I found my way to Dick Gaughan via Irish artists like Christy Moore and Paul Brady, and I saw Dick live and chatted to him in Galway years ago. I have always regarded 'Now Westlin Winds' as one of the most beautiful songs I have ever heard, Gaughan's interpretation of an already phenomenal poem.' Thus every kind their pleasure find, The savage and the tender' Thank you Henry, by the way.

@HenryParkerMusic

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for the nice comment! Dick Gaughan really did create some beautiful music over his career.

Man...hard to express how grateful I am that you posted this. Loved this song for years and always wanted to learn. Thank you thank you thank you

@HenryParkerMusic

2 жыл бұрын

💛🙏

Rabbie B can say in one sentence what others need a verse to do. Amazing poetry.

@HenryParkerMusic

20 күн бұрын

Agreed!

Thank you! And Burns' poetry is staggering

Just what I was looking for. Think many guitarists stay away from this as it is difficult piece. You have explained it really well.

@HenryParkerMusic

3 жыл бұрын

That's a really nice comment Jim thanks! Glad I could help out.

Not a guitarist (but as a Scot whose family emigrated out of Campbeltown in early 1900s), really enjoy this vid. The thought that the musical approach of Dick Gaughan might be perpetuated is such heartening news.

@HenryParkerMusic

4 ай бұрын

That's kind, thanks Barbara!

This is great. I've got the intro down and need to take a couple deep breaths before getting into the verse. Thank you so much for this.

@HenryParkerMusic

4 ай бұрын

My pleasure Jason, hope you crack the back of it!

@jasonleeds2717

4 ай бұрын

​@@HenryParkerMusic Thank you so much!

Many thanks for this. It's so much more helpful to have such a quick (well, helpfully slow) demonstration of this than to wade through the tab. Really clear.

@HenryParkerMusic

2 жыл бұрын

That's great to hear Martin, thank you!

@martinharvey249

2 жыл бұрын

@@HenryParkerMusicI've got this now, thanks to you. Now realising it's is perhaps harder to sing than to play. You do an admirable job. Gaughan's voice is tough to match.

@HenryParkerMusic

2 жыл бұрын

@@martinharvey249 I was putting on his thick Scottish accent for so long haha, don't worry it took me a long time to learn this. Glad to hear you're making progress, and I'm happy to have helped out :)

Excellent tutorial Henry on this folk classic, expertly played also, great work all round my friend.

Thanks so much for providing this. I have wanted to play this song for a long time.

Thank you Henry for taking the time to explain how to play along, in the Gaughan style, this classic folk song. Highly appreciative.

@HenryParkerMusic

10 ай бұрын

Hey Alan I really appreciate the donation, I'm so happy it helped you out! All the best.

Well this lesson has solved a puzzle for me! I sussed the Intro some years ago but I was never sure what was happening in the verses. So thank you so much.

@HenryParkerMusic

3 жыл бұрын

That's so great to hear! Glad to help out

It was written as a song, not a poem. Burns's intended tune was that to the Ayrshire song "I had a horse and I had nae mair," Scots Musical Museum #185.

I'm going to have to watch that a good many times to even begin to try. A fabulous tutorial, Henry. I think fair to say a little advanced for me right now. Doesn't mean I wont give it a damn good go.

@HenryParkerMusic

3 жыл бұрын

I would love to see it if you record a play through. Thanks for watching Peter!

Fantastic tutorial. Thank you for posting.

@HenryParkerMusic

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much Gary! Glad you found it useful!

Great job thank youn

Thank you. Excellent video.

Terrific instruction, thanks Henry.

@HenryParkerMusic

3 жыл бұрын

Great to hear - thank you!

Awesome, thanks man. This tune sends shivers down my spine and you perform it so well. I play DADGAD a lot with a Cornish folk band but this will expand my playing. Very grateful.

@HenryParkerMusic

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much Dan! Hope you have fun learning it!

many thanks for this Chris, much appreciated. You play beautifully, lovely guitar also.

@HenryParkerMusic

Жыл бұрын

It's Henry here, but no worries, thanks so much Ian!

Great. Video Henry thanks for sharing,

@HenryParkerMusic

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks a mill for your support Rob!

Fabulous, many thanks.

@HenryParkerMusic

5 ай бұрын

A pleasure, thanks for watching!

Amazing video man thank you very much!

@HenryParkerMusic

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

So grateful for this! Donation forthcoming.

