Chords for The Banshee (Reel): Trad Irish Fiddle Lesson by Kevin Burke

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_ [D#] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [G] _ _
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_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ [B] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ [G] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
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[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
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_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [B] _ _
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_ So the Banshee is a well-known reel.
It has a few different titles, but I always known it as the Banshee.
The Banshee, the word _ _
refers to a ghostly figure who _
traditionally appears
_ _ when someone has died.
_ _ So long as that somebody has
O or Mac in the name.
She follows the Os and the Macs.
So if someone's called O'Grady or McDonald
_ after the death, you can expect to hear the Banshee
coming.
Usually at night and she has a ghostly cry. _ _
So somebody thought it might be an idea to name a reel after her.
_ So here we go with the Banshee.
I'm going to break it down into smaller phrases and play a little bit on the slow side
so you can pick up on it.
So the first phrase of the Banshee sounds like this _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ and then we move on to the second [Bm] phrase _
with a couple of pickup [B] notes _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
and with the pickup notes it would sound.
So _
once you're familiar with the basic version of the tune, you might want to add a few embellishments and a few variations.
So I'll give you a few ideas now of the kind of things I might do. _ _
The first note, the G, _ _ sometimes I play a long note. _ _ _
Sometimes I play it as two notes. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ If I play it with two notes, I often put in a little grace note. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ That E to G, _ I sometimes have a triplet and _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
[G] then on the way back down [Bm] we've got the two Es.
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [A] _ _