The Parting Glass, (Scotland/Ireland)

The Parting Glass (Trad, 17th century, Scotland/Ireland). This piece is widely beloved in both Ireland and Scotland. You can go do a rabbit hole with this checking out versions from The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem, Ed Sheeran, Sinead O’Connor, Hozier, or Celtic Women. Even Bob Dylan based “The Restless Farewell” on the song. And you might know the piece from the movie “Waking Ed Devine”. This beautiful piece gives us a great opportunity to learn to play with patience! We cover the following: the aeolian mode (Em), the rationale for the chord progression, the hammering (tackling the melody phrase by phrase), and three arrangements that use many techniques/ideas (also walking you through every phrase and every idea), and practice tracks. I present two accompaniments intended for duo hammered dulcimer but will work with any instrument. One version features plucking (but can be played).

Here's What You Get:

$40 (Sheet music PLUS all video lessons)

Sheet music for Melody, two Accompaniments, and three Arrangements. Ken talks through the tune, chord choices, hammering patterns, backups, embellishments, arranging, play-throughs, and more on his dulcimer (shot from above so that you can see what he's doing).

Video Lessons Included:

Basic Tune
Hammering (A Part)
Hammering (B Part)
Chord Discussion
Upper Octave
Altered Timing
Accompaniment #1 (A Part)
Accompaniment #1 (B Part)
Accompaniment #1 Play-through
Accompaniment #2 (A Part)
Accompaniment #2 (B Part)
Accompaniment 2 (Plucked)
Accompaniment #2 (Plucked) Play-through
Arrangement #1 (A Part)
Arrangement #1 (B Part)
Arrangement #1 Play-through
Arrangement #2 (A Part)
Arrangement #2 (B Part)
Arrangement #2 Play-through
Arrangement #3 (A Part)
Arrangement #3 (B Part)
Arrangement #3 Play-through
Play-through
Practice Track #1
Practice Track #2
Practice Track #3

Approximate length: 117 minutes

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It's like having private mini-tutorials from Ken that you can watch over and over!

NOTE: Even if you already own the sheet music, your purchase ensures that you receive the latest updated versions, and future additions to new arranging ideas, backups and so forth as Ken experiments and develops his playing of the tune.

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