How to Play "Whiskey in the Jar" (Mandolin)
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- Опубликовано: 10 июл 2024
- Canadian folk musician Jesse Ferguson teaches how to play the classic Irish song "Whiskey in the Jar" on mandolin. If guitar is your instrument, then check out the companion tutorial on this channel.
Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
1:18 Overview of Strum Pattern
4:11 Chords used in this song
4:50 Full Practice (verse and chorus)
5:50 Wrapping Up
Whiskey in the Jar
(traditional, arrang. J. Ferguson, Dec. 2013)
108 bpm
V1.
C Am
As I was goin’ over the far-famed Kerry mountains
F C
I met with captain Farrell, and his money he was countin’.
C Am
I first produced me pistol, and then produced me rapier,
F C
sayin’, “Stand and deliver, for I am a bold deceiver!”
Chorus:
G
Musha ring, dumma too, damma ta.
C
Whack fol the daddy 'o,
F
whack fol the daddy 'o-
C G C
there's whiskey in the jar!
Interlude: C Am F C
V2.
I counted out his money, and it made a pretty penny.
I put it in my pocket, and I took it home to Jenny.
She sighed and she swore, that she never would deceive me,
but the devil’s in that woman, and you know she tricked me easy.
Chorus:
V3.
I went into my chamber, all for to take a slumber;
I dreamt of gold and riches, and sure it was no wonder.
But Jenny drew me charges, and she filled them up with water,
then called for captain Farrel to be ready for the slaughter.
Chorus:
V4.
It was early in the morning, as I arose to travel:
up comes a bunch of troopers and likewise captain Farrel.
I first produced me pistol, for she’d stolen away me rapier,
but I couldn't shoot the water, so a prisoner I was taken.
Chorus:
V5.
Now, if anyone can aid me, it's me brother in the army,
if I can find his station in Cork or in Killarney.
And if he'll go with me, we'll go rovin’ in Kilkenny,
and I know he'll treat me better than me only sportin’ Jenny.
Chorus:
V6.
Now, some men take delight in the fishin’ in the ocean;
others take delight in the carriages a-rollin’.
Me, I take delight in the juice of the barley
and courtin’ pretty women in the mornin’ bright and early.
Chorus: [repeat]
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Hello Canadian folk singer Jesse Ferguson!
Hi my channel
Gotta love a good old Irish song especially on Mandolin .Thanx Jesse
I'm thinking about taking up the mandolin, so I started reading about mandolins and watching videos about them. I'm glad I found this video!!!!!
Thank you! I just got my first working mandolin yesterday and this is the first song I'm putting effort in to learning rather than just tinkering. It's a lot of fun and you're a great instructor. Thank you.
Rock on!
How can you not like this tutorial.........................thanks Jesse a great help.
I really like this song and how you teach it. You have a great singing voice.. I will attempt to imitate. Thanks again and please keep these folk song tutorials coming!
Until you burst into singing, I thought the mandolin was an arpegio instrument. Thanks for changing my mind. And cheers on the beautiful vocal.
I love this instrument so much
Hi from England! Great tutorial, thank you so much!
Awesome lesson......very well explained and simple!
Thank you a bunch! Just started playing mando, and you have helped me get going a lot!
My kid watched literally 2 minutes of your video, and picked up the chop and chord pattern. This on a 12 string guitar. Thanks! :D
thank you Mr. Ferguson........it helps me a lot........
this sounds lovely
Great tutorial Jesse thanks for taking the time to make it for us beginners
Loving this.
This is very clear teaching & also can see pretty well. For mandolin though, lots of fingers going into very small spaces! Also a vote for a simple " Shady Grove" lesson.
Wonderful voice! Hear you in Germany during. Thanks!
Mandos my first Instrument, and this is my first song I'm learning. I've spent so much time on this video learning this song, I felt it was time to say thanks! So Thank you. Next up is Scotland the Brave Cant wait to learn that first part.
brilliant video thanks for sharing
❤ Jesse, Thank You. 💫
A little trick I'm sure many of you already know, the mandolin is basically the same as the top (bass) four strings on a guitar but upside down. So if you picture a G chord on guitar with the two bass (top) strings, the E string 3rd fret the A 2nd fret, on mandolin you flip it upside down to play the thinnest (E) string(s) 3rd fret, second thinnest (A) 2nd fret. Then its the same with all guitar chords. Incidently, violin is same tuning as mandolin.
no, i had no idea 🤔🤔🤔
thanks for this and any other 'trick' given 👍👍👍 🙌🙌🙌
Same as violin is easy for me to comprehend, and maybe others too.
