Lament for Owen Roe O'Neil (Papoose Version)I learned this one from the John Renbourn solo guitar cd The Hermit (SHANACHIE 97014). I added a couple of shortcuts to the original arrangement, however. This cd is a terrific showcase for Renbourn's talents and includes a tab booklet for about half the songs on the cd. Tab for much of Renbourn's work, as well as a set of three instructional videos (produced by Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop), is available through Mel Bay Publications. By the way, if anyone has email or web contact info for Grossman's Guitar Workshop, please email me.
This version is recorded on the Papoose Travel Guitar. One of the few tunes recorded here which illustrates some shortcomings of the Papoose. The high notes played against open bottom strings in the variation on the A part of the tune sound a good bit off. This is because the intonation of the guitar begins to get pretty dicey above the 10th-12th fret. Moreover, I found that the shorter scale length and stiffer action on the Papoose made playing the B part, which utilizes a couple of very cramped barre chords, much harder than on a conventional guitar.
