
Learn to Play the Irish Folk Song “The Lassie Who Had the Land”
When Jody Stecher first heard this song, he couldn't get it out of his mind.

When Jody Stecher first heard this song, he couldn't get it out of his mind.

Guitarist Jody Stecher plays this country standard in F major, a key he finds has a sonic atmosphere all its own.
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This excerpt of “Down in the Willow Garden” is arranged to be played with a plectrum. I play the melody on the low strings and the accompaniment on the high strings.

I play “Don’t Let Your Deal Go Down” in the key of F, sort of. There are not a lot of F chords to it, because it’s a circle of fifths progression.