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BANJO FOUNDATIONS - FOR IRISH MUSIC TRADITION

Continue your learning journey with the banjo with this powerful Foundations course for those who already know how to play and/or have completed the Banjo Basics course.

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  • 18 lessons teaching how to play 13 very popular Irish tunes
  • PDF sheet music & mp3’s to download & keep for each tune
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Your Tutor

Lisa Canny
Lisa is a multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, and composer from Co. Mayo. At five years of age Lisa began learning tenor banjo and at ten she started on the harp, attending classes with Bernie and Holly Geraghty, meanwhile completing her academic grades on the piano too. Heavily involved with Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann Ballindine, Lisa won 7 All-Ireland Fleadh Ceoil titles throughout her competing years, including the Senior Harp title in 2008. Now a teacher herself, 9 of Lisa's own students have gone on to win All-Ireland medals. After graduating with a first class honours degree in Irish Music and Dance at…
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Course Structure

‘Banjo Foundations’, taught by Lisa Canny is designed as a follow on to her beginner course ‘Banjo Basics’.  Throughout the course Lisa will build on techniques previously introduced in her first course, namely:
ornamentation, slides, cuts and trebles and how to incorporate these subtly into the tunes.
She further discusses the use of chords and harmonisation as well as efficient finger movement for the use of high notes and ease of finger movement around the frets.
The range of tunes is taken from the Irish session repertoire – plenty of jigs and reels!
By the end of ‘Banjo Foundations’ the budding banjo player can expect to have a repertoire of 13 popular Irish session tunes as well as a good group of techniques and ornaments to help you create that distinctive Irish sound.
All the tunes from this course have accompanying play along practice tracks which makes practice fun and enjoyable!!

The traditional Irish tunes and corresponding techniques taught are:

  • The Harvest Home Hornpipe (Trebles)
  • The Kelkenny Jig (Trebles)
  • The Silver Spear Reel (Trebles)
  • The Spotted Dog Jig (Ornament: Slides)
  • Lucy Cambell’s Reel (Ornamentation: Cuts)
  • The Ships are Sailing Reel (Ornamentation: Triplets and Slides)
  • The Killavil Jig (Chords and Double Stops)
  • The Bluebell Polka (Triplets and Accidentals)
  • Geese in the Bog Jig (Strengthening of the Pinky Finger )
  • The Red Haired Boy Reel (Chromaticism)
  • The Blackthorn Stick Jig (Legato Playing)
  • The Ashplant Reel (Efficient use of Fingers)
  • The Glass of Beer Reel (Efficient use of Finger Movement)
Sample Sheet Music
Download Download The Harvest Home Hornpipe ABC Sheet Music. Download Download The Harvest Home Hornpipe Standard Notation Sheet Music.
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Banjo Foundations Lessons

1
Basic
The Harvest Home

In this lesson, the highly popular hornpipe ‘ Harvest Home’ will be taught in the key of D major.

Melody
D Major
Hornpipe
2
Basic
The Kilkenny Jig

In this lesson, Lisa will continue her study on trebles. She will teach the tune ‘The Kilkenny Jig&#8…

Melody
A Minor
Jig
3
Basic
The Silver Spear

Lisa will continue her study of trebles with this great session tune ‘The Silver Spear’ in the …

Melody
D Major
Reel
4
Basic
The Spotted Dog

In this lesson Lisa will introduce the slide ornament and will demonstrate how to use it in the tune &#8216…

Melody
A Major
Jig
5
Basic
Lucy Campbell’s

In this lesson, Lisa will teach the four part reel in D called ‘Lucy Campbells’. She will focus…

Melody
D Major
Reel
6
Basic
The Ships Are Sailing

‘Ships are Sailing’ is the reel Lisa will teach in this lesson.

Melody
E Minor
Reel
7
Basic
The Killavil Jig

In this Lesson Lisa will focus on the use of chords and harmonization in the jig ‘The Killavil Jig&#8…

Melody
G Major
Jig
8
Basic
The Bluebell Polka

In this lesson, Lisa will teach a lively Polka in G major ‘The Bluebell Polka’.

Melody
G Major
Polka
9
Basic
Geese In The Bog

Lisa will continue with discussion of strengthening the left hand pinky finger. She will teach the Jig in C…

Melody
C Major
Jig
10
Basic
The Red Haired Boy

In this lesson, the tune ‘The Red Haired Boy’, also known as ‘The Jolly Beggarman will be…

Melody
A Mixolydian
Reel
11
Basic
The Blackthorn Stick

‘The Blackthorn Stick’, also known as ‘The Coach Trip to Sligo’. She will show how …

Melody
G Major
Jig
12
Basic
The Ashplant

‘The Ashplant’ is OAIM’s signature tune on all our YT videos, played by OAIM tutor Thomas…

Melody
E Minor
Reel
13
Basic
The Glass Of Beer

In this lesson Lisa will continue her study of the efficient use of finger movement. The reel ‘The Gl…

Melody
B Minor
Reel
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