Very well done!
Thanks for teaching!
Tip the brim of my hat to you, thanks for the solid tutorial
thanks for posting
Really enjoyed that ... as a 5row box player I The mandy and the box work well together ! Well done !
Truly epic.
Great lesson. Clear and understandable. Thanks
Glad it was helpful!
I can't believe how straightforward this was. Thank you.
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE and thank you..:)
Just getting into mandolin.... excellent video. I'm clawhammer ukulele
Great
really like that
thanks
great music !!!!!
so awesome thank you
Man, this is awesome! Thanks for the video! It’s a big help!
Glad it helped!
Awesome!
Thanks for teaching the strumming, I have a chord chart, nice to have someone explaining the strumming patten.
You've got a good voice there Jesse
Good voice.
Thanks!!
I'm Soo buying a mandolin amazing folk instrument
Strum pattern will be useful. Thanks.
Thank you!
Awesome! :)
Could you please do Rocky Road To Dublin on mandolin? You had a wonderful video of it with the mandolin a while ago, and I enjoyed it immensely.
Thanks for the video :)
excellent ! thank u
Ok I need to find me a mandolin now. ^^
Hey Jesse, wow, your voice has a very nice sound. Can you show some other songs, this song is top explained.
Helpful to demonstrate it in key D as that's a more common key to play it in and favoured by vocalists, fiddlers and accordion players. Personally I'd say a 4/4 rhythm is simply described as filling a bar with DOWN DOWN DOWN/UP DOWN/UP ad infinitum.
Jimmy Powells-mandolin player UK
I would love to learn a very very easy version of shady Grove on mandolin please
this is great! although did you ever continue the "how to" for the mandolin? you should, this is so helpful, thanks!
just came across your channel really good stuff. Could you do a tutorial on the monaghan jig?
Come play a show near Guelph, ON!
Little late to the party but I would love to see Macpherson's Lament in a lesson video
I'm not sure if Harold Foss is public domain but a tutorial of one of his songs would be cool!
Wow. You are so clear, and the chords are visible. I'm a newbie on mandolin but an oldie human. I ordered a mandolin because my hands aren't working right after an illness. (Occupational therapy, right?) My spirits brightened when you mentioned "two-finger mandolin chord chart". Thank-you! Thank-you!
Happy strumming, Gigi!
Jesse could you please post a tutorial for rocky road to dublin. I wanna learn that song on mandolin. 😊
I love this song and I work in an Irish pub so I hear it basically every night. Everyone who comes in to play it sings different lyrics, but honestly, I think Metallica had the best lyrics of all versions
Tyler Keating Metallica's was basicly thin lizzy's version right?
Jesse Ferguson is bae
Please do ‘Rocky road to Dublin’ !!!
me encanta aunqe no entienda nada. u.u solo me gio por lo q veo graciass
Will you share how to play Let The Circle Be Unbroken? Thanks!
Awesome. Can you do Sonny’s Dream on Mandolin please?
Came across this by accident.at last someone who makes sense ,thank you ,bought a mandolin in Italy whilst I was getting married
I think I might have the same mandolin as you. Ventura? I bought this for my husband but he's more into guitar so i decided to use it :)
can you do about how to play the title Labyrinth from Stronghold (3), which also includes tabs?
We have the same mandolin xD great vid, thank you!
What kind of mandolin is that ?? ....I've been trying to figure that out...Cant see enough of the headstock to guess....
Hi Buck, it's a vintage Hondo brand mandolin (around 25 years old).
Hey been a while. Can u upload Irish washer women it's a great tune
Hi Jesse great learning site. I have just taken up mandolin and am trying to find the chords for when I'm dead and gone was maguiness flint. I wander if you know the song the chords would be great thanks
Can you do a tutorial on Touch the sky on the mandolin?
Go canada❤
omg, love this song. Im irish (from Kilkenny) and I first got introduced to this song and instrument on holiday to spain when I was younger as me and my friends (also from Ireland, but diff parts) were in an Irish Bar, and the musician (Brendan O'Brian) was playing this.
I was wondering, would you be able to fo Flogging Molly 'If I ever leave this world alive'.
