Chords for The Butterfly - Irish Slip Jig Fiddle Lesson by Kevin Burke
Tempo:
101.4 bpm
Chords used:
Em
Bm
F#
G
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[F] [G]
[Em] [Bm]
[Em] [Bm]
[B] [Em]
[Bm]
[C#]
[B]
[G]
[Em]
[Bm]
[Em] [Em] [Bm]
[C] [B]
[G]
[Em]
[E]
So the butterfly is a slip jig that I learned from the playing of a man called Tommy Potts.
He was a great fiddle player from Dublin, and Tommy, with certain tunes, would sometimes
dispense with the rhythm.
It was a pretty drastic step for dance music, but nonetheless he used to do that sometimes.
And it gave the music a very abstract, impressionistic sound.
So here we go.
The first phrase [F#] starts [E] on a B, drops down to the E, to the G, [F#] [Em] and ends up on the F sharp.
[F#] [Em] And the answer to that [D] is the same phrase, except it doesn't wait on the F sharp, it runs down.
So [Em] we have [F#] the [G#m]
[D] [G#] first two phrases, and together they would sound like this.
So in this version, for the more advanced players, I'm going to give you some of my ideas about
how I try to accomplish this impressionistic view of a butterfly's flight.
And I do it by stretching out some notes, and scurrying through other notes.
So, when we start off,
[Em] [F#] [Em] I would normally wait on the F sharp.
Play the first few notes in a kind of standard way.
[Bm] [Em] Wait on the F sharp.
And then I wait a little bit too long on the G,
[Bm] [Em] and then rush through that little triplet.
[Bm] [Bm]
[F#m] [Em]
[Bm]
[Bm] So, the first few notes
[G] [F#] [B]
[Bm]
[F#m]
[B] [D] [Bm]
[G] [A] [F#]
[Em] [Bm]
[Em] [Bm]
[B] [Em]
[Bm]
[C#]
[B]
[G]
[Em]
[Bm]
[Em] [Em] [Bm]
[C] [B]
[G]
[Em]
[E]
So the butterfly is a slip jig that I learned from the playing of a man called Tommy Potts.
He was a great fiddle player from Dublin, and Tommy, with certain tunes, would sometimes
dispense with the rhythm.
It was a pretty drastic step for dance music, but nonetheless he used to do that sometimes.
And it gave the music a very abstract, impressionistic sound.
So here we go.
The first phrase [F#] starts [E] on a B, drops down to the E, to the G, [F#] [Em] and ends up on the F sharp.
[F#] [Em] And the answer to that [D] is the same phrase, except it doesn't wait on the F sharp, it runs down.
So [Em] we have [F#] the [G#m]
[D] [G#] first two phrases, and together they would sound like this.
So in this version, for the more advanced players, I'm going to give you some of my ideas about
how I try to accomplish this impressionistic view of a butterfly's flight.
And I do it by stretching out some notes, and scurrying through other notes.
So, when we start off,
[Em] [F#] [Em] I would normally wait on the F sharp.
Play the first few notes in a kind of standard way.
[Bm] [Em] Wait on the F sharp.
And then I wait a little bit too long on the G,
[Bm] [Em] and then rush through that little triplet.
[Bm] [Bm]
[F#m] [Em]
[Bm]
[Bm] So, the first few notes
[G] [F#] [B]
[Bm]
[F#m]
[B] [D] [Bm]
[G] [A] [F#]
Key:
Em
Bm
F#
G
B
Em
Bm
F#
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _
[C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
So the butterfly is a slip jig _ that I learned from the playing of a man called Tommy Potts. _
_ He was a great fiddle player from Dublin, and Tommy, _ _ with _ certain tunes, _ _ would sometimes
_ dispense with the rhythm.
It was a _ pretty drastic step for dance music, but nonetheless he used to do that sometimes. _
_ And it gave the music a very abstract, _ impressionistic sound.
So here we go.
The first phrase _ [F#] starts _ [E] _ on a B, _ drops down to the E, _ to the G, _ _ [F#] _ _ [Em] and ends up on the F sharp.
_ _ _ [F#] _ [Em] And the answer to that _ _ [D] is _ _ the same phrase, except it doesn't wait on the F sharp, it runs down.
So [Em] we have _ [F#] the _ [G#m] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [G#] first two phrases, and together they would sound like this.
So in this version, for the more advanced players, I'm going to give you some of my ideas about
how I try to accomplish this impressionistic view of a butterfly's flight.
And I do it by stretching out some notes, _ and scurrying through other notes.
So, _ when we start off, _
_ _ [Em] _ _ [F#] _ _ [Em] I would normally wait on the F sharp.
Play the first few notes in a kind of standard way.
_ _ [Bm] _ [Em] Wait on the F sharp. _ _
_ And then I wait a little bit too long on the G, _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ [Em] and then rush through that little triplet. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ So, the first few notes_
_ _ [G] _ _ [F#] _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _
[C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
So the butterfly is a slip jig _ that I learned from the playing of a man called Tommy Potts. _
_ He was a great fiddle player from Dublin, and Tommy, _ _ with _ certain tunes, _ _ would sometimes
_ dispense with the rhythm.
It was a _ pretty drastic step for dance music, but nonetheless he used to do that sometimes. _
_ And it gave the music a very abstract, _ impressionistic sound.
So here we go.
The first phrase _ [F#] starts _ [E] _ on a B, _ drops down to the E, _ to the G, _ _ [F#] _ _ [Em] and ends up on the F sharp.
_ _ _ [F#] _ [Em] And the answer to that _ _ [D] is _ _ the same phrase, except it doesn't wait on the F sharp, it runs down.
So [Em] we have _ [F#] the _ [G#m] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [G#] first two phrases, and together they would sound like this.
So in this version, for the more advanced players, I'm going to give you some of my ideas about
how I try to accomplish this impressionistic view of a butterfly's flight.
And I do it by stretching out some notes, _ and scurrying through other notes.
So, _ when we start off, _
_ _ [Em] _ _ [F#] _ _ [Em] I would normally wait on the F sharp.
Play the first few notes in a kind of standard way.
_ _ [Bm] _ [Em] Wait on the F sharp. _ _
_ And then I wait a little bit too long on the G, _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ [Em] and then rush through that little triplet. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ So, the first few notes_
_ _ [G] _ _ [F#] _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ [F#] _ _