The Galway Hornpipe (Traditional, Ireland)

This well-known Irish hornpipe offers us a fantastic opportunity to demonstrate the use of less obvious chord substitutions. I use secondary dominants and some other unexpected choices. Concepts covered included how to create a bass line using the “spaces” and “note replacement”, a variety of chord substitutions, triplets, the phrasing of hornpipes, how chords move and much more. The tune itself is simple but the ideas and arrangement are moderately challenging. 

Recorded on A Roof for the Rain 

Here's What You Get:

$38 (Sheet music PLUS video lessons)

Sheet music for melody, alternate chords and arranging ideas. Ken talks through the tune, chord choices, hammering patterns, backups, embellishments, arranging, play-throughs, and more on his dulcimer (shot from above so that you can see what he's doing).

Video Lessons Included:

• Intro summary
• Basic tune
• Basic tune play-through
• Basic tune - A Part
• Basic tune - B Part
• Chords and arranging - A Part
• Chords and arranging - B Part
• Arranging ideas - A Part
• Arranging ideas - B Part
• Play-through

Approximate length: 30 minutes

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It's like having private mini-tutorials from Ken that you can watch over and over!

NOTE: Even if you already own the sheet music, your purchase ensures that you receive the latest updated versions, and future additions to new arranging ideas, backups and so forth as Ken experiments and develops his playing of the tune.

Thank you for your support - I hope you enjoy the tune! Please do not share your purchased music and videos.

Recorded October 2015, Sandbridge, VA