May 22, 2026: The Minstrel Boy is posted in Book 2.
I'm wrapping up the end of the Irish, Scottish, Wales, and English "Celtic" songs for awhile and what better way than to drop a little more Thomas Moore on us. It's about a musician at war and things don't go well for him. He did bring a harp into battle, so you have to question his choices a bit.
When playing this, try making it sound as much like a march as possible. Also notice there's actually only 8 bars to learn. The first four repeat a lot. There's also plenty of B-flat fun (that's F on baritone) bounding around a couple places on the fretboard. You also meet two other bar chords waiting to introduce themselves and become your friends.
Make a video on your phone of you playing this song and email it to me. I'd love to see you turn this into something wonderful.
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