Level: 3/4
Tuning: Open G Minor

Lament For Owen Roe O’Neill was supposedly written by the Irish composer and harpist, Turlough O’Carolan. Being a lament it should be played slow and harp like so the right hand technique features very slow arpeggios. A mysterious, ghostly piece. The Mist Covered Mountains of Home is an evocative pipe tune from the Scottish highlands which John has arranged so that the tune is in the bass and the ornamentation comes from playing open stringed arpeggios on the top strings. This creates a glistening, ‘open’ and sustained sound. The Orphan - an Irish jig. John has arranged the tune in a way that tries to bring out the stylistic ‘turns’, ‘crans’ and ‘burls’, all techniques commonly used by pipers and fiddle players in performing traditional Irish music. The guitar is tuned: DGDGBbD