Learning Irish music

Tradschool gives Irish music classes and workshops at all levels.

 

Flute and tin whistle

 Steve Ducke

· Repertoire development : jigs, reels, hornpipes… 

· Study of a slow air or clan march  

· Breathing techniques, articulation, embouchure

· Rythmic ornaments, breathing 

· Ornamentation : cuts, rolls, taps, slides, crans 

· Flute repertoire : study of a given player 

· Learning a tune by ear, without written support

Fiddle

 Daniel Gourdon 

· Repertoire development : jigs, reels, hornpipes…

· Articulation, phrasing and bowing technique for dance music 

· Rhythmic and melodic ornamentation and accompaniment 

· Study of a slow air or a piece byTurlough O¹Carolan (harpist 1670 1738)

 

Guitar 

 Peter McCavana 

· Repertoire development : jigs, reels, hornpipes… 

· First approach to DADGAD accompaniment 

· Rhythmic and melodic ornamentation and accompaniment

Bodhran 

 Niall Mooney 

· First approach : holding the instrument and "beater", getting and modifying a sound,  choosing your "beater" 

· Rhythmic accompaniment : jigs, reels, hornpipes... 

· Ornamentation, advanced techniques : rolls, "rim shots", advanced rhythms

Uilleann Pipes

Michael Vignoles

· Repertoire development : jigs, reels, hornpipes…

· Bag & bellows technique

· Reedmaking

 

Singing

 Tim O’Connor 

· Repertoire : songs from the Irish tradition 

· Technique: phrasing, melody and harmony, pronunciation. 

· Context : the "story" of a song