Drowsy Maggie 🇮🇪 | Melody Tutorial & Play-Along

It features as tune no. 1425 in Capt. Francis O’Neill’s genre defining, O’Neill’s Music of Ireland ‘The 1850’ first published in 1903, dating Drowsy Maggie probably to the mid-nineteenth century. There are no definitive sources on this date and Drowsy Maggie’s origins remain somewhat of a mystery. Also known as Drowsey Maggie, Drowsie Maggie, Drowsy Maggy, Maggie Drowsy, Maggie Tuirseach, Maggie’s Drowsy. Some tips for practicing: - Learn the melody at both the slow and fast tempo. Don't forget you can slow down and speed up the video too! - Play the melody along with the jam track. Can you keep the melody going when Eimear's part drops out? - Try to play the chords. Experiment with using different rhythms. There are a lot of chords in this song and a bunch of ways to play them. Attempt to play them in your lower register, using only the D and G strings, or only the G and C. - Improvise over the jam track. If you're new to improvisation, start by embellishing and altering the melody. For lesson inquires, email us at [email protected] PayPal: paypal.me/stlstringcollective Cash app: $stlstringcollective ► Website: https://www.stlstringcollective.com The St. Louis String Collective is a 501(c3) nonprofit dedicated to promoting creative and multi-genre string instrument playing. We support violin, viola, cello, and bass players who embrace all styles of music - jazz, blues, rock, experimental, folk music from around the world, anything considered "alternative" and especially those that incorporate improvisation!