I agree! Flogging Molly “If I ever leave this world alive” would be a really great video. I know the chords but can’t seem to find a drumming pattern that fits.
Mind doing one of these for lukey's boat?
Hi Jesse, can you show us any bluegrass classics? Thx
fuck yes, jesse fergusen
I had an interesting time, imagining your face
R.L. Kramer
Haha I laughed so hard
would you please do a tutorial on "And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda" or can't you do it because of the copyright?
I'm a guitar player, but just bought a cheap mandolin just for laughs. IT'S A WAY FUN INSTRUMENT! I'm just learning the chords, and the weird tuning threw me off at first. Not to mention it's so tiny! but I'm having a blast messing around with it. Cool vid. Now I know another song. Thanks for post.
if you're a guitarist, think of the strings of a mandolin as the bottom four strings of a guitar in reverse order. Can make it a lot easier to get a grip on it.
dude could you do a lesson for Monaghan jig?
😯 I was expecting Thin Lizzy 😂
This original version was by a folk singer group called The Dubliners but it was populized by Thin Lizzy and a Metallica
Hi. I have zero experience with instruments though I love music. I chose the Mandolin as a challenge for myself this summer- I'm a bucket list junkie. I just wanted to say I enjoy watching your videos. And once I've got it figured out, I'll share and tell me what you think.
Hi. I did the same a few years ago with ukulele. Surprisingly not too hard once you put the time in
lourdes conte-oro I did the same! I just ordered mine. How did it went?
hi jesse can you do dirty old town and show chords for mandolin
Jesse- I've also heard a variation of the lyrics "Stand and deliver for the Devil he may take ya" I guess its all the same. I might take up the mandolin now. It doesn't seem that different from the banjo.
new to your site. Like your stryle. New to Mando, are there simplier chords for beginners?
Welcome, Stewart! I think the mando chords I play are the simplest ones possible, mostly using just two fingers.
So I'm new to the mandolin as well but I've been playing the french horn for 9 years so I'm not new to music. A few things are confusing to me in this video. One is when you slow down the strum pattern, it seems as if you're playing it in a different pattern than when you play it in the song. Slowed down is 1 2 & 3 & (eighth notes) and when played to speed it's 1 2 a 3 & (sixteenth notes). Also, are you playing another chord when you switch from the Am to F? Sorry, I probably didn't explain that very well, but in my opinion, it would be easier if you slowed down the song a lot more but played it exactly as you would full speed.
6 years later so TRUE
Can u post godfather and captain corelli mandolin song
Hi, what mandolin is it in the video pls? It sounds really nice, the G's and glassy high's..:)
Hi Jakub. It's a vintage Hondo Mandolin, around 20-25 years old.
Great tutorial! I have a question. What is the wristband on your right hand please?
Thanks, Jack. It's a paracord bracelet, which can be disassembled to produce cordage in a survival situation.
Hi Jesse, Your mandolin sure has a nice tone. What is the make and model that you used on this video?
+Franko S. Hi Franko, it's a Hondo brand mandolin purchased about 20 years ago. I don't see a model number on it, but I gather that the new ones from Hondo aren't as good.
Would you possibly be able to upload the night visiting Song
Thanks for the request!
Oh, dip. I have those Hollister shorts.
hi Jesse I bought a mandolin and will be receiving it tomorrow I am excited to play it. but can you please do a video on how to tune it? :)
+Stevie Roder if you have a tuner its tuned to G-D-A-E (Thick string to thin)
+Mike Piercey thanks so much for the helpful tip highly appreciate it. :)
+Stevie Roder no problem....I too am quite a beginner at mandolin I've been playing guitar for nearly 10 years and with any instrument it's the best bet to get a teacher....hope you have some fun! Peace man
lovely :) I have a mandolin that's ,5 stringed in India...now how do I play with it..... Mandolin music is lovely anyways.... :)
Tune it to CGDAE, figure out the chords here
www.looknohands.com/chordhouse/guitar/index_rb.html
Бик матур! I Like it :)
hi I know nothing about mandolin but I'm looking to learn an instrument. is the 2 strings on a mandolin treat like one? so is it like 8 strings or 4?
It's 4 "series" of strings. So, yes, these pairs are treated as one string.Happy strumming,Jesse
Forgive me for not being much of a music person (yet) but is Am A minor major or what?