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

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So here's [D] a basic version [B] of the [Bm] famous [Bb] reel, The Silver Spear. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] The [Bb] feature of the tune the way I learned it is the opening phrase [Dbm] has a board triplet in [Gb] it,
_ [D] _ _ _ _ which keeps recurring and that _ _
[Ebm] recurrence kind of sets up the rhythmic [Bb] frame for the whole tune.
_ _ So the opening phrase, [D] _ _ _ _ _ [Gb] _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Gb] so there's our first phrase _ with [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ the [B] board triplet to start.
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Then the second phrase, [D] _ _ _ _
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_ it's more or less [Gb] the same but it ends with that B-A.
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[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ Then the [D] next phrase is [Bb] very similar to [D] the first except it has a little _ [Ebm] rise up at the end.
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_ _ _ So [D] once you have the basic version of The Silver Spear, _ of course _ it's a lot more fun if [B] you can put in a few _
[Db] _ _ embellishments and _ ornaments etc.
So [Bb] _ I'll give you a few ideas and [Bm] hopefully a little bit of insight [Bbm] into how I play the tune.
_ _ _ _ So here we [Bb] go. _
_ _ _ After the board triplet [D] section, _ _ for _
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the ending _ _ I [Ebm] often play double [Bb] stops. _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ So [D] here I've got a D and a G, [Bb] _ _ _ sometimes I play a B [B] and a G.
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_ _ And then [Gbm] I usually play the open E on [E] its own _ and then an F sharp and an [D] open A. _ _ _ _
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[D] And sometimes, like I [B] did there, I leave the D, the third finger D in place. _
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