"Plooman' Laddies (Instrumental)" genre: Celtic
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	This is a simple 4-minute guitar instrumental based on the main air to the traditional Scottish song 'Plooman' Laddies', with only a slight reference to the chorus line, and some variations. Steel-string Lowden 0-10 guitar.
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	Story Behind the Song The main air to Plooman' Laddies remains one of my favourites for singing and is found in several other similar songs. It is extremely simple, based on no more than five chords and easily played using only three. The mode or feel can be shifted considerably by choice of chord; here I mainly use D with G and Am7 or C/A, but sometimes the G is substituted with Em, and a couple of time I use A or A7 instead of C/A for a greater change. When sung, this is the usual harmony rather than the C/A (x02010) chord which I find more attractive for an instrumental, giving a slightly plaintive air. Lyrics This track has been recorded using four separate sources on the Lowden O-10 guitar - a Fishman Acoustic Matrix Natural 1 under-saddle piezo pickup, an AKG C1000S condensor mike aimed behind the bridge, a Pickup The World #27 sensor mounted inside the guitar on the bridge-plate, and a Beyer M05 dynamic mike processed through a JoeMeek VC3 v2 Pro Channel aimed at the junction of fingerboard and soundhole. Separate files are also available for each of these sources, as 30 second identical takes, labelled Acoustic Recording Tests 1 to 4, plus a version 5 which is a 'dry' combination. The guitar is tuned to concert pitch with the bass string dropped to D, using Martin SP Bronze light strings.

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