Smash The Windows – Lively Traditional Irish Jig in D
In this lesson we break down a fun intermediate arrangement featuring classic 6/8 jig rhythms, common flatpicking patterns, tasteful slurs, and nice chord voicings in drop D tuning. Perfect for building confidence with Irish timing and ornamentation. Jump in and let’s learn it together! Go to lesson...
Smash The Windows is a fun traditional Irish jig, played at a lively tempo, in the key of D. Jigs always sound great on the mandolin, in 6/8 time, this arrangement is a great intermediate tune, featuring the common jig rhythms, picking patterns and a handful of slurs to add some extra flavour. Go to lesson...
The Kesh Jig is a traditional Irish jig in the key of G major. Played at a fast tempo and featuring some challenging right-hand picking, this tune is a great technique workout and is suited to the advanced picker. It’s a great traditional jig and one well worth having under your fingers! Go to lesson...
The Kesh Jig is a traditional Irish jig in the key of G major. Played at a fast tempo and featuring some challenging right-hand picking, this tune is a great technique workout and is suited to the advanced picker. It’s a great traditional jig and one well worth having under your fingers! Go to lesson...
The Kesh Jig is a traditional Irish jig in the key of G major (standard tuning). Featuring the single-string technique and played at a fast tempo, this tune is a great technique workout and is suited to the advanced picker. It’s a great traditional jig and one well worth having under your fingers!
The Irish Washerwoman is a fantastic traditional Irish jig in the key of G. Played at quite a lively tempo, there are some demanding techniques within the tune including the right-hand picking structure to help emphasise the pulse, plus the melody has quite a bit of movement up the neck. This in combination certainly lends the tune to the advancing intermediate picker. Go to lesson...
The Irish Washerwoman is a fantastic traditional Irish jig in the key of G. Played at quite a lively tempo, there are some demanding techniques within the tune including the right-hand picking structure to help emphasise the pulse, plus the melody has quite a bit of movement up the neck. This in combination certainly lends the tune to the advancing intermediate picker. Go to lesson...
Smash The Windows is a great traditional Irish jig, played at a lively tempo, in the key of D (standard tuning). This arrangement features both the melodic and single-string techniques and features the 6/8 time signature. Jigs always sound great on the banjo, but there are some challenging techniques and combined with the lively tempo this is well suited to the advanced intermediate picker.
The Cordal Jig is a traditional Irish jig in the key of D (aDGBD). This 5-string banjo arrangement features the melodic and single-string techniques and will be a great tune for the advanced intermediate picker. It is a fantastic melody to pick and will be a great addition to your trad banjo repertoire!
The Cordal Jig is a traditional Irish jig in the key of D. This fingerstyle arrangement on the guitar is in open D tuning (DADF#AD), allowing for a really pretty way of approaching the melody and will be a great tune for the advanced picker. It is a fantastic melody to pick and will be a great addition to your trad fingerstyle repertoire! Go to lesson...