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DADGAD & Irish music
BLACK HAIRED LASS (reel)
Black haired lass - MP3
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"Black haired lass" is a traditional reel in A mixolydian with two parts, the first of 4 bars and the second of 8 bars.
To get started, we can play with just 3 chords:
A
B
Chord chart 1 - MP3
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We can use this ones:
To change a bit on the fisrt part you can also use these chords
And on the second part you can do a bass change (A - B - D) :
Chord chart 2 - MP3
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Now we can try to add more bass lines with that grid:
A
B
On the first part you can use:
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On the second part:
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Chord chart 3 - MP3
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To make some relief you can also play all the first part with a A modal for example. It will add some tension, particulary with that chord. It's a good moment also to change you rythm.
Chord chart 4 - MP3
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You can listen to "Black haired lass" in the album "Blackwater" of the band Altan. The album was released in 1996.
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