In case anyone is wondering, I haven't actually become proficient in left-handed bouzouki over the past month! My new phone mirrors the video and I didn't realise until it was too far into the editing process to correct (since presumably nobody wants to read mirrored tab). I should be back through the looking glass for future videos.
I must admit to throwing in a minor 9, a dim7 and some fourth voicings when accompanying on piano when my kids used to play the Munster Cloak... sometimes you can't resist trying something a bit jazzy!
Great ideas for playing bouzouki . I tuned my 12 string the first 4 sets of strings and drop the d sounds brilliant and so Celtic. Keep the tunes and ideas coming .🤩👍
Excellent tutorial. Since tunes are typically played three rounds, it's so important to gradually vary and develop chord progressions, runs and counter melodies. And if it's the last set of the night, why not don a beret and a scarf and go full jazz.
Hi Eamon, Thanks for the mention!.This is the best lesson on bouzouki on youtube bar none.I'll start working on this tomorrow.I'll be glad to donate as well.Keep the lessons coming brilliant!.Cheers Jim.
Yes - Drones, Substitutions, Melodic movement, and Following the melody should all work equally well in a minor key! But instead of I IV V, you can usually use I VII in the minor key as your 'starting chords' (eg. Dm and C major in D minor). I will try to do the same thing for a minor tune at some point! In another video I talk more generally about chord building (ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-RjATunYrU5g.html) though that one uses major keys as the starting point as well.
Excellent video, just what I’ve been needing and looking for. Thank you Eamon! Hope to hear more songs and rhythms later on (jigs, hornppipes, waltz etc)
Thanks Leo! Definitely have plans for more along those lines but might be a little while as I'm moving soon. I do have a video on simple jig rhythm already, it's mostly right hand patterns though rather than chord choice.
I bought an Irish bouzouki and it's a really good one. I don't have trouble playing any chord. But I am so busy with mandolin and guitar I rarely touch the bouzouki. I have only found one book for it and it doesn't have much information.
Wonderful video, thanks! I'm just finding my feet with more interesting accompaniment so this was perfect. And while your jazz bonus wouldn't get you kicked out of the session, you'd receive some bemused WTF looks! 🤣
Great, glad it's useful! I think it depends on the session. If you're the only chord player and know the room you could get away with it, but if you have other people playing different chords it could go very badly!
Hello, what wood used your instrument? The sound is really very bulky and deep, I really like it. God and LORD Jesus bless you dear friend, greetings from Chile, South América 🙋🇨🇱
Hi! Mine is tuned in GDAD. You can definitely play bouzouki in mandolin tuning, but a lot of the techniques I cover in these videos won't work as well, because they rely on the open D tuning for drones
