Chords for Oh Danny Boy, Lesson 2, Acoustic Fingerstyle, FREE TAB!

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[A] _ _ _ In this lesson we're going to start taking Oh Danny [D] Boy line by line.
We're going to start with line one and I'll show [E] you some tips and tricks for making it
[A] easier to learn.
So let's [Em] start right at the beginning with measure one.
And measure one begins with an A chord.
The A chord kind of announces the beginning of the song.
And I'm fingering this A chord with my index finger out of the chord for reasons I'll show
you in a moment.
And I'm going to [A] begin the chord with the bass note, the third string, and the second
string _ _ like that in pretty quick succession.
Almost all at once but not quite. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Gb] _ I'm going to hold on to that A chord position as I go into these first three melody notes,
the notes that would correspond with Oh Danny.
And the reason I left my index finger free is because I'm going to need it here for that
first melody note at the first fret of the third string.
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[E] _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [B] My [E] pinky to grab that last melody note.
You'll also notice that each melody note is interspersed with a hit of the fourth [Em] string
at the second fret.
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[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ So so far we [A] have this. _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ And one of those underlying principles I want to bring to your attention in this section
is that we are starting once again with that A [A] chord.
And that A chord wants to as much as possible continue to ring out [E] while _ [A] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ my melody notes
are [A] coming in.
So we're still hearing this low A bass note [Em] resonating underlying those notes giving them extra [A] significance. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Hear all that resonance? _ _ _
For [B] measure two we're going to start once again with [A] the A chord. _
And then we're going to do an arpeggio.
An arpeggio is going through the steps of the A chord in a particular order like _ _ _ _ _ that.
I point this out because this will show up again.
This idea of the arpeggio will show up again later on in the tune.
The arpeggio's function in terms of underlying principles is to kind of sustain the harmony
and hold the place and time of the song.
But those notes of the arpeggio are not part of the melody.
They're not part of what we would be singing. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ And then that measure two finishes out with [B] lifting the pinky _
[E] and _ bringing in that open
second string _ and the fourth string as fretted in what's left of my A position.
Measure two goes like [A] this. _ _ _ _
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_ For measure three we're going to switch over to an A7 chord by opening this up right here.
Again introduce the measure with the [A] chord.
_ _ We're going to use this D string as a spacer and we've got some melody notes.
So we've got the chord, spacer, melody, spacer, _ melody, [E] spacer, [A] _ melody. _ _ _
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Measure four is this fancy [D] little figure where we're going to start with my ring finger on
the second fret of the third string, _ pinching that note and the fourth D string open at
the same time while sliding from the second fret to the fourth. _ _ _ _ _
Join it right here on the [E] third fret of the second string with my [D] middle finger. _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ Do your homework on this figure because this exact figure is going to show up many more
times within the tune.
And this is another underlying principle that we'll talk about, the idea of repetition.
In many songs there are repeated elements.
So what might look like lines and lines and lines of music to learn, we can actually reduce
to a much shorter set of distinct things that you have to learn.
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_ _ _ [A] In the next lesson, let's take a look at some [E] tips and tricks [A] for line two.
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And the principle [A] here is that I'm setting myself up position-wise for what's [D] coming next.
What's coming next in measure 18, [A] I'm going to bring that finger up one more fret to the fifth fret.
[E] I'm going to let my hand fall into [A] what looks like [D] an F position down here, but really [E] it's
an A when it's brought up here to the fifth through the seventh frets.
And [A] again we're at measure 18 and I'm going to introduce [D] the measure with _ the chord [A] and an arpeggio.
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[A] _ _ Going into measure 19, my next [D] melody note is right here, the fourth fret of the first [A] string.
And what I'm going to do is I'm going [E] to grab that with my index [A] finger [E] _ _
[A] and then I'm going
[D] to _ let that become sort of an [A] anchor spot. _ _ _ _
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