Genre: Fiddle/Celtic/Irish Style: Other Key: Am Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Intermediateten penny bit
Posted by peter somerville, last updated: 3/16/2010 8:28:01 PM
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Notes: this is a fairly easy arrangement. once i let myself use the same finger twice in a row sometimes the riight hand fingering was easy. in the B part, hold 3 fingers down almost the whole time, for guitar players think of a D major chord shape. i think this arrangement is a good introduction to playing jigs on the 5 string. so playing style is bluegrass based i guess but i was reluctant to call it that. 3 finger style is more accurate. |
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Tom Hanway Says:
Wednesday, April 20, 2011 @8:25:39 AM
Classic, nice setting! |
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Tom Hanway Says:
Tuesday, May 22, 2012 @2:16:29 AM
I'm focused on your picking-hand fingerings and where I would generally play MIT where you are playing MTI, starting in the first measure. Doubling with the middle finger on the first string is fine, but one could also play a grace note (B) in the previous measure, using the thumb on the second string, and in Celtic fingerstyle, using the fretting hand, hammer-on to a D-note, which would avoid doubling with the middle finger on the first string. Yours is a Celtic fingerstyle approach in it's emphasis on strict melody, and I see nothing wrong or weird with your setting, and it's a lovely tune. I would just do it a bit differently, especially at the top, using MITMIT, then doubling with the thumb on the downbeat, or maybe using IMI on the inside strings, but there are many ways of doing it. I have transcribed 'The Tenpenny Bit' (G Ionian or Major mode) in Best-Loved Jigs and Reels, but it's an altogether different tune: Go figure! That's trad for you: same title, different tune! Interestingly, your 'Ten Penny Bit' has many of the melodic contours found in 'The Sligo Jig' (Ryan's Favourite) - both being in A Dorian mode. Maybe try MITMIT at the top, and it might change the way the tune feels or is naturally accented. Just a thought, it's fine the way it is. Great tab. |
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