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Popular Irish Pub Songs

Learn How to Play 13 Favourite Irish Pub Songs on Guitar

POPULAR IRISH PUB SONGS - FOR GUITARISTS

Ever wanted to learn some popular Irish songs? Do you have a guitar kicking around the house in need of a strum? If so, this course is just for you! Learn how to accompany some of Ireland’s best known folk songs using the simplest of chord patterns.

By the end of the course you will have a repertoire of thirteen of the most popular Irish songs that are commonly played in Irish music sessions all over the world. The course has 13 lessons, broken into 3 to 4 tutorials each, where tunes are taught phrase by phrase.

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  • 18 lessons teaching how to play 13 very popular Irish tunes
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Your Tutor

Jon O’Connell
Jon O'Connell is a musician who has been active on the Irish music scene for over fifteen years. From Miltown Malbay, Co.Clare, Jon is still based in this area, where the traditions of Irish music are strong and music sessions are commonplace.Jon's first instrument is Double Bass. After two years learning about Sound Engineering at the University of Wales, Jon attended Newpark School of Music in Dublin, studying contemporary music and theory.Along with Double Bass, Jon also plays Guitar, Mandola, Mandolin and Banjo and is involved with traditional music groups in Clare, including The Ceili Bandits and The Fiddle Case.…
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Course Structure

The tutor discusses various aspects of accompaniment on the guitar: strumming patterns, finger plucking techniques, the use of smooth chord transitions, hammer-ons, walk ups and descending chord patterns. Most of the emphasis is on the guitar accompaniment rather than vocal technique. All these techniques are demonstrated by learning a new tune with each lesson, phrase by phrase.

The choice of tunes covered will give you a great repertoire to get you on your way:

  • Will You Go Lassie Go (Wild Mountain Heather)
  • Spancil Hill
  • Lakes Of Ponchartrain
  • The Wild Rover
  • Dirty Old Town
  • Fiddler’s Green
  • The Spanish Lady
  • Whiskey In The Jar
  • Galway Bay
  • The Foggy Dew
  • The Cliffs Of Duneen
  • The Red Rose Cafe
  • The Parting Glass
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Popular Irish Pub Songs Lessons

1
Intermediate
Will You Go Lassie Go

Vocals Accompanied by Basic Chords. Demonstration of Finger Picking.

Melody
D Major
Waltz
2
Intermediate
Spancil Hill

Vocals With Accompanying Chordal Structures, Strumming Patterns

Melody
A Minor
Song
3
Intermediate
Lakes of Ponchartrain

Vocals with Accompanying Chordal Structures and Strumming Patterns. Focus on Descending Chord Progressions…

Melody
C Major
Song
4
Intermediate
The Wild Rover

Vocals with Accompanying Chords. Focus on Transition Chords

Melody
D Major
Song
5
Intermediate
Dirty Old Town

Vocals and Chords With Focus on the Hammer-on Technique

Melody
D Major
Song
6
Intermediate
Fiddler’s Green

Vocals and Chords; Transition Chords and Basic Strumming Patterns

Melody
C Major
Song
7
Intermediate
The Spanish Lady

Vocals and Chords with Focus on Strumming Patterns and Descending Chord Progressions.

Melody
D Mixolydian
Song
8
Intermediate
Whiskey in the Jar

Vocals and Chords with Focus on the Hammer-on Technique

Melody
C Major
Song
9
Intermediate
Galway Bay

Vocals and Chords with Focus on ‘Walk-Ups’ Between Chords and Melodic Breaks Between Verses

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Melody
A Major
Song
10
Intermediate
The Foggy Dew

Vocals and Chords with Focus on Finger Picking and Melodic Breaks

Melody
A Minor
Song
11
Intermediate
The Cliffs of Duneen

Vocals, Chords and Finger Picking

Melody
A Minor
Song
12
Intermediate
The Red Rose Cafe

Vocals and Chords!

Melody
A Minor
Song
13
Intermediate
The Parting Glass

Vocals, Chords and Strumming Patterns!

Melody
C Minor
Song
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