Irish and Celtic Fingerstyle Banjo

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Irish and Celtic Fingerstyle Banjo

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Pioneering 5-string styles to play traditional tunes from Ireland, Celtic lands, ex-Celtic lands, and the Celtic diaspora.

82 Members, Created 5/11/2012 -

Administrators: Tom Hanway (owner) , peter somerville

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Revised Tab With Fingering: Lilting Banshee

Years ago Tom Hanway asked why I didn't include picking fingering in my tab. My reason was I thought players experienced enough to play it would have their preferences. But I also realized it... Read More
From Old Hickory 6 years ago
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Jameson TV Commercial, Tom Hanway on 5-String Banjo

Please see the TV commercial for Jameson Irish Whiskey, Scully was to Blame, part of their global campaign to catch up to the gin trend in Ireland and the... Read More
From Tom Hanway 8 years ago
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Sharon Shannon - Live at Dolan's Warehouse 2006

Irish and Celtic musicians have long flirted with and absorbed other musics into the living tradition. Here is a contemporary example by Sharon Shannon and The Big Band. That's her... Read More
From Tom Hanway 11 years ago
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Bluegrass Today on-line article: New Celtic Banjo Book

Bluegrass Today has an on-line feature article about my newest Mel Bay tune collection, Easy Irish and Celtic Melodies for 5-String Banjo: Best-Loved Airs and Session Tunes: New... Read More
From Tom Hanway 13 years ago
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Celtic tabs: Donnybrook Fair & Gallagher's Frolics

I posted these to the Hangout tab archive back in 2011. They both tend more to the melodic style rather than the Celtic three finger style as Tom describes it. But I think the melodies... Read More
From Old Hickory 13 years ago
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Forum Post: (untitled) Linked by peter somerville 14 years ago
MP3: mason's apron Linked by peter somerville 14 years ago
	Tom Hanway, Moya Brennan, Cormac de Barra & Friends Linked by Tom Hanway 14 years ago: Backstage Session with Tom Hanway, Moya Brennan, Cormac de Barra in Sweden's Borgholm Castle - Oland Celtic Irish Music Festival - 6 July 2012
MP3: Gilderoy Linked by kirbonite 14 years ago
Tablature: Earl's Chair Linked by peter somerville 14 years ago
	Swallowtail Reel Linked by peter somerville 14 years ago
Tablature: Earl's Chair, The Linked by Tom Hanway 14 years ago: These are A-Part Fretting and Picking-Hand exercises for the tune which appears (as a beginner version in its entirety) in my recent Mel Bay Book/CD compilation, Best-Loved Jigs and Reels. Have fun!
Tablature: The Teetotaler (Temperance Reel) Linked by boyratchet 14 years ago
Tablature: ten penny bit Linked by peter somerville 14 years ago
Tablature: temperance reel Linked by peter somerville 14 years ago