Irish bouzouki - The Unwilling Sparrow
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- čas přidán 1. 03. 2018
- Last week I went on a trip to Donegal, where I bought this lovely second-hand 1978 Joe Foley bouzouki. Relative to my Fylde, this one's got a smaller body and bigger soundhole, giving it less bass and sustain and more punch in the high end - perfect for tunes!
The first tune is one I wrote myself, a jig called the Unwilling Sparrow. The second one is a traditional tune called I Buried My Wife and Danced on Her Grave, and the third one is called Jim Ward's.
Enjoy!
P.S. Many thanks to Suzanne for filming me.
NEW: The Unwilling Sparrow, and fifty-four other tunes I wrote over the past few years, is part of my new tune book, which is available from my website www.tijnberends.com - Hudba
This is lovely. Thanks so much for sharing. I’ll be listening over and over. And, yes, tablature would be a real gift.
I can listen to this all day.
I love your multi-instrumental approach and sense of musicianship, as well as technical proficiency.
I've met Joe Foley, he's good folks. Had the honor of playing a brand new guitar he'd made - the lacquer was barely dry! It was amazing. Really nice job on the tune, just lovely!
This Bouzouki is really sounding superb!!! Would love to hear this tune live somewhere someday...
Owh, that sound. To me its more and more of a home comming at 61, ... geez, ... previous lives? Getting down in the lower decks of the Taitanic? This kind of music alway brings me in some tears. Grand player, this man is, love his tunes 🎶💖🎵🤘
It’s a lady performing
Great piece of music..timing and pace absolutely superb
Cool, very nice 🍻🍻🍻
Grand playing.........A Joy To Listen To. Thanks.
3:09 The Drunken Landlady starts, immediate goosebumps. Music of stellar quality, we want an album!
Impressive!
This song made my heart smile.........thanks so much.
Love your playing; you never sound 'rushed', always bang in the pocket and clean.
And the Foley sounds great for tunes, very punchy.
The sound you make melts my heart. keep it going
great !!! would like to take bouzouki class !!
Beautiful music 🎶 thank you
So lovely.
really stunning! Love the beautiful sound of your bouzouki.
If a stringed instrument could sing hallelujah. That accordion about took me completely over. =*)
Love this tune. Got a real Altan vibe going there. Lovely clipped intonation and execution on the Foley as well. Marvellous.
What a beautiful haunting melody.
Gorgeous tune! And very satisfying to play on fiddle :)
Just beautiful.
Gosh this is really beautiful....
Yessss, how I have missed your lovely melodies. Love from Sweden.
Lovely contemporary composition - nice to see it's getting picked up and covered by others as well!
Very nice!
Excellent as always!
Sheer delight!
Marvelous, great job, hats ogg to "all" the band😎
Awesome track
Very nice improvt come to America 🇺🇸
Magnificent!
Beautiful tune, beautifully played.
ammmaziinngg!!! perfect!!! hahaha thanks...sounds brilliant!
A lovely tune cheers
Tu bouzouki suena excelente. Eres un gran músico.
Great set! Love your original jig. Really inspiring, especially the melodic use of the bouzouki!
Ahh Tijn ik kan echt uren naar je luisteren
Thanks :)
awesome stuff!
Liked and subscribed. Inspires me to learn tunes on the bouzouki. Keep up the good work, we cannot allow those banjo players to have all the fun!
Nice playing!!
Huge fan, when are you coming to Australia?
Yeah!
concertina!
Beautiful, The Unwilling Sparrow. You are a great band. The Joe Foley is lovely for tunes, and I love how you play it. Would you tell us how you have tuned your guitar for this tune?
i love this tune, i think ive account for a good few views of this? what tuning are you using on guitar?
Fancy
Love the jig you wrote. Looks like your guitar is DADGAD?
Lovely.... great tunes on your channel.... what tuning on the guitar, dadgag, dropped d or standard
I really like ! What are the titles ?
Great tune, and great tuning! If l may ask: who made your bouzouki? And what is it's scale?
The last jig is beautiful. What is it called?
Hi, Big fan of your work.
I'm starting Bouzouki this year, (since January actually). do you have some advice (web lesson or dedicated website ?) ftr i'm a middle class guitarist (actually drummer and i play Bodhran too)
Thanks and Keep sending good vibes
Heya, glad you liked it! Like you, I already played the guitar (a bit) when I picked up the bouzouki. I never followed any lessons, but I listened to as many different players as possible. The older albums by Planxty and Dervish are a great place to start. Try to emulate first, then apply the same playing to different tunes or songs, see what works. Experiment to see what different kinds of sounds you can get out of the instrument and what you can use them for.
And practise. For any new trick you want to pick up, it will take several dozen hours of doing just that thing for your fingers to get used to it.
Good luck!
Hi,
Thank's for the quick answer. I'll follow your advice, i didn't know Planxty and Dervish (I discovered this is not just one band :D).
What tuning do you have your bouzouki in. Wonderful playing. Your are truly a Multi instrumentalist. Thanks
Fantastic tune and sound, is the Foley strung in unison or octaves?
So basically the big soundhole gives more punch in the high end? Nice first tune, nice composition :)
A bigger soundhole means vibrational energy from a plucked string is more quickly transferred to the surrounding air, meaning you have less sustain - and, because of simple conservation of energy, more volume during that shorter sounding time.
The difference in low versus high end is mainly due to body size - generally speaking, a bigger body gives more power the lower frequencies. The small body of this zouk doesn't allow much of that low end, leaving more energy for the high frequencies. Combined with the shorter sustain, it makes it sound more "punchy".
I love your artistry. I am learning Irish bouzouki. Are you available for lessons!?
The notes really cut through compared to the Fylde........the Fylde is sweet sounding though. Both have their strengths! Seems like it's more comfortable you to hold?
What kind of capo is that?
I meant great PLAYING! And are you playing in GDAD TUNING??
Thanks! This one was made by Joe Foley in 1978 and yes, it's tuned G,DAd.
Is that guitar a D1-R? Looks JUST like mine!
It's a DRS-2.
🎸🪕🍀🧙♂🧝♀🦄
Oh it starts going good at 3:10!!
Hello, I allow myself to ask you what harmonica do you use on your video where you play "autumn child". An answer evoked a Seytel D .. Apparently it does not work ... You play in a more serious register can you enlighten me please? cordially please i need a answer is for my dad.
Heya, I'm assuming the "serious register" you got with Google Translate means a lower one. Correct, the harmonica I play in that video is a Seydel Session Steel in low D solo tuning - although a regular low D would work as well.
TijnB42 thank for your answer, sorry i’m french and my english is not very good but i try.. i like your music, thank again for your answer.
Нет слов! Это прекрасно!!!🙏🙏🙏🔥🔥🔥🔥