Házasodik a tücsök — accompaniment tutorial

Recently we learned the melody of the song beginning “Hol jártál, báránykám?”. This time I would like to show you the accompaniment to “Házasodik a tücsök”. It is a lovely folk song from western Hungary, and I am sure very many people — probably everyone — know it.

We need three chords for this song: A minor, G major and C major:

I recently attended a Ringató sessionwhere my ukulele joined a violin and a guitar, and together we formed a fantastic trio while playing and singing this lovely folk song. That was where I learned the song's chords and experimented with how the ukulele could complement the much louder guitar that was filling out the accompaniment. I realised that my role could be that of the traditional folk viola. What exactly does that mean? You will find out in the video below:

You can open the lyrics and chords by clicking here .

Dear Parents of Young Children! I would like to take this opportunity to recommend the new Ringató book that will be published soon, simply titled Lila könyv (“Purple Book”). More information can be found in this Facebook post .