{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Lesson 73. An t'Athair Jack Walsh","description":"“Athair” is the Irish word for “father”, and the Anglicized title “Fr. Jack\r\nWalsh” is often used as the title for this tune, as is “Tatter Jack Walsh”.\r\n \r\nThe tune is played in the D mixolydian mode and thus contains the same\r\nnotes as a G Major scale. A cursory glance at the chords used in the sheet\r\nmusic should alert you to this. The two main chords used are D and C and\r\nthis combination in a “D” tune invariably tells you it’s mixolydian. The key\r\nsignature is one sharp (F#). If I used two sharps (F# and C#) then there would\r\nbe natural signs used for the C notes occurring in the tune.\r\nSome tune books incorrectly notate the tune this way. Tony’s old copy of that\r\nexcellent small collection “Allan’s Irish Fiddler” has it in D Major with\r\nnatural signs for the C. Although the transcription still ends up with the same\r\nnotes it is not very good “musical grammar”. There are two accidentals in the\r\ntune, both in the last bar of each section. In fact the last three bars of each\r\nsection are identical.","author_name":"Irish Guitar Podcast","author_url":"http:\/\/www.irishguitarpod.com","html":"