IRISH HARMONICA 1: ’The Maids of Mitchelstown’, & Demo of Half-Valved Harps: Brendan Power

A sweet and lovely Irish reel, The Maids of Mitchelstown, followed by a demonstration of Half-Valved Harmonica. THE MAIDS OF MITCHELSTOWN is a wonderful tune (I play it in G here, though it’s usually played in D). Its beauty lies in its ambivalent quality, both in rhythm (it seems to keep rolling on, never coming to rest) and its shifting key centre. Though it resolves briefly to G at the end, it shifts between Em, Am, C, D and G at various parts, giving a pleasant sense of restlessness. If you want to learn the tune in this video, go to the page marked YOUTUBE ORDERS at top left on my website: For a modest sum, I will email to you 3 files: 1. A PDF file of the WRITTEN MUSIC and HARMONICA TABLATURE for the tune. If you don’t read music, Harp Tab tells you what notes/breath/hole to play. (Extra background about the tune and other relevant info is included). 2. MP3 of the tune played at NORMAL SPEED, as on the video.