Londonderry Air is a traditional Irish melody, that in 1913 English lawyer Frederic Weatherly, set the lyrics to his song Danny Boy. It is a beautiful melody, and in this arrangement on the mandolin we’re in the key of G and is well suited to the advancing intermediate picker. Featuring the chord melody technique, there are some challenges in performing this arrangement, but we’ll break it down together in the lesson. Go to lesson...
Londonderry Air is a traditional Irish melody, that in 1913 English lawyer Frederic Weatherly, set the lyrics to his song Danny Boy. It is a beautiful melody, and in this arrangement on the banjo we’re in the key of G (standard tuning) and is well suited to the intermediate picker. Featuring the chord melody, melodic and single-string techniques, there are some challenges in performing this arrangement, but we’ll break it down together in the lesson.
Londonderry Air is a traditional Irish melody, that in 1913 English lawyer Frederic Weatherly, set the lyrics to his song Danny Boy. It is a beautiful melody, and in this arrangement on the guitar we’re in the key of G (drop D tuning) and is well suited to the advanced picker. Go to lesson...
The Blarney Pilgrim is a lively, traditional Irish jig, played in the key of G and this guitar arrangement is well suited to the advanced picker. While the left hand positions are relatively straight forward, the right hand has some difficult rhythms & picking patterns to contend with, all played at a fast tempo. Go to lesson...
King Of The Fairies is a traditional Irish hornpipe, in the key of Em. This arrangement is well suited to the intermediate picker with a nice variety of articulation, rhythm variation and ornaments. It has a very intriguing melody, which is really great to play on the guitar and in this lesson we’ll cover how to capture the hornpipe feel and the challenging melody we’re faced with. Go to lesson...
King Of The Fairies is a traditional Irish hornpipe, in the key of Em. This arrangement is well suited to the intermediate picker with a nice variety of articulation, rhythm variation and ornaments. It has a very intriguing melody, which is really great to play on the mandolin and in this lesson we’ll cover how to capture the hornpipe feel and the challenging melody we’re faced with. Go to lesson...
King Of The Fairies is a traditional Irish hornpipe, in the key of Em (standard tuning). It has a very intriguing melody, which is really great to play on the banjo, and in this lesson we’ll cover how to capture the hornpipe feel and the challenging hand positions we’re faced with.
Father O’Flynn is a lively tune, in the key of D. It’s a jig, and in this lesson we’ll cover how to approach the right-hand to effectively capture the rhythm and pulse for the 6/8 time signature. Played at a fast tempo, this tune is well suited to the advanced picker, and this arrangement incorporates some advanced articulations for the right-hand. Go to lesson...
Father O’Flynn is a lively tune, in the key of D (standard tuning). It’s a traditional Irish jig, and in this lesson we’ll cover how to capture the rhythm and pulse for the 6/8 time signature. This arrangement uses the melodic technique, played at a fast tempo and is well suited to the advanced picker.
Father O’Flynn is a great tune, in the key of D. It’s a jig, and in this lesson we’ll cover how to approach the right-hand to effectively capture the rhythm and pulse for the 6/8 time signature. Played at a fast tempo, this tune is well suited to the advanced picker, and this arrangement incorporates some advanced articulations for the right-hand. Go to lesson...