Home     Jigs    Reels     Hornpipes     Carolan Compositions    Davy's Tunes     Misc. Tunes       
Gallery     Guitar Tunings     Links     Guestbook     Tab Request     Download Info

    What are "GUITAR TABs" ?  
  Guitar TAB (or tablature) is a graphical form of musical notation, using lines and numerals, 
   which inform guitar players precisely where to place their fingers on the guitar fretboard. 
   Playing techniques such as hammer-ons, pull-offs, grace-notes, string-bends, and slides, are all displayed. 

    What are "MIDIs" ?  
  A MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) is a computer synthesizer 
  generated sound sample sequence (basically a sound file) 

     
 

INTRODUCTION
 

 
  My website contains my fingerstyle guitar arrangements of mainly traditional Irish tunes, my own compositions, plus some other tunes, and is dedicated to the memory of my late father Dennis Rogers who encouraged me to develop it as an archive resource.
My passion for Irish music, especially the compositions of the harpist Turlough o'Carolan, inspired me to set up this site to share my fingerstyle guitar arrangements with other guitarists. Since launching it in April 2001 it seems to have appeal, not only to guitarists, but also to people who appreciate Irish music and simply enjoy listening to the MIDIs.
These MIDIs (All FREE) were all sequenced by me from my solo guitar TAB files, as audio samples. They're each between two and four minutes in length.
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I'm Davy Rogers and I arranged all the tunes in this archive.
I'm available for bookings as a melody player on dobro, tenor banjo, mandolin,
fiddle and whistles, and as an accompanist on guitar, piano and Irish bouzouki
 I've been playing guitar for over forty years and
arranging tunes for the guitar for twenty-three years.
Before the advent of PCs and TablEdit I used to painstakingly draw my
guitar TABs out by hand, in ink, on a drawing board (I'm an architect).
Having three of my arrangements published in Mel Bay publications'
"The Deluxe Anthology of O'Carolan Music" [CD and Book]
 (edited by Stefan Grossman and John Renbourn)
encouraged me to arrange further tunes and share them with other
guitarists through this internet website archive. Contact me and you can download my guitar arrangements, of traditional Irish jigs, slip jigs, slides, reels, mazurkas, hornpipes, airs, marches, barndances, world music tunes, o'Carolan compositions, and my own humble compositions, arranged and tabbed in TablEdit.
For ease of playing these tunes I've used open guitar tunings in almost all my guitar arrangements. These are all available here FREE as MIDIs. I've also earmarked
four simple jigs as suitable for beginners and have made these
available to download for free on the jigs page.
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 So, here it is,  my labour of love       		  

 
 
e    n    j    o    y
 
     

The last tunes added to this archive were:

P A G E no. T   I   T   L   E C L I C K
Jigs 19 The Bush on the Hill
Reels 250 Popcorn Behaviour (by Jay Ungar)
Hornpipes 7 The Atlanta Hornpipe
Carolan 101 One Bottle More
Misc. Tunes 3 Flatbush Waltz (Andy Statman)
Davy's Tunes 12 Skipping Class (FREE TAB HERE)


 

     
 

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT
 
 
  ABOUT MY FREE TABs CLICK HERE  TO READ IT
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
THESE WEB PAGES CONTAIN  17
GUITAR TAB ARRANGEMENTS
WHICH ARE   FREE  TO DOWNLOAD
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 Please make a donation. Support this web site


Huge thanks to all of you who have donated

  
 
 
Quick link to my  FREE  guitar TABs  ~  pages  Jigs  &  Davy's
 
     


 

 

 

  
 

 TablEdit

  ALL THE TUNES IN THIS ARCHIVE WERE ARRANGED USING
 TablEdit Tablature Editor
When you click on the    button in the archive it'll play the
tune for you with your browsers configured "midi player".
If the MIDI  doesn't play, you'll need to install an
audio Media Player capable of playing MIDI files.
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 To view the TABlature you can order from me you'll need to download the demo
of the Tablature Editor program TablEdit or it's FREE tablature viewer TEFview

 		 

I thoroughly recommend this versatile software - Davy Rogers
 
     

 

 

 

  
 
CONTACT  &  NEWS
 


I'm currently performing pub gigs and concerts & am available for bookings as a
melody player on banjo, fiddle and mandolin
and as an accompanist on guitar, piano & bouzouki
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 TO CONTACT ME FOR BOOKINGS OR LESSONS PHONE OR TEXT
 00353 86 3088067
 

  
 
 
     

 

 

 

  
 
C  U  R  R  E  N  T    G  I  G  S
 




~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I play guitar, dobro, bouzouki and tenor banjo with the
 Dieselbillies
Pete Clarke (guitar & mandolin)
& John Roberts (vocals & percussion)
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 I also play guitar and mandolin with Dave Harper (banjo, guitar & flute) and Patsy Lewis (concertina)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 I also play guitar  with Oliver Diviney (button accordion)
 

  
this  website's  a  member  of  the following webrings
 

 

 

 



 NOW AVAILABLE ON CD





 CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS

 

C   O   P   Y   R   I   G   H   T

  
 

 
 
 
 

 

ALL THE ORIGINAL
GUITAR ARRANGEMENTS
& MIDIs
 presented here are the Copyright Protected work of Davy Rogers

  
 
 
 
 
  C o p y r i g h t   ©    2001-2008 Davy Rogers  

 MY OTHER WEBSITE 

 Rogers Assoc. Architects
check it out