Irish bouzouki - The Bucks of Oranmore 

I can't tell you how many times I've returned to sit and listen to this tune of yours - the best rendition of bucks I've ever heard! Thank you for being an inspiration, and thanks for your amazing playing!!!

For engineers only. Feast your eyes on his fast repositioning of left hand. That’s a perfect human closed loop servo. No oscillation, fast, accurate and great position damping. In moves that must be near foot along neck. His brain must be working with at least second derivative of position , maybe third.

I love the drones you sat up on this tune On several occasions now I've sat with my eyes closed and listened to this repeatedly it's like a hypnotic drug

Astonishing, I would love to sit and listen to your music all day long.

Footnote: According to Francis O'Neill, a famous pre-civil war blind piper named Patrick Flannery was, in 1855, playing the "Bucks of Oranmore" on the streets of Brooklyn in front of a fascinated audience when "the summons to eternity" came. Can't think of a happier tune to be playing, or a better way for a musician to bid adieu :)

So beautiful. Makes me tearful... Would love to have an CD... Really class

Fantástico. Te sigo desde hace bastante tiempo. Eres un músico increíble.

Commenting in 2021 and still confused who the heck would give this a thumbs down...

you should really make an album. many people would love that

Great way to Start 2024

I like your commitment to this style of music. It takes years to perfect. It seems so seamless. Thanks for your videos!

Love your playing.

Fabulous playing👏🏻

One of the best playing of Bucks that I've had the pleasure of hearing. Thank you mate.

Lovely sound. I'm becoming enthralled with the Irish bouzouki.

F is my favorite key. I wish more players would get into it. Superb picking!

This is really fantastic, tasteful playing... beautiful!

Wonderful!

Ah the bucks, an extravaganza of a reel indeed. Well played!

Can't wait to buy your cd! Your playing is so inspiring.. What great sessions you must go to! Hope that wonderful bodhran player is on it too!

Perfect pace, the beauties of too many tunes get left behind at the hectic pace of many sessions IMHO. Great use of drones and cross picking technique here. Thumbs Up from Catalunya

Muy bonito!!

Very cool

If my life was perfect this would be the soundtrack ☘👍

sweet job

I would totally buy this. I really love this.

The Bucks is a reel. And a reel is fast!

You are even an inspiration to an ol' timer! Thanks!!!

Very nice. I really like the double stops you're playing in some variations of the third part.

Humdinger Tempo. Fine finish.

Was waiting for you to cover this one. Great tune, well played!!

very well done..excellant rendition of it..very well controlled.

Great playing.

Nice! Played so cleanly :-)

Thank you for your videos and music. Very inspiring!

Jeu très fluide et bon tempo ! Une sonorité agréable !

PURE LOVE!!! thank you very much!!!! infinite love for you!! xdxd

This is so great. Inspiring.

This music belongs on the capsule of human culture to be launched to outer space someday.

Very Nice Thank You

❤

I really enjoyed that! A real foot tapper. Thanks!

Hi Tijn! Funny I found this video looking to learn to play this tune. Good job!

Excellent!!..did you do the guitar backing as well ?...I m loving that sound!

Huppppppppppp ya boyo Lovely stuff

Tidy playing, thank you

Ever made an album yet? Would be good with another guitar player :) or citern maybe.

That is brilliant !

Sounds great

Tres beau , merci

Wow - phenomenal accuracy and very musical! Did you play the accompaniment too? Really great.

greaaaaaat i love it

Wow!

This tune makes me stupid-happy.

Beautiful! I love the lovely ringing tones you get even with a capo. Is that a Greg Bennett Glider capo?

Bravo!!

Awesome!

Do you have a guitar player there with you ,or are you using a backing track?

Very nice! Is this more or less the same tune Barney McKenna playes on the first Dubs album, titled (wrongly I think) The High Reel?

Bravo 👍

Great, do you play in ADAD?

Awesome. Just got my new bouzouki and this was the first thing I learned :P Which strings are you using?

Great!!!!

I can dig it

Did i see right? He never (or barely?) uses his pinky on the fret?

It's a mix of guitar and banjo

Could you or someone possibly point me to the dots for this the way you play it? It's so confusing when I'm trying to teach an old dog (me) to read music and it's different than what I'm hearing..

Erin Go Bragh

Sorry if I sound silly, but I'm quite new to the bouzouki, are you tuned GDAD, or GDAE?

Are there any fakebooks or anything of the sort you would reccomend to intermediate level mando/guitar players looking for repertoire?

Thank you, I'm a fan ! What's your real name TijnB42 ?

Очень круто!

First of all gotta say love your music especially queen of argyll and autumn child. second thanks for opening my mind up to the bouzouki, i actually decided i was gonna learn to play piano, but the bouzouki honestly speaks to me more sound wise. Thirdly how would you recommend going about learning the bouzouki for a complete music noob i found a cheap ozark that im gonna order once my paycheck comes, but im having alot of difficulty finding instructional material. Anyway keep up the good work and stay frosty :D

Love the tone on this! Kind of a silly question, but what gauge plectrum are you using?

Very nice playing, i realy like your channel. Im starting to playing Bouzouki myself and looking for inspiration ist great at your channel. Are there any tabs available or how are you learning the jiggs? Greetz from Hamburg Matze

Sounds great! What mic do you use for recording this?

Nicely done ! "and in F just because I can"... It means that the scale length of your longscale bouzouki is too long for a playing in D at 0 fret ? Sometimes, are "itchy fingers" not enough, with your Fylde ? Anyway, I congratulate you !

Tuning?

Are you sure the guitar was DADGAD? I guess you are. haha You played the song. But why? I would have tuned the Martin to DADF#AD. Then you have a perfect D. Just a thought. Never mnd, you sounded great. I play mando lin and guitar, but I think I would like to switch to Bouziki because my hands are not as "bendy" as they once were. The larger fingerboard appeals to me.

I know...probably it makes no sense to say to you..." bet you can't play it slow"!

not bad