Chords for The Orphan - Fiddle Lesson by Kevin Burke

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[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
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_ [G] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [F#m] _
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_ _ _ _ _ The Orphan is a two-part jig in the usual format two A's and two B's _
_ and it's in E minor _ _ [Bm]
a nice mid paced medium paced tune _ _ and I believe I
recorded it with Jackie Daly on an album we did together _ called the eavesdropper
_ _ _ Jackie's a great accordion player from the southwest of Ireland _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] the _ _
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Sleave
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[N] _ so in my mind those two bars make up the first phrase what I would call the first phrase [Em] of the tune
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[B] _ _ _ _ [E] I'll play that again _
[G] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ and the next phrase
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_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ E A B A _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ [B] _ G E F [C] sharp so in the basic version of the Orphan _ I went through the notes _ _ and I _ don't
add many variations to this tune it's I see it as a kind of a slightly naive tune _ innocent tune
_ _ that's part of its charm _ _ so I use a few of the standard ornaments rolls little runs here and
there but I also try to _ [B] _ change the mood by changing the tone of things by adding a few
double stops _ _ _ and I probably slide here a few notes here and there _ so from the beginning
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_ [F#m] _ _ _ that F sharp and A _ _ [F#] _ _ [B] _ [G] _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ [E] I usually hang on that and I play it gently because I'm trying to make it feel
full but at the same time not strong there's something vulnerable about playing
_ the chord gently it's a fuller sound but there's no sense of aggression in it
probably because it's my image of an orphan
_ _ that vulnerability needs to come through the tune I think to make it work well
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_ [F#m] _ [G] _ _ and then I follow it immediately with [A] another chord the G chord G and B _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ [G#] and then A B A I tend to slide [B] the B _ _ _ slide up to the B and _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _
[A] _ _ _ [Bm] I try to make that note
rich but again not much attack I don't hit it _ _
_ [G] _ _ [F#] _ _ [B] _ _ _
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[F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _