Chords for Toss the Feathers (Em) - Fiddle Lesson by Kevin Burke

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_ _ So this version of Toss the Feathers _ is _ different in a few ways from the other
two.
_ _ It's played as a single reel usually which means the A part is once and then
the B part is once.
The other tunes, the other versions are usually played double
with two A parts, two B parts.
So we've got one A and one B and also we've changed the
key for this one.
This is in E minor.
It's a note higher than the others _ and _
_ there's a great recording of this tune played by the accordion player Tony
McMihan on a record called Paddy in the Smoke.
_ It's just it's a field recording
or what used to be known as a field recording. _ _
_ _ It was recorded in a pub in
London called The Favourite and it was a place where they used to have great
sessions of music typically on a Sunday lunchtime _ and one day some people showed
up with some recording equipment and just recorded what was going on in the
pub and Tony happened to be visiting that time and played a couple of tunes
and they exist on that record.
Lucy Campbell I think is the first one he
played and then he followed it with this E minor version of Toss the [E] Feathers.
_ _ Now I always [N] associate this version with the slogo players because I think that's
where I heard it first.
_ So I thought it was kind of ironic that Tony who comes
from Coventry Dare would be playing a slogo version of the tune _ _ but nonetheless _
it starts off _ with a couple of B [Em] rolls.
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Now those two B's as usual I tend to
accent the second one with a grace note. _ _ _ _
_ So that's the first bar _ _ then _ I have E B
E B [E] _
so [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] those two measures sound like [B] this.
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_ [C] E [Em] roll _ _ [N] and then wait on the B.
This
version of the tune is quite brisk.
You know the East Clare version it plays on
those swoops and swings whereas this one's a bit more direct, a bit more rhythmic, a
bit more energetic, not quite as relaxed.
So _ _ I try to reflect that in the way I
play it which means a bit more snappy with the [Em] fingers.
_ _ _ [Bm] That first section
we have [Em] that _ E B E B.
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[G] I tend to [Bm] paulk the two [Em] strings _ [B]
to get that double stop [Bm] sound. _ _ _ _
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