Accompanying Irish Music: Tune Practice

BOUZOUKI BASICS #2: PUTTING TECHNIQUES INTO ACTION

Bouzouki Basics #2 is a follow-on course from Bouzouki Basics so it is very much recommended to have completed that course before pursuing this one if you are new to accompanying Irish music.

By the end of this course of five lessons, you will have a firm grounding in the basic techniques to accompany Irish music.

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Billy Mag Fhloinn
Billy Mag Fhloinn was born and raised in a musical family in Limerick City. He began playing traditional music in 1996, beginning on the bodhrán. He then progressed to the bouzouki, after a chance find of an old Greek model in a music shop in Limerick. He learned much of his playing from musicians Mick Broderick and Tony Davoren when living in Dublin, and gained great experience playing the wild dance music of west Kerry when living on the Dingle Peninsula. He has recorded on several albums as an accompanist, and has shared the stage with a variety of performers,…
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Course Structure

Bouzouki Basics #2 uses five tunes to demonstrate how to incorporate the techniques previously covered in Bouzouki Basics into actual tune accompaniment. These techniques include: the use of appropriate chord structures, strumming patterns, fingerpicking, counter melody and rhythm.

The tunes taught on this course are:

  • Rolling In The Ryegrass
  • The Otter’s Holt
  • Dennis Murphy’s
  • The Dusty Millar
  • The West Clare Reel
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Bouzouki Basics #2 Lessons

1
Intermediate
Rolling In The Ryegrass

This lesson will focus on the accompaniment of the reel ‘Rolling in the Ryegrass’ in D major. Bill…

2
Intermediate
The Otter’s Holt

Chord Structures / Strumming Patterns / Counter Melody

3
Intermediate
Dennis Murphy’s

Rhythm of the Slide / Chordal Structures / Counter Melody

4
Intermediate
The Dusty Millar

Chordal Structures / Counter Melody / Hammer-on Technique

5
Intermediate
The West Clare Reel

Chordal Structures / Counter Melody / Hammer-on Technique

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