Reels: Tarbolton / The Longford Collector / The Sailor's Bonnet

A set of reels (in "practice tempo") on the tenor banjo. Accompanied by me with an Irish Bouzouki. I've been meaning to learn these properly for some years already..

[@dustin5446]

My grandad use to pick me up from school with all these tunes blasting it’s so heart warming hearing it all again 💙😢

[@NiiloSirola]

Wow, great to hear :)

[@susanweaver1334]

Perfect, thank you. I'm trying to learn these tunes. This is most helpful!

[@pthanos7]

Such a nice groove man, I always jam along with your take when I practice this

[@n150cz9]

Aye the haunting pace makes me want to go to ireland, scotland or whales wherever the origin of this music is from! The spirit of music has treated you well. Good luck on your musical journey.

[@davecargill8843]

Just beautiful And Heavenly to listen to !! Dave Cargill

[@shaunspillane2105]

The "practice tempo" suits just fine bro. Awesome.

[@seanryan1176]

Well done ,keep putting up tunes, it's easy to pick up from you. Thanks

[@bruceprigge5212]

Very nice sound, like your style and speed :)

[@flatfluters]

Brilliant...such magical feeling...

[@johnmarlin2022]

Great speed to learn to. Many thanks!

[@MrTheLuckyshot]

I'm just learning the second two tunes. This is a nice pace to play along with. Thanks.

[@jamieukulele]

Nice steady pace. I have heard this played too fast and it loses the haunting nature of the first tune in particular.

[@RisingDimond]

Really cool man, keep it up!

[@lochlainnmacneill2870]

Great pace.

[@wiggsan]

Love the sound of your banjo!

[@siamterry]

Could be wrong, in fact usually am, but it sounds very similar to the old Vega Tubaphone :)

[@firbough]

Great for learning! Thanks a lot!

[@patsyrussell5039]

Beautiful I’ve just managed to learn these tunes and playing in your style thank you very much your a lovely player

[@NiiloSirola]

Thanks, that's great!

[@seanryan1176]

Fair play to you, I appreciate your help, I will play then on mú Accordion.

[@DanyRivard]

J'adore!

[@banjohead50]

lovely playing .i want to learn these.

[@MrBlindmans]

Nicely played.

[@swarfmonster3998]

Good show!

[@kevinmcguinness1518]

very nice playing

[@michaelmartin-pr6ie]

I really like your style of playing. I wouldn't care to play any faster.

[@CBbehereNOW]

Beautiful

[@NiiloSirola]

Thanks!

[@alastair6356]

Great Scottish tune played on the Irish banjo and played brilliantly, Tarbolton lodge is Robert Burns Masonic lodge and this fiddle tune commemorates Burns link with Tarbolton lodge in Ayrshire.

[@lumadesign3802]

Love your playing, and I have learned a lot from you. Thank you! Learned Tarbolton Reel by ear from this video, and fiddle along with it a lot...I also fiddle along with Toss the Feathers/Gravel Walks and the entire Old Hag You Have Killed Me Bothy Band set. So, your tune settings will be a part of the sessions around here... :-)

[@NiiloSirola]

Thanks, this is great to hear

[@jamieukulele]

Nice steady playing.

[@emmetsweeney9236]

Excellent.

[@ezekielsmukler2903]

Have also heard this medley on a Shanachie LP of "The Wheels of the World".

[@jomellon]

lovely!

[@colinjames7569]

Amazing Nillo 👌

[@banjohead50]

lovely sound off your banjo

[@thekingofelfland3294]

Lovely. Slow and steady.

[@NiiloSirola]

Thanks!

[@paddymccune8512]

Very nice playing.

[@plamch445]

Thank you.

[@thebakerofbananabread3237]

Lovely

[@martinconnors3619]

Cool playing

[@maryphelan625]

martin connors q.

[@salvatorerotondo1068]

Tarbolton is excellent. Probably the best version I've found on KZbin. The slower temp brings out the beauty of the song. BTW, what model of banjo are you playing in this video? Is that a fiber skin head?

[@NiiloSirola]

Salvatore Rotondo Thanks! The banjo is Pilgrim Celtic Dawn Model 2. The head seems to be Remo Weatherking, don’t know what it’s made of though

[@josefdetzer3260]

Love it is😅🪕

[@katielaverty9013]

Hi there, would you have a link to the tabs for the longford collector and the sailors bonnet? Learning from your videos, thanks a lot!

[@NiiloSirola]

+Katie Laverty Sorry no, it seems I don't have those ones written out. The Session has some a couple of different settings (thesession.org/tunes/563, thesession.org/tunes/570) but they are not exactly like the ones I (re)learnt by ear from a session tape.

[@jamieukulele]

Hi there, any chance you can email me an mp3 of the backing track?

[@michaelmartin-pr6ie]

I really like your style of playing and wonder if you have the banjo tabs for these 3 reels as try a I do I cannot quite get them from sheet music and my hearing is not the best.

[@anthonyokeeffe5196]

All these tunes are on TunePal, if you look for the versions transcribed by Henrik Norbeck I find these tend to be the best versions

[@michaelmartin-pr6ie]

Cheers, will do.

[@albertsmith1048]

Near enough.

[@erusseestelinya]

Free the Tarbolton Three!!! ;P :D

[@NeerajKumar-iu8gd]

What is the tuning of the banjo? Sorry I am just about to start with the instrument so have no idea :(

[@NiiloSirola]

+Neeraj K It's GDAE so it's the same tuning as violin or mandolin but an octave lower.

[@NeerajKumar-iu8gd]

TheNippelimies Thanks a lot!

[@borocavalier]

Neeraj Kumar Thanks for asking this question.I am a beginner and also have this instrument.I believe it can also have other tunings. Please correct me if I'm wrong Nilo Sirola.

[@datsunlambchops4624]

@@NiiloSirola what strings ? I struggle to get it to play comfortably in G tunings. So i just play in C.

[@NiiloSirola]

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[@colinjames7569]

Ta me go maith?

[@colinjames7569]

Niilo where are you from?

[@NiiloSirola]

Hi! Sorry it looks like there's no notifications about new comments anymore.. Anyway, near Tampere, Finland

[@derekavery9986]

whats the name of your banjo?

[@NiiloSirola]

Pilgrim Celtic Dawn Model 2

[@derekavery9986]

@@NiiloSirola thnx a lot man i really appreciate it