I took a workshop with John back around 2009. He was playing with Joan Baez around then and was a friend of a fiddler I was in a trad group with. He's a sincere guy with no pretense. Got us backstage to meet Joan and showed me a lot of this stuff up close to compare with the jazz approach to the guitar I had at the time. Another great Irish guitarist to check out is Robin Bullock. Not as rhythmic, but he has a lot of great recordings and a very clean style for melodies.
I think he's describing a Jim Dunlop vinyl pick (which read "USA Nylon" on the back). They have a textured grip, and are not as hard (solid? brittle? unyielding) as an acetate pick. Vinyl is gentler than acetate, I'd say it 'slides' off the strings more freely, the trade off is a small loss of sharpness. For acoustic steel guitar: ... 0.60mm is "moderately soft". 0.73mm vinyl is firmer, and (I find) the minimum necessary to play with moderate attack, without taking skin off your knuckles. They do go lighter but I couldn't recommend: on steel strings, the smaller gauge just folds around your finger. (But I guess it prevents a blister). I've been using Jim Dunlop vinyl picks for years for acoustic strumming. You'd need min 0.73 Vinyl for 'clean' electric picking, but I think acetate comes into it's own when you can moderate aggression by winding back the amp.
That makes infinitely more sense. None the less, my friends are gullible and I'm going to continue telling them that their guitars are strung opposite in the UK to match the driving.
@@jaystretch01 well thatvis Elizabethan English, we didn't go with what the court dictated, so when you slag first understand what you are talking about
John Doyle is such a gigantic influence on my playing. Thank you for sharing this.
John has to be one of the finest acoustic guitarists out there.
like this guy alot, good player and his line in this about strumming " sometimes i don't know what i'm doing " is hilarious
This is the marvelous John Doyle! One of the very best.
And absolute master of traditional aco
I took a workshop with John back around 2009. He was playing with Joan Baez around then and was a friend of a fiddler I was in a trad group with. He's a sincere guy with no pretense. Got us backstage to meet Joan and showed me a lot of this stuff up close to compare with the jazz approach to the guitar I had at the time. Another great Irish guitarist to check out is Robin Bullock. Not as rhythmic, but he has a lot of great recordings and a very clean style for melodies.
never seen anyone make simple gcd chords so complicated
Because Irish Trad doesn't use a lot of standard open chords for rhythm
This is absolutely fantastic mo chara, long time Irish guitarist that knows nothing about trad, so great to learn the nuances of the strumming!
The Greatest Celtic Guitarist ever John Doyle. Nobody comes even close to his musicianship or technical ability.
Well there is Tony McManus who plays a bit of a different style but still a master, just different style
Merci pour ce cours! thank 's a lot !
He is strong.
I hope I'll meet him once.
I like Pasty O'Brien and Donogh Hennessey styles too
A trick: watch series on Kaldrostream. Been using it for watching a lot of movies these days.
@Aidan Ernesto yup, been using kaldroStream for since december myself :)
That’s a very rare Lowden Dreadnought
60mm (6cm) pick? Jaysus Mick, that's a thick pick!😂
60mm is not 6cm
great
Enjoyable watch
Looks somehow as he uses flatwounds here!?
Aaron great video thank you - what strings are you using? Regards jonjo
Like a Johnny Cash train rhythm boom chucka
thaaaaaaanks!!!!!
I love that "ting" with the "turd" fret lol
What kind of strings are these?
Looks like flats...
Hey Aaron, do you have any website where i can contact you? Perhaps i am too stupid to find it... ^^
60mm hey that's a thick pick mate .60mm just over half a millimetre
I think he's describing a Jim Dunlop vinyl pick (which read "USA Nylon" on the back). They have a textured grip, and are not as hard (solid? brittle? unyielding) as an acetate pick. Vinyl is gentler than acetate, I'd say it 'slides' off the strings more freely, the trade off is a small loss of sharpness.
For acoustic steel guitar: ... 0.60mm is "moderately soft". 0.73mm vinyl is firmer, and (I find) the minimum necessary to play with moderate attack, without taking skin off your knuckles. They do go lighter but I couldn't recommend: on steel strings, the smaller gauge just folds around your finger. (But I guess it prevents a blister).
I've been using Jim Dunlop vinyl picks for years for acoustic strumming. You'd need min 0.73 Vinyl for 'clean' electric picking, but I think acetate comes into it's own when you can moderate aggression by winding back the amp.
what tuning are you in?
John Doyle (as far as I am aware) normally plays in drop d. He's definitely in drop d here.
thanks
Is the video flipped horizontally? Or are guitars strung up the opposite way from Americans, like their cars are?
+Sangye Dorje Konchok he's left handed
That makes infinitely more sense. None the less, my friends are gullible and I'm going to continue telling them that their guitars are strung opposite in the UK to match the driving.
Paul Baker Salt Shaker of course they are! You have to be able to put the guitar neck out the window while driving so it doesn't hit your passenger.
This is in DADGAD, correct?
+William Sullivan
drop D. lower low E one step
+John Kahle Thanks.
One two tree four
"Your TURD finger ?"
missing 2 strings??
"Turd Fret."
"Turd Finger."
@@jaystretch01 well thatvis Elizabethan English, we didn't go with what the court dictated, so when you slag first understand what you are talking about
I can use it for nothing😊