@HenryParkerMusic

2 жыл бұрын

Amazing, thanks Conor!! 🙏

Thank You Henry, I culd never figure this out, great job!

@HenryParkerMusic

9 ай бұрын

Thanks so much Les!!

Hey henry beautiful clean playing thanks for the lesson, + 1 subscriber

@HenryParkerMusic

3 жыл бұрын

Amazing, thanks Charles!

THANK YOU!.... at last unlocked x

@HenryParkerMusic

3 жыл бұрын

Ace to hear, thanks!

Nice tab, I found this after being frustrated with the ASCII tab commonly found elsewhere. This is way more accurate I think .

@HenryParkerMusic

Жыл бұрын

Nice one man - happy to help out!

What a lovely explanation...Next on my list to learn

@HenryParkerMusic

2 жыл бұрын

Amazing, thanks Gerry - let me know how you get on!

@ENGABU1

2 жыл бұрын

@@HenryParkerMusic I can tell you now...it won't be as good as yours lol

@ENGABU1

2 жыл бұрын

@@HenryParkerMusic kzread.info/dash/bejne/gGWcqtFsnry_aNI.html

Fantastic work and a very professional tab/music sheet. Paypal donation sent!

@HenryParkerMusic

10 ай бұрын

Thanks so much Cliff! I really appreciate the donation too! All the best with getting to grips with the piece. Henry

@cliffg4437

10 ай бұрын

@@HenryParkerMusic yes, thanks, I used to play years ago but... children! Now retired and plenty of time to take on a new challenge, never played non-standard tunings before. Gaughan's tune is just wonderful so it'll be great to get it under the fingers.

I'd love to learn this but I'm too busy ploughing my way through all the old Bert & John standards! Do you do tuts on them too? Subbed btw.

OK I'm learning this. So how do I follow the shorturl link. (I'llput a couple of quid in the box.)

@HenryParkerMusic

Жыл бұрын

Hey man Here it is: shorturl.at/emyBD (hopefully with hyperlink) Or just copy and paste it and you'll get the tab - Thanks so much Henry

I've had the fingerpicking down for a while before finding your lesson, which is very good, but I'm struggling with timing the notes with the lyrics....no matter how I play it, it doesn't seem to want to fit! Any timing tips would be greatly appreciated :-)

@HenryParkerMusic

9 күн бұрын

Timing the lyrics is really tricky yeah. Maybe you could print out the tab and try write the lyrics in pen above, making careful note of where they land in the bar. Just an idea ✌️

Thanks so much for taking the time to do this!! I'm having a really hard time getting to grips with the verses and ascertaining time signature/bar lengths. Having not much experience in this style i was wondering if this was fairly common to support the lyrics so freely?

@HenryParkerMusic

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Phillip , no worries thanks for saying! In all honesty I don't think it is very common to be this free with bar lengths - I think Dick was just working very intuitively with the lyrics and that's how it ended up. What a masterpiece he created though.

How to access tab?

@HenryParkerMusic

3 ай бұрын

Hey Derek, it's the shorturl link in the description. Enjoy playing ✌️

Hey, I just wanted to say thanks for doing this - I've wanted to learn it for a while. One query though - on the fiddly hammer-on/pull-off bit on the 'G'' string, you can see on live videos Dick Gaughan doing his hammer-on, on the 2nd to 4th fret, whereas yours is open to 2nd fret - is that because he did it different ways at different times and you've seen another version? The notes are so quick I find it hard to actually make them out anyway, but just wondered - you can see what I'm referring to here at about 0:23, and later in the song too: kzread.info/dash/bejne/jHh2krJuZ9G3lNY.html

@HenryParkerMusic

3 жыл бұрын

Hey man, no worries hope it was useful. Yes good point there, although as you say the notes are so quick it's hard to make out the 4th fret sound. I guess either would be great maybe :)

This song is almost as difficult as it is beautiful.

@HenryParkerMusic

2 жыл бұрын

Keep trying - I would definitely say more beautiful :)

@jbraun60176

2 жыл бұрын

I am keeping at it! Thank you kindly for posting. Here is a really lovely version: kzread.info/dash/bejne/dIupss6Ek7LXf5s.html

x0.5 playback is your friend!

Now all have to learn is Dick Gaughan’s uniquely unintelligible way of singing

@katherinesmith2562

Жыл бұрын

I think you have to have his vocal chords AND nasal passages to make it sound right!

@jtpinnyc

Жыл бұрын

He ornaments his notes in a way to rival Whitney Houston