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The Mountain Road

Written by Paul Conlon. Posted in Advanced Level, Newly added tunes, Videos

The Mountain Road is a very popular session tune that’s bound to have all musicians join in. I have recorded the reel in the key of D major with the first part played twice followed by the second part twice. You may find that some musicians play the tune as a single reel ‘1st part once/2nd part once’ so maybe it’s best to tell accompanying musicians your intentions.

Also you will find musicians playing many different versions of the tune.  The long f# at the beginning of the tune can be played as a rolling triplet i.e.  e f# f# or as a hammer-on (play e then pound your finger down on the f# then play the note of f#) Also at the beginning of part two you can play the DC#D as a plain triplet D D or vary it second time around. It’s up to you to experiment

part one

f#-   A f#   Bf#Af#  |   f#-   Af#   ef#de   |   f#-   Af#   Bf#Af#  |   G-   f#G   edbd  |
f#-   A f#   Bf#Af#  |   f#-   Af#   ef#d-    |   ef#   A A  BAf# A  |   A   BD    EF#DED  |:

part two

DC#D   A   BAf#A   |   DC#D   E   F#G’F#E   |  DC#D   A    BAf#A   |   G-    e f#d   ef#GA   |
DC#D   A   BAf#A   |   DC#D   E   F#G’F#E   |  D D   A    BAf#A   |   G-   f#G    edbd  |:

 

Gerry O’Connor offers some great advice while demonstrating his techniques playing The Mountain Road.

The Limestone Rock

Written by Paul Conlon. Posted in Advanced Level, Intermediate Level, Videos

The Limestone Rock is played as a single reel so the notes below are played from start to finish and then repeated. This tune is played in a set following Father Kelly’s Reel.

  • D   C   B   G   G   A   G   f#   G   D   G   G   A   |
  • D   C   B   G   G   A   G   A   B   C   A   B   G   A   |
  • D   C   B   G   G   A   G   f#   G   D   G   G   A   |
  • D   C   B   G   G   A   G   A   B   C   A   B   G   A   |

 

  • B    D   E     D  G’  E     D  G’  E     D  B  A |
  • B   D    E   B B   G’   B B    C   A   B   G   A
  • B   D    E  D    E    A’ A’   G’   E   D   B   A   C   B   A   G
  • B   D   G’      B’   A’   G’   E   F#   G’   E   D   B   G

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