Basic chords for folk music! How to find and use new chords for playing Irish folk tunes.

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  • čas přidán 17. 07. 2023
  • A basic introduction to scales and chords, how to find the diatonic chords for a scale and new ways to play them. The visual diagrams are mainly based around bouzouki (and piano because the note layout is more intuitive) but the concepts work for any instrument, including single-note instruments that might want to play accompaniment, like low brass or winds.
    Learning theory might not be the most fun part of playing an instrument, but if you grasp these basics it will help a lot with being able to quickly communicate & understand concepts like chord choice and chord progressions, which will be used in later videos which look at accompanying folk tunes in practice.
    #folkmusic #irishmusic #irishbouzouki #chords #musictheory
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Komentáře • 11

  • @johnwilliamson6846
    @johnwilliamson6846 Před rokem +2

    Excellent explanation that makes sense to me. Thanks. 🤝

    • @EamonCoughlan
      @EamonCoughlan  Před rokem

      That's great! I think it can be really hard to explain this kind of thing, especially if you do it as a tangent in the middle of teaching a tune, so I thought I should dedicate a full video to it that I can refer people back to later!

  • @robertadair9756
    @robertadair9756 Před 11 měsíci

    Many thanks for this clear and concise lesson! Much appreciated! 👍

  • @alliboogaloo
    @alliboogaloo Před 11 měsíci

    Whoa, that's awesome. I swapped from guitar and was kind of doing this on Irish bouzouki but seeing it explained as part of music theory just vindicated me and expanded what I can do in a session. Thank you so much.

  • @Musicman431
    @Musicman431 Před 2 měsíci

    Great vid, any chance you could make a vid on passing chords.

    • @EamonCoughlan
      @EamonCoughlan  Před 2 měsíci

      I go slightly into that realm in this other video czcams.com/video/KbJlAZCYjjo/video.html in the 'adding melodic movement' section (and maybe a little in the 'following the melody' part). I don't really think in terms of passing chords so hard for me to do a whole video on it, maybe I can figure out a short.

  • @MGWAIKIDOJITSU
    @MGWAIKIDOJITSU Před 11 měsíci +1

    Wow now that’s going to take while to get my head around it , but I’m sure I will understand very slowly lol …

    • @EamonCoughlan
      @EamonCoughlan  Před 11 měsíci +1

      It should make more sense when you start to use it! I will be referring to some things like chord numbers in some more practical videos so I thought I should do this explanation video first that people can go back to from the other videos if they don't understand.

    • @MGWAIKIDOJITSU
      @MGWAIKIDOJITSU Před 11 měsíci

      @@EamonCoughlan that’s just perfect 👍