Byrn’s March

Composer: Traditional Irish

Arranger: Lindsay Straw

Key: D

Tuning: Drop D

I first heard this tune on my friends Alison Perkins and Nick Brown's album "All Covered In Moss", and they found it in a collection called O'Farrell's Pocket Companion. Here I've adapted it for drop D guitar, but with some variations from the standard 8-bar format. I repeat a phrase in the A section, and hold the final chord in the B and D sections for an additional six beats.

While I arranged it as a fingerstyle piece, it's very plectrum-adaptable, as you can hear here.

Transcription available in full sheet music and tab only versions.