Thank you! Glad you like them 🙏🏻😊

Glad you liked it!

Thanks for this - I've never heard of Steve Waring but I'll check him out!

Thanks! Go listen to it sung (Eve Goodman has a nice version) to hear the pronunciation, can't help with that I'm afraid but good luck to you 😁

Many thanks!

Thanks! This uke is an all solid mahogany tenor that I made at a workshop with @melopee.ukulele :-)

forgot to mention the strings are Aquila reds, I like them a lot. I've heard that they break easily but haven't had that problem yet, I stretch them in very gently!

Thank you!

www.patreon.com/posts/humours-of-jig-58578603. Says Jonathan Lewis 😊

Yeah, you're right, slack key isn't the right term for this tuning, I'll change the description. I thought that I could use slack key to refer to any lower or "slack" tuning but it turns out that it's only used for GCEG tuning. Apparently, it's also known as "taropatch". I've used this tuning for slide playing, where open tunings make it possible to play a full chord with the just the slide. F tuning (FCFA) is another "slack" tuning which can be used for slide; I've used it to play "Cock of the North" a Scottish bagpipe tune - having the same note, F, on two strings allows one of them to ring constantly, like a bagpipe drone. I hope this helps!

@@jonsukulele I see… sometimes they are also called “open tunings”, like the F (FCFA) you mention, prone and good to be used for slide, indeed. Many Thanks.

Definitely. And some whiskey before breakfast. Thanks for watching.

Thanks!

Bonjour, non, ce que je fais n'est pas facile pour les débutants. Je vous conseille de commencer avec des tutos simples, par exemple Ben Au Ukulélé a des bonnes leçons en français.

@jonsukulele Merci

@@jillgeary1313 thank you Jill! 🙏🏻😊

@@Eponagirl0810 Thanks for watching! 🙏🏻👍🏻😊

Don't know it but these old folk songs often provide inspiration for fantasy/medieval/Celtic themes 😉

Thank you so much, I'm glad you liked it!

Thanks 🙏🏻

Thank you so much for joining my Patreon! This tune is one of my favourites. I've recorded this tune with Cooley's Reel, so you might like to try that one next. In your welcome message from Patreon, I put a link to a Google sheet which lists all the tunes, so you'll be able to browse to look for new ones to learn. Older tunes don't have tutorials but feel free to message me on Patreon if you need any help :-)

​@@jonsukulelebrilliant thank you

No worries, this tune is not on Patreon as I only do folk music there. Give me your email address and I'll send the tabs to you free of charge. Don't leave your email here in the comments, send me a direct message on Instagram: @jonsukulele (same name as here).

​@@jonsukulelealright messaged you @mikislivka thank you so much ❤

Thank you so much for your kind words! I don't sell e-books anymore but all of my tabs and tutorials are now on Patreon. It costs $3 a month and you can cancel at any time. Link in the description above :-)

Thank you, I'm so glad you enjoyed it :-)

Thanks Jill, glad you found it useful :-)

Thanks! 🙏🏻

Thanks, yes it's a simple tune and relatively easy to play.

wow, thank you very much! I don't actually play slide ukulele, but I'd seen so many tutorials of varying quality I thought it would be good to have another perspective. And yes, the algorithm knows what you're thinking :-)

Oh I didn't know that, thanks very much for the info. I'll look more into the works of Peader Kearney, definitely need to learn some more rebel songs! (I'm English but nearly all of my ancestors were Irish).

Thanks! It's a concert size banjolele :-)

@@jonsukulele sounds fab!

For info, this is a super-cheap K-mise banjolele made in China, there's a review of it on my channel. It's really well-made for the price - to be honest there's nothing subtle about a banjolele so I would never stump up a lot of money for an expensive one. I removed the back and stuffed a t-shirt inside to muffle the sound - that way it still sounds like a banjo but has much more mellow sound.

@jonsukulele Cheers Jon. Great advice 🙂

Thank you very much! I've never heard Play Minstrel Play (I'll look it up now) but it doesn't surprise me that Blackmore would have used it for inspiration. If there had been a Spotify in the 17th century, this tune would have been constantly up in the top ten!

Natural harmonics are played over the twelfth fret, so no problem for your uke. You can still play artificial harmonics too, but it's more difficult to find the exact position without the frets. You have to imagine where the 13th, 14th etc frets would be if you had them!

I'll do my best! Thanks for watching :-)

Thank you very much! It's a fun riff to play 😊

Nice to hear from you Mr O'Carolan, I'm very glad you like my arrangement of your planxty. I thought you died in 1738 - is Mr Brabazon still with us?

@@jonsukulele lol, my celtic harp teacher was very fond of O'Carolan, so I feel like these pieces are my own by now

Thanks very much!

Thank you so much, you're very kind! I made the video in Lormont, a suburb of Bordeaux, the bridge is the Pont d'Aquitaine which crosses the river Garonne and is a suspension bridge not unlike the Golden Gate. I thought it was a nice setting for a song about leaving friends for faraway places :-)

@@jonsukulele It makes for an impressive backdrop.

Thank you! 🙏🙏

haha, I thank thee kindly my good man 🤴

Thank you very much!

Great, keep it up, you'll get there! 😊