Any ideas on how to get a bit of an irish sound in a band without a violin or acordion? I've got guitar, bass, keyboard (with distortion) and drums. I can't come up with anything, so any thoughts are welcome.

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Irish metal.... sick. Plus, if you're looking to be original, it's already been done.

BUT if you're going for a traditional irish sound out of a regular rock set up there's several ways.

Go barebones on the drum set. Low tom and high toms only, better off with hand-drums.

Drop the bass and have 2 acoustic guitars, or if you cant do acoustic, do clean with a bit of chorus and reverb on it.

Keyboards can double what an accordion would normally play.

Better suggestion on the drums, go buy an irish drum (bodhran) from your local music shop. They're about $60 I believe.

Better suggestion on the bass, learn harmonica, it's not that hard and you can get decent ones for about $15. D and C is all you'll really need.

I know it's not really what you asked but those are relatively cheap ways of getting an irish sound.

If you meant achieving an irish sound purely through music, listen to irish music. Learn how the songwriters use key changes and different voicings to work the flow of the song.

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[This message has been edited by Schming (edited May 13, 2004).]

Irish.... accordeon? I think you've got your countries mixed up there. O_o

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Irish bands like Flogging Molly,Black 47, and the Chieftans have a really good accordion thing going for them. I didn't know that it had been really done before. Anyone of importance or smaller bands? I'll see about the drums and the harmonica. Shouldn't be hard. Thanks.

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Make sure your lead singer sounds like he's just had several pints of Guiness, oi!

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I prescribe more Irish music for you and a pint of Guinness to clear your head.

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I guess you could listen to a lot of traditional Irish folk and try to write songs with similar melodies.

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