That's a really beautiful mandolin.

Your playing does it justice.

[justmusicandme]

Good hands, good mandolin too!

[sixstrings1966]

Nice Mando!! And nice play. Thanks for the show..

[Kyle2303]

friggin amazing, beautiful playing with a BEAUTIFUL mandolin! fantastic!

[justinhall954]

omg id sooooo do this guy just coz he plays so well. and im a straight male.

[Mandolin1944]

Now what did you have to do that for! (<:

I am going to put my mandolin back in the case for a month!

Lovely picking! You have set a wonderful standard to work for. It is pretty amazing but those triplets are approaching the same speed as a fiddle cut -- I have pretty fast hands but I don't see how you can do it!

You can't beat the sound of those old Gibson -- lovely torch and fire inlay!

[starceff]

Fantastic !

[W0bbl344]

I taught him that

/sarcasm

[Willa1000]

haha. 100 years old. sweet playing as well as mandolin. i just got my gibson f-4 from '13. very fun indeed.

[Basie10]

If that really is a 1909 Gibson then that mandolin is worth a shitload.

[p2ych0pat]

this is such a beautiful mandoline!! woow.. where do u get this one? awesome realy! i want to learn that but theres no one who could show me.. how did u learn it?

[revolution889]

that was baller!! i gota get me a mandolin

[ryeager152]

wow.. that just made my day :-) awesome!

[StarTrekkin94]

1909 and it STILL sounds amazing.

[binzing]

Ca. 1909 is WHY it sounds amazing.

To the OP, great job, beautiful instrument.

[trippingbillies2k]

Pssshh looks like he's never played mandolin before.

/sarcasm

[Wiegieboard]

you're a badass.

[mandolineslover]

Bravo !!!

[Sazqwatch]

Excellent. I just got a mandolin as a 40th bday gift. Can't wait to be able to play a bit.

[Croter8ment]

Yea I watched the other videos of this guy and he seems to have no reason to make this up. That's some mighty fine mandolinery you got there.

[Thealmightytaco]

skills

[accordion1994]

the tune is called:

the maids of castlebar

[jpalmer2004]

What a great Mando! :)

[diptanshu]

super!

[emooboist]

What a beautiful instrument!

[PimpMasterLaurence]

he isnt even really playing. lmao.

[DanBeimborn]

It's real, but the camera I used had audio sync issues :)

[fx02zbn]

Wow Dan that was fantastic! How dya get so good.

[1611cody]

that is freeking funny

[jennymagic]

that was seriously cool and unexpected.....thanks for this...yay

[jordan0524]

Do you also play Fiddle? Seems like you have that sort of dexterity.

[cjhseeker]

Awesome playing, and an outstanding instrument. Those are some mad picked triplets.

[Apocalyptiq]

crazy speedy fingers ;o :) GREAT PLAYING! :D

[bojalwasix]

I just got my new Morgan Monroe and started learning this.

[1611cody]

haha, funny

[micahsky92]

WOW! Nice Playing!

[VideoDude87]

Awsome playing.... :)

[laurytanty89]

WOW!!!!

[JoeGuitarGuy]

gibsons make the best in the wrld i myself have a gibson lg-1 1964 acoustic guitar gibsons are guitars that can never be surpassed =D very nice my freind

[martinmcmutrie]

Great-sounding mandolin, more tunes please.

[fop27]

I´ve watched this sooo many times and it just gets better and better!

[biancasosa]

so... was the audio and video off or was he just pooling my leg

[DanBeimborn]

There was a sync problem.. I was using a digicam that gets a nice picture but audio seems to drop

[z5hmg]

re lack of "synchronisation" - I think it's a youtube problem as well - I find it happens on a lots of vids - the pic comes through slower than the sounds ...

Bloody fast playing there, beautiful, thanks!!

[reillyevan]

So! That is what DanB looks like without Photoshop?

Nice playing there.

[BanjoBoyMatt]

Woah! What a blast that mandolin is! Looks like Everett Lilly's one :) Nice job!

[afortyandoldstrings]

You should be very happy to own such a wonderful mandolin.

[elzamando]

Hi, nice technique and very nice old Gibson instrument!!!

[mbakers]

Its always good to have another career to fall back on. Is that the waiting room at global switch?

Sounds great !

[MikeBatten]

Wicked Job! sounded Great

[SillyWizard]

Were you pick synching? haha! Very nice tune, well done. I like the mandoline, it looks great.

[2ndgeneration]

Very nice pickin'!

[DanBeimborn]

audio/video sync-up got lost in translation :)

[DanBeimborn]

if you play fast enough it takes the mandolin a few minutes to catch up

[ambidine]

lol... great playing.. I recently bought a mandolin after seeing the Song The Blacksmith... Know of any good websites where I can learn celtic music on the mandolin?

[JimRichter]

Looking good Dan! I'm most curious about your technique though. The ability to make notes come out of that mandolin even after you've stopped playing is amazing! --Jim